योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-22

काकतालीयवत्साधो केषुचिद्दुष्टकर्मसु ।
समं पतति दुःखादि पादपेष्वशनिर्यथा ॥ २२ ॥

kākatālīyavatsādho keṣucidduṣṭakarmasu ,
samaṃ patati duḥkhādi pādapeṣvaśaniryathā 22

22. kākatālīyavat sādho keṣucit duṣṭakarmasu
samam patati duḥkhādi pādapṣu aśaniḥ yathā

22. sādho yathā aśaniḥ pādapṣu patati,
tathā duḥkhādi kākatālīyavat keṣucit duṣṭakarmasu samam patati.

22. O good one, just as a thunderbolt (aśani) falls upon trees, so too, suffering (duḥkha) and the like unexpectedly (kākatālīyavat) strike some wicked actions equally.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow-and-palm incident, coincidentally, unexpectedly

• साधो (sādho) - O good one, O righteous person

• केषुचित् (keṣucit) - in some, among some

• दुष्टकर्मसु (duṣṭakarmasu) - in evil actions, in wicked deeds

• समम् (samam) - equally, simultaneously, at the same time

• पतति (patati) - falls, descends, lands

• दुःखादि (duḥkhādi) - suffering and the like, misery etc.

• पादप्षु (pādapṣu) - on trees, among trees

• अशनिः (aśaniḥ) - thunderbolt, lightning

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow-and-palm incident, coincidentally, unexpectedly

(indeclinable)

Derived from kāka (crow) + tāla (palm tree) + īya (suffix forming adjective) + vat (suffix meaning 'like').

Note: It is an indeclinable derived from an adjective with the suffix -vat.

साधो (sādho) - O good one, O righteous person

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, sage

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: u-ending masculine noun.

केषुचित् (keṣucit) - in some, among some

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of ka

ka - who, which, what

Note: 'cit' is an indeclinable that makes the pronoun indefinite.

दुष्टकर्मसु (duṣṭakarmasu) - in evil actions, in wicked deeds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of duṣṭakarman

duṣṭakarman - evil action, wicked deed

Compound of duṣṭa and karman.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duṣṭa+karman)

• duṣṭa – evil, wicked, corrupt
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √duṣ (to be bad, corrupt) + -ta suffix.
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root √kṛ (to do, make) + -man suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

समम् (samam) - equally, simultaneously, at the same time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

पतति (patati) - falls, descends, lands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat

Present active

Class 1 P. (patati).

Root: pat (class 1)

दुःखादि (duḥkhādi) - suffering and the like, misery etc.

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkhādi

duḥkhādi - suffering and the like

Compound of duḥkha and ādi.

Compound type : dvandva (duḥkha+ādi)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, misery, sorrow
  noun (neuter)
• ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
  noun

Note: The 'ādi' suffix is often treated as forming a compound, making the whole word a singular neuter noun.

पादप्षु (pādapṣu) - on trees, among trees

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (literally 'foot-drinker')

Compound of pāda (foot/root) + pa (drinker, from √pā, to drink).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root, ray
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √pā.
  Root: pā (class 1)

अशनिः (aśaniḥ) - thunderbolt, lightning

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśani

aśani - thunderbolt, lightning

From root √aś (to reach, to obtain) + -ani suffix.

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: i-ending noun.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)