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.

26. אם תפעל בעולם מתוך תבונה זו, הוֹ רָאמָה, לעולם לא תהיה כבול. אחרת, תתרסק מהרה אל המעמקים, כמו פיל הנופל לבור בהרי הַוִנְדְהְיַה.

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

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