योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-172, verse-27

काकतालीयवद्भान्ति यास्ताः स्मृत्यभिधाः कृताः ।
यथा तवैतेऽवयवाः कचन्ति न कचन्ति च ॥ २७ ॥

kākatālīyavadbhānti yāstāḥ smṛtyabhidhāḥ kṛtāḥ ,
yathā tavaite'vayavāḥ kacanti na kacanti ca 27

27. kākatālīyavat bhānti yāḥ tāḥ smṛtyabhidhāḥ kṛtāḥ
yathā tava ete avayavāḥ kacanti na kacanti ca

27. yāḥ tāḥ smṛtyabhidhāḥ kṛtāḥ [santi],
[tāḥ] kākatālīyavat bhānti yathā tava ete avayavāḥ kacanti ca na kacanti ca [tadvat]

27. Those designations (based on memory (smṛti)) which are created appear to exist by mere coincidence, like the 'crow-and-palm-fruit' incident. This is similar to how your limbs sometimes appear manifest and sometimes do not appear.

Words meanings summery:

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - coincidentally, accidentally, like the crow-and-palm-fruit incident

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

• याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

• स्मृत्यभिधाः (smṛtyabhidhāḥ) - designations based on memory, concepts formed by memory

• कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made, created, done

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• तव (tava) - your

• एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

• अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) - limbs, parts, members

• कचन्ति (kacanti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

• न (na) - not, no

• कचन्ति (kacanti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - coincidentally, accidentally, like the crow-and-palm-fruit incident

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable formed by adding the suffix `vat` ('like' or 'as') to the adjective `kākatālīya`. The term `kākatālīya` itself refers to a famous simile of a crow landing on a palm tree just as a fruit falls, signifying a pure coincidence.

Compound type : Dvandva-Tatpurusha (kāka+tāla)

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

भान्ति (bhānti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

याः (yāḥ) - which (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

स्मृत्यभिधाः (smṛtyabhidhāḥ) - designations based on memory, concepts formed by memory

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of smṛtyabhidhā

smṛtyabhidhā - designation by memory, name based on memory, concept derived from memory

Compound type : Tatpurusha (smṛti+abhidhā)

• smṛti – memory, recollection
  noun (feminine)
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• abhidhā – name, appellation, designation, term
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made, created, done

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created, performed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एते (ete) - these (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) - limbs, parts, members

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avayava

avayava - part, member, limb, component

Prefix: ava

Root: yu (class 3)

कचन्ति (kacanti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kach

Root: kach (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कचन्ति (kacanti) - they appear, they shine, they are manifest

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kach

Root: kach (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)