योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-79, verse-30

काकतालीयवद्देहात्पैशाची ज्ञप्तिरस्ति चेत् ।
परलोकार्थसंवित्तिः कथं नास्ति सकारणा ॥ ३० ॥

kākatālīyavaddehātpaiśācī jñaptirasti cet ,
paralokārthasaṃvittiḥ kathaṃ nāsti sakāraṇā 30

30. kāka-tālīya-vat dehāt paiśācī jñaptiḥ asti cet
para-loka-artha-saṃvittiḥ katham na asti sa-kāraṇā

30. cet paiśācī jñaptiḥ dehāt kāka-tālīya-vat asti,
tarhi katham para-loka-artha-saṃvittiḥ sa-kāraṇā na asti?

30. If a demoniacal perception (paiśācī jñaptiḥ) arises from the body merely by coincidence, like the crow and the palm fruit, then how can the knowledge concerning the reality of the other world (paraloka) not exist with a valid cause?

Words meanings summery:

• काक-तालीय-वत् (kāka-tālīya-vat) - by mere coincidence (like the crow and the palm fruit (i.e., by coincidence))

• देहात् (dehāt) - from the body

• पैशाची (paiśācī) - demoniacal, ghostly, relating to demons

• ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - demoniacal perception (like a hallucination) (knowledge, apprehension, perception)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• चेत् (cet) - if

• पर-लोक-अर्थ-संवित्तिः (para-loka-artha-saṁvittiḥ) - knowledge concerning the reality of the other world (paraloka) (knowledge of the object/meaning of the other world)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• स-कारणा (sa-kāraṇā) - with a valid cause (with a cause, well-grounded, having a reason)

Words meanings and morphology

काक-तालीय-वत् (kāka-tālīya-vat) - by mere coincidence (like the crow and the palm fruit (i.e., by coincidence))

(indeclinable)

compound with suffix -vat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāka+tāla+vat)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• tāla – palm tree, palm fruit
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, similar to (suffix)
  suffix
  comparative suffix

Note: Modifies the manner of existence.

देहात् (dehāt) - from the body

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Indicates source or origin.

पैशाची (paiśācī) - demoniacal, ghostly, relating to demons

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paiśāca

paiśāca - demoniacal, relating to piśācas

derived from piśāca

Note: Qualifies `jñaptiḥ`.

ज्ञप्तिः (jñaptiḥ) - demoniacal perception (like a hallucination) (knowledge, apprehension, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jñapti

jñapti - knowledge, apprehension, perception, information

from jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

present tense of 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

पर-लोक-अर्थ-संवित्तिः (para-loka-artha-saṁvittiḥ) - knowledge concerning the reality of the other world (paraloka) (knowledge of the object/meaning of the other world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para-loka-artha-saṃvitti

para-loka-artha-saṁvitti - knowledge of the meaning/object of the other world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+loka+artha+saṃvitti)

• para – other, next, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, reality
  noun (masculine)
• saṃvitti – knowledge, comprehension, perception
  noun (feminine)
  from sam- + vid (to know)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of the main clause.

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present Indicative, 3rd Person Singular

present tense of 'as'

Root: as (class 2)

स-कारणा (sa-kāraṇā) - with a valid cause (with a cause, well-grounded, having a reason)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sa-kāraṇa

sa-kāraṇa - having a cause, with a reason

bahuvrīhi compound, from sa (with) + kāraṇa (cause)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kāraṇa)

• sa – with, together with (prefix)
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  from kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `para-loka-artha-saṃvittiḥ`.