योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-187, verse-64

एष तन्मात्रकगणः काकतालीयवत्स्वयम् ।
रूपं येन प्रदेशेन वेत्त्यक्षीति तदुच्यते ॥ ६४ ॥

eṣa tanmātrakagaṇaḥ kākatālīyavatsvayam ,
rūpaṃ yena pradeśena vettyakṣīti taducyate 64

64. eṣaḥ tanmātrakagaṇaḥ kākatālīyavat svayam
rūpam yena pradeśena vetti akṣī iti tat ucyate

64. eṣaḥ tanmātrakagaṇaḥ kākatālīyavat svayam tat
ucyate yena pradeśena akṣī rūpam vetti iti

64. This collection of subtle elements (tanmātra) spontaneously comes into being, much like the 'crow and palm fruit' coincidence. That faculty by which the eye perceives form is thus called the faculty of sight.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - This (collection of subtle elements). (This, this one.)

• तन्मात्रकगणः (tanmātrakagaṇaḥ) - The group of subtle elements (which constitute the senses). (A group of subtle elements, collection of rudiments.)

• काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - Spontaneously and coincidentally. (Like a crow and a palm fruit (coincidence), accidental, coincidental.)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - Spontaneously, without external intervention. (By oneself, spontaneously, of its own accord.)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - Visual form, appearance (as an object of perception). (Form, appearance, beauty.)

• येन (yena) - By which (sense organ). (By which, by whom.)

• प्रदेशेन (pradeśena) - By the faculty, by the particular sense organ. (By the region, by the part, by the specific place or faculty.)

• वेत्ति (vetti) - Perceives (sensory information). (Knows, perceives, understands.)

• अक्षी (akṣī) - The eye (as the sense organ of sight). (The eye.)

• इति (iti) - Thus, this is called. (Thus, so, in this way, indicating direct speech or conclusion.)

• तत् (tat) - That (faculty of sight). (That.)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - Is called. (Is said, is called.)

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - This (collection of subtle elements). (This, this one.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - This.

तन्मात्रकगणः (tanmātrakagaṇaḥ) - The group of subtle elements (which constitute the senses). (A group of subtle elements, collection of rudiments.)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tanmātrakagaṇa

tanmātrakagaṇa - Collection of subtle elements, group of rudiments.

Compound of 'tanmātraka' and 'gaṇa'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (tanmātraka+gaṇa)

• tanmātraka – subtle element, rudiment
  noun (neuter)
  From `tad` (that) + `mātra` (only) + `ka` (suffix); referring to the five subtle elements (sound, touch, form, taste, smell) that precede the gross elements.
• gaṇa – group, collection, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gaṇ (class 1)

काकतालीयवत् (kākatālīyavat) - Spontaneously and coincidentally. (Like a crow and a palm fruit (coincidence), accidental, coincidental.)

(indeclinable)

From `kākatālīya` (crow-palm-fruit analogy) + `vat` (like). The analogy refers to a crow landing on a palm tree just as a ripe fruit falls, leading to the mistaken belief that the crow caused the fruit to fall. Used to describe an accidental or spontaneous occurrence.

स्वयम् (svayam) - Spontaneously, without external intervention. (By oneself, spontaneously, of its own accord.)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of `sva` (self).

रूपम् (rūpam) - Visual form, appearance (as an object of perception). (Form, appearance, beauty.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - Form, shape, appearance, beauty, image.

Note: Object of `vetti`.

येन (yena) - By which (sense organ). (By which, by whom.)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - Which, what.

Relative pronoun.

Note: Refers to `pradeśena`.

प्रदेशेन (pradeśena) - By the faculty, by the particular sense organ. (By the region, by the part, by the specific place or faculty.)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pradeśa

pradeśa - Region, place, part, faculty.

From `pra-` (prefix) + `√diś` (to point, show).

Prefix: pra

Root: diś (class 6)

वेत्ति (vetti) - Perceives (sensory information). (Knows, perceives, understands.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root `√vid` (class 2).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject is `akṣī`.

अक्षी (akṣī) - The eye (as the sense organ of sight). (The eye.)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akṣi

akṣi - Eye.

Note: Subject of `vetti`.

इति (iti) - Thus, this is called. (Thus, so, in this way, indicating direct speech or conclusion.)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तत् (tat) - That (faculty of sight). (That.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - That, it.

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of `ucyate`.

उच्यते (ucyate) - Is called. (Is said, is called.)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Root `√vac` (class 2).

Root: vac (class 2)