योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-96, verse-22

काकतालीययोगेन त्यक्त्वैकघननिश्चयम् ।
यदेहितं कल्पयति भावं तेनेह कल्पना ॥ २२ ॥

kākatālīyayogena tyaktvaikaghananiścayam ,
yadehitaṃ kalpayati bhāvaṃ teneha kalpanā 22

22. kākatālīya-yogena tyaktvā eka-ghana-niścayam
yadā īhitam kalpayati bhāvam tena iha kalpanā

22. yadā kākatālīya-yogena eka-ghana-niścayam tyaktvā īhitam bhāvam kalpayati,
tena iha kalpanā.

22. When, having abandoned a singular, firm resolve by a random coincidence (kākatālīya-yoga), it then conceives of a desired notion, that (mental activity) is here called imagination (kalpanā).

22. כאשר בצירוף מקרים אקראי היא זונחת את הוודאות המוחלטת והאחידה ומדמה לעצמה רצונות ומושגים, היא נקראת דמיון.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीय-योगेन (kākatālīya-yogena) - by accidental coincidence (lit. by the union of crow and palm fruit)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned

• एक-घन-निश्चयम् (eka-ghana-niścayam) - a single, firm determination

• यदा (yadā) - when

• ईहितम् (īhitam) - desired, wished for; a desired object/state

• कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, conceives, devises

• भावम् (bhāvam) - notion, state, object, feeling

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• इह (iha) - here, in this context

• कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental construction (kalpanā)

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीय-योगेन (kākatālīya-yogena) - by accidental coincidence (lit. by the union of crow and palm fruit)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kākatālīya-yoga

kākatālīya-yoga - accidental coincidence, a chance occurrence, the "crow and palm fruit" idiom

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāka+tālīya+yoga)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – relating to a palm tree (tāla), or its fruit
  adjective (neuter)
  derived from tāla (palm tree)
• yoga – union, conjunction, combination, coincidence (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned

(indeclinable)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form

एक-घन-निश्चयम् (eka-ghana-niścayam) - a single, firm determination

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka-ghana-niścaya

eka-ghana-niścaya - a single solid resolve/determination, a firm conviction

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+ghana+niścaya)

• eka – one, single, sole
  adjective
• ghana – solid, dense, firm, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• niścaya – determination, certainty, firm resolve
  noun (masculine)
  derived from niś-ci, to ascertain
  Prefix: niś
  Root: ci (class 5)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

ईहितम् (īhitam) - desired, wished for; a desired object/state

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īhita

īhita - desired, wished, striven for

Past Passive Participle

Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Used here as a noun meaning 'a desired thing/object'

कल्पयति (kalpayati) - imagines, conceives, devises

(verb)

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

Causative of root kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 10)

भावम् (bhāvam) - notion, state, object, feeling

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state, condition, notion, idea, feeling, object, existence

Root: bhū (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the act of imagining

इह (iha) - here, in this context

(indeclinable)

कल्पना (kalpanā) - imagination, conception, mental construction (kalpanā)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalpanā

kalpanā - imagining, forming in the mind, mental creation, hypothesis

derived from root kḷp with suffix -anā

Root: kḷp (class 10)

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