योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-168, verse-35

काकतालीयवच्चित्त्वाच्चिति दृश्यं प्रकाशते ।
स्वयमेव स्वभावस्थमावर्तादि यथाम्बुधौ ॥ ३५ ॥

kākatālīyavaccittvācciti dṛśyaṃ prakāśate ,
svayameva svabhāvasthamāvartādi yathāmbudhau 35

35. kākatālīyavat citvāt citi dṛśyam prakāśate
svayam eva svabhāvastham āvartādi yathā ambudhau

35. yathā ambudhau āvartādi svabhāvastham svayam
eva kākatālīyavat citvāt citi dṛśyam prakāśate

35. Just as whirlpools and similar phenomena spontaneously appear, abiding in their own nature within the ocean, so too, the objective world manifests within consciousness (cit) from consciousness itself, as if by a 'crow-palm' (kākatālīya) coincidence.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like a crow-palm coincidence, unexpectedly, by chance

• चित्वात् (citvāt) - from consciousness; due to consciousness

• चिति (citi) - in consciousness

• दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the seen, the visible, the observable world

• प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears, manifests

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

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

• स्वभावस्थम् (svabhāvastham) - abiding in its own nature

• आवर्तादि (āvartādi) - whirlpools and so forth, beginning with whirlpools

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अम्बुधौ (ambudhau) - in the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - like a crow-palm coincidence, unexpectedly, by chance

(indeclinable)

Derived from the adjective 'kākatālīya' (referring to a sudden, accidental, or coincidental event, like a crow landing on a palm tree at the moment a fruit falls) with the suffix '-vat' meaning 'like' or 'as if'.

चित्वात् (citvāt) - from consciousness; due to consciousness

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

चिति (citi) - in consciousness

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of cit

cit - consciousness, intelligence, thought

Root: cit (class 1)

दृश्यम् (dṛśyam) - the seen, the visible, the observable world

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛśya

dṛśya - visible, to be seen, observable

Potential Passive Participle (Gerundive)

Derived from the root 'dṛś' with the suffix '-ya'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used substantively here to mean 'the objective world'.

प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of prakāśate

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

स्वभावस्थम् (svabhāvastham) - abiding in its own nature

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svabhāvastha

svabhāvastha - abiding in one's own nature, naturally existing

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (svabhāva+stha)

• svabhāva – one's own nature, innate disposition, inherent quality
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, abiding, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

आवर्तादि (āvartādi) - whirlpools and so forth, beginning with whirlpools

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvartādi

āvartādi - beginning with whirlpools, whirlpools etc.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (āvarta+ādi)

• āvarta – whirlpool, eddy, turn
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt (class 1)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बुधौ (ambudhau) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ambudhi

ambudhi - ocean (lit. water-holder)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ambu+dhi)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – holder, receptacle (from dhā 'to hold')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'dhā' (to hold, place).
  Root: dhā (class 3)