योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-49, verse-10

कदाचित्प्रतिभैकैव बहूनामपि जायते ।
काकोलतालस्थितिवद्विचित्रा हि मनोगतिः ॥ १० ॥

kadācitpratibhaikaiva bahūnāmapi jāyate ,
kākolatālasthitivadvicitrā hi manogatiḥ 10

10. kadācit pratibhā ekā eva bahūnām api jāyate
kākolatālasthitivāt vicitrā hi manogatiḥ

10. kadācit bahūnām api ekā eva pratibhā jāyate
hi manogatiḥ kākolatālasthitivāt vicitrā

10. Occasionally, a singular insight (pratibhā) arises for many people simultaneously. Indeed, the mind's movement (manogati) is truly varied and wonderful, much like the proverbial coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally, at some time

• प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - singular insight (pratibhā) (intuition, insight, flash of understanding, genius)

• एका (ekā) - singular (one, a single)

• एव (eva) - even, emphasizing 'singular' (indeed, only, just, certainly)

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - for many people (of many, for many)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'many') (even, also, too)

• जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, occurs)

• काकोलतालस्थितिवात् (kākolatālasthitivāt) - much like the proverbial coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit (like the crow-and-palm-fruit situation, like an accidental coincidence)

• विचित्रा (vicitrā) - varied and wonderful (varied, diverse, strange, wonderful, intricate)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• मनोगतिः (manogatiḥ) - the mind's movement (course of the mind, mental activity, mental state)

Words meanings and morphology

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, occasionally, at some time

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभा (pratibhā) - singular insight (pratibhā) (intuition, insight, flash of understanding, genius)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratibhā

pratibhā - splendor, light, appearance, mental image, intuition, insight (pratibhā)

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

एका (ekā) - singular (one, a single)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'pratibhā'.

एव (eva) - even, emphasizing 'singular' (indeed, only, just, certainly)

(indeclinable)

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - for many people (of many, for many)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Refers to 'people' (implied).

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing 'many') (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - arises (is born, arises, occurs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

काकोलतालस्थितिवात् (kākolatālasthitivāt) - much like the proverbial coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit (like the crow-and-palm-fruit situation, like an accidental coincidence)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kākola+tāla+sthiti+vat)

• kākola – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tāla – palm tree, palm fruit
  noun (masculine)
• sthiti – situation, state, condition
  noun (feminine)
  From root sthā- 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix)
  suffix

विचित्रा (vicitrā) - varied and wonderful (varied, diverse, strange, wonderful, intricate)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, strange, wonderful, curious

Prefix: vi

Root: citr

Note: Agrees with 'manogatiḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

मनोगतिः (manogatiḥ) - the mind's movement (course of the mind, mental activity, mental state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of manogati

manogati - course of the mind, mental activity, state of mind

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+gati)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• gati – motion, course, path, state
  noun (feminine)
  From root gam- 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)