योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-177, verse-24

शुष्कतर्कहठावेशाद्यद्वाप्यनुभवोज्झितम् ।
कल्प्यते कारणं किंचित्सा मौर्ख्याभिनिवेशिता ॥ २४ ॥

śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśādyadvāpyanubhavojjhitam ,
kalpyate kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitsā maurkhyābhiniveśitā 24

24. śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśāt yat vā api anubhava ujjhitam
kalpyate kāraṇam kiṃcit sā maurkʰya abhiniveśitā

24. yat vā api śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśāt anubhava ujjhitam kiṃcit kāraṇam kalpyate,
sā maurkʰya abhiniveśitā

24. When some cause is imagined, either out of a stubborn adherence to dry logic or because it is devoid of actual experience, that is truly an instance of foolish obstinacy.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्कतर्कहठावेशात् (śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśāt) - due to a vehement insistence on dry logic, from an obsession with barren reasoning

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• अनुभव (anubhava) - experience

• उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - devoid of experience (abandoned, forsaken, devoid of)

• कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is postulated, is supposed

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• मौर्क्ʰय (maurkʰya) - foolishness, stupidity

• अभिनिवेशिता (abhiniveśitā) - foolish obstinacy (obstinate clinging, strong adherence, insistence, obsession)

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्कतर्कहठावेशात् (śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśāt) - due to a vehement insistence on dry logic, from an obsession with barren reasoning

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśa

śuṣkatarkahaṭhāveśa - obsession/insistence on dry/barren logic/reasoning

Compound type : tatpurusha (śuṣka+tarka+haṭha+āveśa)

• śuṣka – dry, barren
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √śuṣ (to dry).
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• tarka – logic, reasoning, speculation
  noun (masculine)
• haṭha – force, violence, obstinacy
  noun (masculine)
• āveśa – entering, seizure, obsession, intense application
  noun (masculine)
  From `ā-√viś`.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: viś (class 6)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to kāraṇam (cause).

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

अनुभव (anubhava) - experience

(noun)

masculine, singular of anubhava

anubhava - experience, perception, apprehension

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: This word is part of the compound anubhava-ujjhitam.

उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - devoid of experience (abandoned, forsaken, devoid of)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ujjhitā

ujjhitā - abandoned, forsaken, devoid of, left

Past Passive Participle

From root √ujjh (to abandon, forsake).

Prefix: ud

Root: ujjh

Note: In anubhava ujjhitam, it means 'devoid of experience'.

कल्प्यते (kalpyate) - is imagined, is postulated, is supposed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √kḷp

Passive voice present tense

Root √kḷp, 1st conjugation, atmanepada, passive.

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: The subject is kāraṇam.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, means, instrument

From √kṛ (to do) + ana suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of kalpyate.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything, a little, a certain

From kim (what) + cit (a particle indicating indefiniteness).

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to maurkʰyābhiniveśitā.

मौर्क्ʰय (maurkʰya) - foolishness, stupidity

(noun)

neuter, singular of maurkʰya

maurkʰya - foolishness, stupidity, folly

Derived from mūrkha (foolish person).

अभिनिवेशिता (abhiniveśitā) - foolish obstinacy (obstinate clinging, strong adherence, insistence, obsession)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhiniveśitā

abhiniveśitā - obstinate clinging, tenacity, strong adherence, obsession

From abhiniveśa (entering into, firm adherence) + tā suffix for abstract noun.

Prefixes: abhi+ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: In compound with maurkʰya, it means 'foolish obstinacy'.