योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-149, verse-9

सममेवाशुभं कर्म किमिमाः सकलाः प्रजाः ।
कुर्वन्त्यासां यदा यान्ति दोषाः सर्वादयः समम् ॥ ९ ॥

samamevāśubhaṃ karma kimimāḥ sakalāḥ prajāḥ ,
kurvantyāsāṃ yadā yānti doṣāḥ sarvādayaḥ samam 9

9. samam eva aśubham karma kim imāḥ sakalāḥ prajāḥ
kurvanti āsām yadā yānti doṣāḥ sarvādayaḥ samam

9. yadā āsām sakalāḥ prajāḥ doṣāḥ sarvādayaḥ samam
yānti kim imāḥ samam eva aśubham karma kurvanti

9. Why do all these people perform bad actions (karma) equally, given that all sorts of faults equally affect them?

Words meanings summery:

• समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, together

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspicious, bad, evil

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all, entire, whole

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - people, creatures, subjects

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

• आसाम् (āsām) - of these

• यदा (yadā) - when

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they reach, they approach

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, defects, evils

• सर्वादयः (sarvādayaḥ) - all sorts of, beginning with all

• समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, together

Words meanings and morphology

समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, together

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspicious, bad, evil

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, bad, evil

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work (karma)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this

सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all, entire, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sakala

sakala - all, entire, whole

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - people, creatures, subjects

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, people, creatures, subjects

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आसाम् (āsām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they reach, they approach

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults, defects, evils

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, evil

सर्वादयः (sarvādayaḥ) - all sorts of, beginning with all

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvādi

sarvādi - beginning with all; all kinds of

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+ādi)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• ādi – beginning, etcetera
  noun (masculine)

समम् (samam) - equally, uniformly, together

(indeclinable)