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.

27. תופעות המופיעות במקרה כונו בשם זיכרונות, בדיוק כפי מראה איבריך שנדמה כי הם מופיעים אך למעשה אינם מופיעים באופן נפרד.

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)

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