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