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.

28. ואם במקרה נדיר או בהשפעת דחף חיצוני הוא נראה כמי שחפץ בדבר מה או נמנע ממנו,

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)

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