योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-32

दुष्कृते क्षयमापन्ने परमार्थविचारणे ।
काकतालीययोगेन बुद्धिर्जन्तोः प्रवर्तते ॥ ३२ ॥

duṣkṛte kṣayamāpanne paramārthavicāraṇe ,
kākatālīyayogena buddhirjantoḥ pravartate 32

32. duṣkṛte kṣayam āpanne paramārtha-vicāraṇe |
kākatālīya-yogena buddhiḥ jantoḥ pravartate ||

32. duṣkṛte kṣayam āpanne (sati),
paramārtha-vicāraṇe (ca sati),
kākatālīya-yogena jantoḥ buddhiḥ pravartate

32. When one's bad actions (duṣkṛta) have completely diminished, and in the deliberation on the ultimate reality (paramārtha), the intellect (buddhi) of a living being (jantu) is activated by a sudden, unexpected coincidence (kākatālīya-yoga).

Words meanings summery:

• दुष्कृते (duṣkṛte) - when bad actions, in bad deeds, concerning sins

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - exhaustion, destruction, decline, decay

• आपन्ने (āpanne) - having reached, having attained, having undergone

• परमार्थ-विचारणे (paramārtha-vicāraṇe) - in the deliberation on the highest truth, in the inquiry into ultimate reality

• काकतालीय-योगेन (kākatālīya-yogena) - by a sudden and unexpected coincidence, by a serendipitous union (like a crow landing and a fruit falling simultaneously)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment, mind

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a creature, of a living being, of a person

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is activated, manifests, comes into operation, happens

Words meanings and morphology

दुष्कृते (duṣkṛte) - when bad actions, in bad deeds, concerning sins

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - bad deed, evil action, sin, demerit

Compound type : Tatpurusha (Pradi-samāsa) (dus+kṛta)

• dus – bad, difficult, evil, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'bad', 'hard', 'evil'.
• kṛta – done, made, performed, deed, action
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, indicating a condition or circumstance.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - exhaustion, destruction, decline, decay

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - exhaustion, destruction, decay, loss, termination

From root 'kṣi' (to destroy, to waste away).

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of the participle 'āpanne'.

आपन्ने (āpanne) - having reached, having attained, having undergone

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of āpanna

āpanna - reached, attained, obtained, met with, undergone

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'āp' (to obtain, reach) with the past passive participle suffix '-na'.

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'duṣkṛte' in the locative absolute construction.

परमार्थ-विचारणे (paramārtha-vicāraṇe) - in the deliberation on the highest truth, in the inquiry into ultimate reality

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of paramārthavicāraṇā

paramārthavicāraṇā - deliberation on the ultimate reality, inquiry into the highest truth

Compound type : Tatpurusha (paramārtha+vicāraṇā)

• paramārtha – ultimate reality, highest truth, supreme goal, true meaning
  noun (masculine)
• vicāraṇā – deliberation, inquiry, investigation, reflection
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix 'vi' (apart) + root 'car' (to move, to ponder) + suffix '-aṇā'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Indicates the sphere or occasion for the intellect's activation.

काकतालीय-योगेन (kākatālīya-yogena) - by a sudden and unexpected coincidence, by a serendipitous union (like a crow landing and a fruit falling simultaneously)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kākatālīyayoga

kākatālīyayoga - sudden unexpected coincidence, serendipitous conjunction (from the idiom of a crow landing on a palm tree and a fruit falling at the same moment)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (adjectival compound followed by a noun) (kākatālīya+yoga)

• kākatālīya – relating to a crow and a palm tree (used in the context of coincidence)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'kāka' (crow) and 'tāla' (palm tree) with the suffix '-īya' (related to).
• yoga – union, conjunction, coincidence, application, discipline (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yuj' (to join).
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Indicates the manner or instrument of the intellect's activation.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, discernment, mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, reason

From root 'budh' (to know, perceive, awaken).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: The subject of the verb 'pravartate'.

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a creature, of a living being, of a person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man, person

From root 'jan' (to be born, to produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Possessive modifier of 'buddhiḥ'.

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, is activated, manifests, comes into operation, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of pravartate

From prefix 'pra' (forward, forth) + root 'vṛt' (to turn, to exist). It is an Atmanepada verb.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)