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).

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)