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Sanskrit

कायरूपसंयमात्तद्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुःप्रकाशासंप्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम्

Transliteration (IAST)

kāya-rūpa-saṃyamāt tad-grāhya-śakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ-prakāśāsaṃprayoge 'ntardhānam

Word by word

kāya-rūpa-saṃyamāt
from saṃyama on the body's form
tat-grāhya-śakti-stambhe
on suspending its power of being perceived
cakṣuḥ-prakāśa-asaṃprayoge
when contact with the eye's light is broken
antardhānam
invisibility; disappearance

Translation

By saṃyama on the body's form, suspending its perceptibility so that contact with the eye's light is broken, invisibility results.

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