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Sanskrit

स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्य स्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः

Transliteration (IAST)

sva-viṣayāsaṃprayoge cittasya svarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṃ pratyāhāraḥ

Word by word

sva-viṣaya-asaṃprayoge
when disjoined from their own objects
cittasya svarūpa-anukāraḥ iva
as if imitating the nature of the mind
indriyāṇām
of the senses
pratyāhāraḥ
withdrawal

Translation

Withdrawal is the senses disengaging from their objects and, as it were, taking on the nature of the mind.

Source: Surenyogalaya Open Translation (English) · License: CC0-1.0