योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-89, verse-9

तं तस्य निगडच्छेदमपश्यद्दूरतो रिपुः ।
बलेः स्वर्गावदलनं हरिर्मेरुतलादिव ॥ ९ ॥

taṃ tasya nigaḍacchedamapaśyaddūrato ripuḥ ,
baleḥ svargāvadalanaṃ harirmerutalādiva 9

9. tam tasya nigaḍacchedam apaśyat dūrataḥ ripuḥ
baleḥ svargāvadalanam hariḥ merutalāt iva

9. ripuḥ dūrataḥ tasya tam nigaḍacchedam apaśyat
hariḥ merutalāt baleḥ svargāvadalanam iva

9. The enemy saw his breaking of the fetters from afar, just as Hari (Vishnu) saw Bali's destruction of heaven from the peak of Mount Meru.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (breaking of chains) (that, him, it)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (the elephant's) (his, of that, of him)

• निगडच्छेदम् (nigaḍacchedam) - the breaking of the elephant's fetters (breaking of the fetters, cutting of the chains)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he (the enemy) saw (he saw)

• दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar (from afar, from a distance)

• रिपुः (ripuḥ) - the enemy (mahout) (enemy, foe)

• बलेः (baleḥ) - of Bali (the demon king) (of Bali (a demon king), of strength)

• स्वर्गावदलनम् (svargāvadalanam) - the destruction of heaven (destruction of heaven, tearing down of heaven)

• हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Vishnu) (Vishnu, Indra, lion, horse)

• मेरुतलात् (merutalāt) - from the peak of Mount Meru (from the peak of Meru, from the base of Meru)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (breaking of chains) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `nigaḍacchedam`.

तस्य (tasya) - his (the elephant's) (his, of that, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the elephant.

निगडच्छेदम् (nigaḍacchedam) - the breaking of the elephant's fetters (breaking of the fetters, cutting of the chains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nigaḍaccheda

nigaḍaccheda - breaking of fetters/chains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nigaḍa+cheda)

• nigaḍa – fetter, chain, shackle
  noun (masculine)
• cheda – cutting, breaking, division
  noun (masculine)
  from root chid
  Root: chid (class 7)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he (the enemy) saw (he saw)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

imperfect tense

root dṛś, 4th class, imperfect 3rd singular active

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: This is a form of the root dṛś, with the augment 'a-' for the imperfect tense, forming 'a-paśyat'.

दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar (from afar, from a distance)

(indeclinable)

adverbial suffix -tas

Note: Ablative functioning adverbially.

रिपुः (ripuḥ) - the enemy (mahout) (enemy, foe)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

बलेः (baleḥ) - of Bali (the demon king) (of Bali (a demon king), of strength)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bali

bali - King Bali (a daitya); strength, tribute

Note: Refers to the demon king Bali.

स्वर्गावदलनम् (svargāvadalanam) - the destruction of heaven (destruction of heaven, tearing down of heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svargāvadalana

svargāvadalana - destruction of heaven, tearing down of heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+avadalana)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• avadalana – tearing down, breaking off, destruction
  noun (neuter)
  from root dal with ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: dal (class 10)

हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari (Vishnu) (Vishnu, Indra, lion, horse)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hari

hari - Vishnu, Indra, lion, horse

मेरुतलात् (merutalāt) - from the peak of Mount Meru (from the peak of Meru, from the base of Meru)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of merutala

merutala - surface/peak of Meru, foot of Meru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (meru+tala)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• tala – surface, plane, bottom, base, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: From the context of 'seeing something from above/a distance', 'peak' is more likely than 'base'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.