योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-144, verse-46

अबुद्धिपूर्वं चानिच्छमेवमेव प्रवर्तते ।
काकतालीयवत्स्पन्दादावर्ता इव वारिणि ॥ ४६ ॥

abuddhipūrvaṃ cānicchamevameva pravartate ,
kākatālīyavatspandādāvartā iva vāriṇi 46

46. abuddhipūrvam ca aniccham evam eva pravartate
kākatālīyavat spandāt āvartāḥ iva vāriṇi

46. abuddhipūrvam ca aniccham evam eva pravartate
spandāt vāriṇi āvartāḥ iva kākatālīyavat

46. This process unfolds in precisely this way, without prior thought or conscious desire, much like a sudden, unexpected coincidence (kākatālīyavat), or like whirlpools forming spontaneously from vibrations in water.

Words meanings summery:

• अबुद्धिपूर्वम् (abuddhipūrvam) - unintentionally, without forethought, without prior knowledge/intention

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अनिच्छम् (aniccham) - unwillingly, without desire, not wishing

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite, even

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, functions, manifests, arises

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow and the palm fruit, by accidental coincidence

• स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from movement

• आवर्ताः (āvartāḥ) - whirlpools, eddies

• इव (iva) - as, like, as if

• वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

Words meanings and morphology

अबुद्धिपूर्वम् (abuddhipūrvam) - unintentionally, without forethought, without prior knowledge/intention

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+buddhi+pūrva)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• buddhi – intellect, mind, intention, perception
  noun (feminine)
• pūrva – prior, former, preceded by, eastern
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially (neuter singular form)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अनिच्छम् (aniccham) - unwillingly, without desire, not wishing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anicchanta

anicchanta - not wishing, unwilling, reluctant

Present Active Participle

Negated form of present active participle of root iṣ/icch (to wish/desire)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+icchanta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• icchanta – wishing, desiring
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially (neuter singular form)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite, even

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - proceeds, occurs, functions, manifests, arises

(verb)

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

present middle

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like the crow and the palm fruit, by accidental coincidence

(indeclinable)

Formed by suffix -vat (like, similar to) to kākatālīya

Compound type : dvandva (kāka+tālīya)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – relating to a palm tree/fruit
  adjective
  Derived from tāla (palm tree)

स्पन्दात् (spandāt) - from vibration, from pulsation, from movement

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of spanda

spanda - vibration, pulsation, movement, quiver

आवर्ताः (āvartāḥ) - whirlpools, eddies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvarta

āvarta - whirlpool, eddy, coil, turn

इव (iva) - as, like, as if

(indeclinable)

वारिणि (vāriṇi) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vārin

vārin - water