योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-148, verse-25

कदाचित्सत्यता स्वप्ने कदाचिच्चाप्यसत्यता ।
अभावान्नियतेरेव काकतालीयमेव तत् ॥ २५ ॥

kadācitsatyatā svapne kadāciccāpyasatyatā ,
abhāvānniyatereva kākatālīyameva tat 25

25. kadācit satyatā svapne kadācit ca api asatyatā
abhāvāt niyateḥ eva kākatālīyam eva tat

25. svapne kadācit satyatā kadācit ca api asatyatā
tat abhāvāt niyateḥ eva kākatālīyam eva

25. Sometimes there is reality (satyatā) in a dream, and sometimes there is also unreality. This occurs simply because of the absence of a fixed natural law (niyati), making it a mere 'crow-palm-fruit' coincidence.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

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

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• असत्यता (asatyatā) - unreality, falsehood, untruth

• अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to absence, from non-existence, owing to the lack

• नियतेः (niyateḥ) - of the natural law, of destiny, of fixed order

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

• काकतालीयम् (kākatālīyam) - a mere 'crow-palm-fruit' coincidence (an unexpected, chance occurrence, an idiom for serendipity or random event without apparent cause) (a 'crow-palm-fruit' coincidence, accidental, coincidental)

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

• तत् (tat) - that (refers to the whole situation described) (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

सत्यता (satyatā) - reality, truth, truthfulness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satyatā

satyatā - reality, truth, truthfulness

Derived from satya (true, real) + -tā (suffix for abstract noun).

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream, in sleep

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - sleep, dream, a dream (object)

Derived from the root svap- (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

असत्यता (asatyatā) - unreality, falsehood, untruth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asatyatā

asatyatā - unreality, falsehood, untruth

Compound of 'a-' (negative prefix) and 'satyatā' (reality).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+satyatā)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• satyatā – reality, truth
  noun (feminine)

अभावात् (abhāvāt) - due to absence, from non-existence, owing to the lack

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - absence, non-existence, lack

Compound of 'a-' (negative prefix) and 'bhāva' (existence, state).

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – existence, state, being, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root bhū- (to be, exist).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

नियतेः (niyateḥ) - of the natural law, of destiny, of fixed order

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - natural law, destiny, fixed order, necessity, limitation

Derived from ni-yam (to restrain, fix).

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

काकतालीयम् (kākatālīyam) - a mere 'crow-palm-fruit' coincidence (an unexpected, chance occurrence, an idiom for serendipity or random event without apparent cause) (a 'crow-palm-fruit' coincidence, accidental, coincidental)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kākatālīya

kākatālīya - accidental, coincidental, sudden

Derived from the maxim (nyāya) of the crow (kāka) landing on a palm tree (tāla) at the exact moment a ripe fruit falls, an idiom for a striking and unpredictable coincidence.

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (refers to the whole situation described) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tat

tat - that, it

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