योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-7

काकतालीययोगेन संजातोऽस्ति मुधैव हि ।
मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रत्वभिवासत्यं च वर्धते ॥ ७ ॥

kākatālīyayogena saṃjāto'sti mudhaiva hi ,
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratvabhivāsatyaṃ ca vardhate 7

7. kākatālīyayogena sañjātaḥ asti mudhā eva hi
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratvam iva asatyaṃ ca vardhate

7. hi mudhā eva kākatālīyayogena sañjātaḥ asti ca
mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratvam iva asatyaṃ vardhate

7. Indeed, [this intention] has arisen in vain, purely by a fortuitous accident (kākatālīya-yoga). And like an unreality (asatya), such as a mirage or a double moon, it continues to grow.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीययोगेन (kākatālīyayogena) - by a fortuitous accident, by the chance of crow and palm fruit

• सञ्जातः (sañjātaḥ) - arisen, come into being

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly

• एव (eva) - only, just

• हि (hi) - indeed, for

• मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रत्वम् (mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratvam) - mirage and double moon

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• असत्यं (asatyaṁ) - unreality, falsehood

• च (ca) - and

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीययोगेन (kākatālīyayogena) - by a fortuitous accident, by the chance of crow and palm fruit

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kākatālīyayoga

kākatālīyayoga - fortuitous accident, coincidence (lit. 'the crow and the palm fruit' - as a crow lands on a palm, a fruit drops, implying no causal connection)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kākatālīya+yoga)

• kākatālīya – relating to a crow and a palm tree/fruit
  adjective (neuter)
• yoga – conjunction, union, occurrence, chance
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

सञ्जातः (sañjātaḥ) - arisen, come into being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjāta

sañjāta - arisen, produced, born, originated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jan' (to be born) with the prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present

present tense, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

मुधा (mudhā) - in vain, uselessly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for

(indeclinable)

मृगतृष्णाद्विचन्द्रत्वम् (mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratvam) - mirage and double moon

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratva

mṛgatṛṣṇādvicandratva - the state of being a mirage and a double moon (optical illusion)

Compound type : dvandva (mṛgatṛṣṇā+dvicandratva)

• mṛgatṛṣṇā – mirage (lit. 'deer's thirst')
  noun (feminine)
• dvicandratva – the state of having two moons (an optical illusion)
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

असत्यं (asatyaṁ) - unreality, falsehood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asatya

asatya - unreality, falsehood, untruth; unreal, false

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+satya)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• satya – truth, reality; true, real
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vardh

present

present tense, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root: vṛdh (class 1)