योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-11

काकतालीयवद्रूढां क्रियां कुर्वन्ति ते सदा ।
न कुर्वन्त्यपि वै किंचिन्नैषां क्वचिदपि ग्रहः ॥ ११ ॥

kākatālīyavadrūḍhāṃ kriyāṃ kurvanti te sadā ,
na kurvantyapi vai kiṃcinnaiṣāṃ kvacidapi grahaḥ 11

11. kākatālīyavat rūḍhām kriyām kurvanti te sadā na
kurvanti api vai kiṃcit na eṣām kvacit api grahaḥ

11. te sadā kākatālīyavat rūḍhām kriyām kurvanti vai
kiṃcit api na kurvanti eṣām kvacit api grahaḥ na

11. They (the wise) always perform customary actions, similar to the accidental occurrence of the "crow and the palm fruit" (kākatālīya nyāya). Yet, they do not *truly* perform any action, nor do they possess any attachment (graha) anywhere.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow and the palm fruit; by accident or coincidence

• रूढाम् (rūḍhām) - established, customary, habitual

• क्रियाम् (kriyām) - action, activity

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

• ते (te) - they, those

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• न (na) - not, no

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

• न (na) - not, no

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for them

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - grasping, seizing, attachment, planet

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow and the palm fruit; by accident or coincidence

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāka+tālīya)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – belonging to a palm tree/fruit (tāla)
  adjective (neuter)

Note: `vat` is a suffix meaning 'like' or 'as if', forming an adverbial compound

रूढाम् (rūḍhām) - established, customary, habitual

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rūḍha

rūḍha - grown, ascended, established, customary, famous (Past Passive Participle of root 'ruh')

Past Passive Participle

Root: ruh (class 1)

क्रियाम् (kriyām) - action, activity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, activity, performance, rite

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kurvanti

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kurvanti

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these, he, she, it

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - grasping, seizing, attachment, planet

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - grasping, seizure, taking, attachment, planet

Root: grah (class 9)