SVAVISHAYA ASANPRAYOGE CHITTASYA SVARUPANUKARA IV ENDRIYANAM PRATYAHARAH ||54||
स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्य स्वरूपानुकारैवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः ॥५४॥
svaviṣaya-asaṁprayoge cittasya svarūpānukāra-iv-endriyāṇāṁ pratyāhāraḥ ||54||
Harmony with the emotions (pratyahara) is achieved when the senses cease to be engaged with external objects and thus that which is mutable in human beings (chitta) becomes similar to true nature. ||54||
sva = (icc.) their own
viṣaya = (iic.) object; thing
a = not
saṁprayoge = to come into contact with; to unite; to become one
cittasya = (g. sg. m./g. sg. n. from citta) all that is mutable in humankind; mind
sva = (iic.) their own
rūpa = (iic.) form
svarūpa = (iic.) own form; own nature
anukāra = (nom. sg. f.) to imitate; to resemble; to appropriate
eva = (prep.) like; as though; as it were
indriyāṇām = (g. pl. m./g. pl. n. from indriya) via the senses; via the sense organs
pratyāhāraḥ = (nom. sg. m. from pratyāhāra) withdrawal of the senses; bringing inward; literally: fast with the senses; harmony with the emotions; harmony with the emotional body