योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-37, verse-28

काकतालीययोगेन परप्रेरणयानया ।
यदि किंचित्कदाचिच्च सम्यगिच्छति वा न वा ॥ २८ ॥

kākatālīyayogena parapreraṇayānayā ,
yadi kiṃcitkadācicca samyagicchati vā na vā 28

28. kāka-tālīya-yogena para-preraṇayā anayā yadi
kiṃcit kadācit ca samyak icchati vā na vā

28. anayā para-preraṇayā kāka-tālīya-yogena
yadi kadācit kiṃcit samyak icchati vā na vā

28. If, by chance (kāka-tālīya-yoga) or by external instigation, he happens to desire something sometimes, it is merely observed as 'whether he truly desires it or not', without any deep personal engagement.

Words meanings summery:

• काक-तालीय-योगेन (kāka-tālīya-yogena) - by the coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit, by an accidental occurrence

• पर-प्रेरणया (para-preraṇayā) - by another's instigation, by external impulsion

• अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, ever, at any time

• च (ca) - and, also

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, truly

• इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, intends

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

काक-तालीय-योगेन (kāka-tālīya-yogena) - by the coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit, by an accidental occurrence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāka-tālīya-yoga

kāka-tālīya-yoga - coincidence of the crow and the palm fruit (an unexpected, coincidental event); accidental occurrence

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kāka+tālīya+yoga)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tālīya – related to a palm fruit, falling from a palm tree
  adjective (neuter)
  derived from tāla (palm tree) + īya
• yoga – conjunction, union, coincidence, method (yoga)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

पर-प्रेरणया (para-preraṇayā) - by another's instigation, by external impulsion

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para-preraṇā

para-preraṇā - another's instigation, external impulsion

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (para+preraṇā)

• para – other, another, external, supreme
  adjective (neuter)
• preraṇā – instigation, impulse, urge, incitement
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: īr (class 6)

अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: refers to preraṇā

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - something, anything, a little

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, truly

(indeclinable)

इच्छति (icchati) - desires, wishes, intends

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)