योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-1, verse-26

अनयैव धिया राम विहरन्नैव बध्यसे ।
अन्यथाधः पतस्याशु विन्ध्यखाते यथा गजः ॥ २६ ॥

anayaiva dhiyā rāma viharannaiva badhyase ,
anyathādhaḥ patasyāśu vindhyakhāte yathā gajaḥ 26

26. anayā eva dhiyā rāma viharan na eva badhyase
anyathā adhaḥ patasi āśu vindhya-khāte yathā gajaḥ

26. rāma,
anayā eva dhiyā viharan,
na eva badhyase.
anyathā,
yathā gajaḥ vindhya-khāte (patati),
(tathā tvam) āśu adhaḥ patasi.

26. O Rāma, by dwelling in this very understanding, you will certainly not be bound. Otherwise, you will quickly fall down, just like an elephant into a chasm in the Vindhya mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• विहरन् (viharan) - dwelling, acting, moving about

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• बध्यसे (badhyase) - you are bound

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

• अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

• पतसि (patasi) - you fall

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• विन्ध्य-खाते (vindhya-khāte) - in a chasm of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• गजः (gajaḥ) - an elephant

Words meanings and morphology

अनया (anayā) - by this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (feminine)

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

धिया (dhiyā) - by intellect, by understanding

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dhī

dhī - intellect, understanding, thought

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

विहरन् (viharan) - dwelling, acting, moving about

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viharant

viharant - dwelling, moving about, acting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root hṛ (to carry) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies implied 'you' (Rāma)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

बध्यसे (badhyase) - you are bound

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way

(indeclinable)

अधः (adhaḥ) - downwards, below

(indeclinable)

पतसि (patasi) - you fall

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

विन्ध्य-खाते (vindhya-khāte) - in a chasm of the Vindhya mountains, in a Vindhya pit

(compound noun)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vindhya+khāta)

• vindhya – Vindhya (a mountain range in central India)
  proper noun (masculine)
• khāta – pit, chasm, ditch
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

गजः (gajaḥ) - an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant