योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-86, verse-21

संपन्नाः काकतालीयात्स्वशक्तिनियतेन्द्रियाः ।
तथैव कलिका लोलं केव कस्यात्र खण्डना ॥ २१ ॥

saṃpannāḥ kākatālīyātsvaśaktiniyatendriyāḥ ,
tathaiva kalikā lolaṃ keva kasyātra khaṇḍanā 21

21. sampannāḥ kākatālīyāt svaśaktiniyatendriyāḥ
tathā eva kalikā lolam kā iva kasya atra khaṇḍanā

21. svaśaktiniyatendriyāḥ sampannāḥ kākatālīyāt
tathā eva kalikā lolam kā iva kasya atra khaṇḍanā

21. Beings whose senses are governed by their own intrinsic nature (svaśakti) are perfected through a coincidental occurrence (kākatālīya). Likewise, what refutation or destruction of whom can there be here, as fleeting as a trembling bud?

Words meanings summery:

• सम्पन्नाः (sampannāḥ) - accomplished, perfected, endowed with, having become

• काकतालीयात् (kākatālīyāt) - from an accidental occurrence, from a coincidence

• स्वशक्तिनियतेन्द्रियाः (svaśaktiniyatendriyāḥ) - those whose senses are controlled by their own power/nature

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, similarly

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, certainly

• कलिका (kalikā) - bud, unblown flower, small part

• लोलम् (lolam) - adverbially, 'fickly' or as neuter noun 'a trembling thing'. (trembling, unsteady, fickle, moving, dangling)

• का (kā) - what, which, who

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कस्य (kasya) - of whom, whose, of what

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, thereupon

• खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - breaking, dividing, refuting, contradicting, destroying

Words meanings and morphology

सम्पन्नाः (sampannāḥ) - accomplished, perfected, endowed with, having become

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sampanna

sampanna - accomplished, completed, perfected, prosperous, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

From sam-pad (to fall together, to happen, to succeed). sam prefix + root pad.

Prefix: sam

Root: pad (class 4)

काकतालीयात् (kākatālīyāt) - from an accidental occurrence, from a coincidence

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kākatālīya

kākatālīya - accidental, coincidental, sudden, like the crow and palm-fruit (an unforeseen event)

Derived from kāka-tālīya-nyāya (the maxim of the crow and the palm fruit). Suffix īya.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāka+tāla)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tāla – palm tree, palm fruit, cymbal
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as a noun in the ablative.

स्वशक्तिनियतेन्द्रियाः (svaśaktiniyatendriyāḥ) - those whose senses are controlled by their own power/nature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svaśaktiniyatendriya

svaśaktiniyatendriya - having senses controlled by one's own power/nature

Bahuvrīhi compound. sva-śakti-niyata-indriya. svaśakti (own power), niyata (controlled, regulated), indriya (sense organ). "whose senses are controlled by their own power".

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+śakti+niyata+indriya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• śakti – power, ability, energy, intrinsic nature
  noun (feminine)
  From root śak (to be able).
  Root: śak (class 5)
• niyata – controlled, regulated, restrained, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ni-yam (to restrain, control). ni prefix + root yam.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
  Related to Indra.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + thā(l) suffix.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

कलिका (kalikā) - bud, unblown flower, small part

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kalikā

kalikā - a bud, unblown flower, small part, particle, a jot

From kali (bud, atom, etc.).

लोलम् (lolam) - adverbially, 'fickly' or as neuter noun 'a trembling thing'. (trembling, unsteady, fickle, moving, dangling)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lola

lola - trembling, shaking, unsteady, fickle, restless, dangling

From root lul (to shake, move to and fro).

Root: lul (class 1)

Note: Can function as an adverb or modify an implied neuter noun. Here functions adverbially or describes an implied neuter concept.

का (kā) - what, which, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who (interrogative pronoun)

kā is the feminine nominative singular form of kim.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

कस्य (kasya) - of whom, whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who (interrogative pronoun)

Genitive singular of kim (masculine, feminine, neuter).

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, thereupon

(indeclinable)

From idam (this) + tral suffix.

खण्डना (khaṇḍanā) - breaking, dividing, refuting, contradicting, destroying

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of khaṇḍanā

khaṇḍanā - breaking, dividing, refutation, contradiction, destruction, crushing

From root khaṇḍ (to break, to cut).

Root: khaṇḍ (class 10)