योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-56, verse-8

काकतालीययोगेन जातं यत्किंचिदेव तत् ।
तस्मिन्भावानुसंधानं बालो बध्नाति नेतरः ॥ ८ ॥

kākatālīyayogena jātaṃ yatkiṃcideva tat ,
tasminbhāvānusaṃdhānaṃ bālo badhnāti netaraḥ 8

8. kākatālīyayogena jātam yat kiñcit eva tat tasmin
bhāvānusandhānam bālaḥ badhnāti na itaraḥ

8. yat kiñcit eva kākatālīyayogena jātam tat tasmin
bālaḥ bhāvānusandhānam badhnāti itaraḥ na

8. Whatever arises merely by a sudden, accidental coincidence (kākatālīya-yoga), a naive person (bāla) develops an attachment to its inherent nature (bhāva) [seeking meaning or cause], but not anyone else.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीययोगेन (kākatālīyayogena) - by means of accidental coincidence, by chance

• जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatever

• एव (eva) - emphasizing the 'whatever' (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• तत् (tat) - referring to the 'whatever has arisen' (that, it)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - regarding whatever has arisen (in that, on that, regarding that)

• भावानुसन्धानम् (bhāvānusandhānam) - seeking deep meaning or cause in an accidental event, or attachment to its apparent existence (investigation of nature, search for meaning, attachment to being)

• बालः (bālaḥ) - a naive or undiscernng person, as opposed to a wise one (child, naive person, foolish person)

• बध्नाति (badhnāti) - forms, develops, establishes (binds, ties, attaches, creates, forms)

• न (na) - not, no

• इतरः (itaraḥ) - the wise person, the one who is not a child/naive (the other, another, different)

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीययोगेन (kākatālīyayogena) - by means of accidental coincidence, by chance

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kākatālīyayoga

kākatālīyayoga - accidental coincidence (crow-palm fruit analogy), fortuitous conjunction

Compound of 'kākatālīya' (related to crow and palm fruit) and 'yoga' (conjunction, occurrence).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kākatālīya+yoga)

• kākatālīya – related to a crow and a palm fruit (idiom for accident)
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from the compound 'kāka-tāla' with suffix 'īya'.
• yoga – union, conjunction, occurrence, practice
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'yuj' (to join) with suffix 'ghañ'.
  Root: yuj (class 7)

जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan' (to be born, produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whatever

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, whatever

Compound of 'kim' (what) and 'cit' (particle of indefiniteness).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+cit)

• kim – what, which, who
  pronoun (neuter)
• cit – even, also, indeed (particle of indefiniteness)
  indeclinable

एव (eva) - emphasizing the 'whatever' (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - referring to the 'whatever has arisen' (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - regarding whatever has arisen (in that, on that, regarding that)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भावानुसन्धानम् (bhāvānusandhānam) - seeking deep meaning or cause in an accidental event, or attachment to its apparent existence (investigation of nature, search for meaning, attachment to being)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāvānusandhāna

bhāvānusandhāna - investigation of the true nature, search for reality, profound contemplation

Compound of 'bhāva' (being, nature, state) and 'anusandhāna' (investigation, inquiry, pursuit).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāva+anusandhāna)

• bhāva – being, existence, nature, state, sentiment
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• anusandhāna – investigation, inquiry, search, pursuit, meditation
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'dhā' (to place, hold) with prefixes 'anu' and 'sam'.
  Prefixes: anu+sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

बालः (bālaḥ) - a naive or undiscernng person, as opposed to a wise one (child, naive person, foolish person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, young, ignorant, naive, foolish

बध्नाति (badhnāti) - forms, develops, establishes (binds, ties, attaches, creates, forms)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bandh

present indicative, third person, singular, active voice

Root 'bandh' (class 9) in present indicative active voice.

Root: bandh (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इतरः (itaraḥ) - the wise person, the one who is not a child/naive (the other, another, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itara

itara - the other, another, different, remaining