महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-23

तदेव च यथा स्रोतो विष्टम्भयति वारणः ।
तद्वद्योगबलं लब्ध्वा व्यूहते विषयान्बहून् ॥२३॥

23. tadeva ca yathā sroto viṣṭambhayati vāraṇaḥ ,
tadvadyogabalaṁ labdhvā vyūhate viṣayānbahūn.

23. tad eva ca yathā srotaḥ viṣṭambhayati vāraṇaḥ
tadvat yogabalam labdhvā vyūhate viṣayān bahūn

23. yathā vāraṇaḥ srotaḥ viṣṭambhayati tad eva ca
tadvat yogabalam labdhvā bahūn viṣayān vyūhate

23. Just as an elephant obstructs a stream, similarly, having obtained the power of spiritual discipline (yoga), one arranges and controls many sense objects.

Words meanings summery:

• तद् (tad) - then (that, then, therefore)

• एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• स्रोतः (srotaḥ) - a stream (stream, current, channel)

• विष्टम्भयति (viṣṭambhayati) - obstructs (obstructs, stops, blocks)

• वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - an elephant (elephant, warding off, preventing)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in like manner)

• योगबलम् (yogabalam) - the power of spiritual discipline (yoga) (power of yoga)

• लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained (having obtained, having gained)

• व्यूहते (vyūhate) - arranges and controls (distributes, arranges, disposes, manipulates)

• विषयान् (viṣayān) - sense objects (objects, sense objects, spheres, domains)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, much)

Words meanings and morphology

तद् (tad) - then (that, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

स्रोतः (srotaḥ) - a stream (stream, current, channel)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of srotas

srotas - stream, current, channel

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Can also be nominative singular, but accusative fits the context of 'obstructs a stream'.

विष्टम्भयति (viṣṭambhayati) - obstructs (obstructs, stops, blocks)

(verb)

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

Causative from vi-STAMBH

Prefix: vi

Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Causal form.

वारणः (vāraṇaḥ) - an elephant (elephant, warding off, preventing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant; preventing, warding off

From root vṛ (to cover, restrain)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in like manner)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat

योगबलम् (yogabalam) - the power of spiritual discipline (yoga) (power of yoga)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yogabala

yogabala - power of yoga, strength of yoga

Compound type : tatpurusha (yoga+bala)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, effort, application
  noun (masculine)
  From root yuj
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

लब्ध्वा (labdhvā) - having obtained (having obtained, having gained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (indeclinable participle)

From root labh

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Absolutive formed with -tvā suffix.

व्यूहते (vyūhate) - arranges and controls (distributes, arranges, disposes, manipulates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vyūh

From vi-ūh (ūh to push, remove, combine)

Prefix: vi

Root: ūh (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada verb.

विषयान् (viṣayān) - sense objects (objects, sense objects, spheres, domains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sense object, domain, sphere

From vi-ṣi (to rule, pervade)

Prefix: vi

Root: ṣi (class 4)

बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, much)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with viṣayān.