2.54
स्वविषयासंप्रयोगे चित्तस्वरूपानुकार इवेन्द्रियाणां प्रत्याहारः
sva-viṣayāsaṃprayoge citta-svarūpānukāra ivendriyāṇāṃ pratyāhāraḥ
The line
Withdrawal is the senses, as it were, imitating the mind's own form, by not joining their objects.
नेपालीमा
प्रत्याहार भनेको इन्द्रियहरू विषयसँग नजोडिएर चित्तको आफ्नै रूपको अनुकरण गरेजस्तो हुनु हो।
Where it sits
The fifth limb, defined. The senses follow the mind inward instead of their objects. 2.55 will say the fruit: the highest obedience of the senses. Then the third pāda (पाद) can define holding, because the senses are no longer pulling.
Split: sva (स्व) + viṣaya (विषय) + asaṃprayoge (असंप्रयोगे) + citta (चित्त) + svarūpa (स्वरूप) + anukāraḥ (अनुकारः) + iva (इव) + indriyāṇām (इन्द्रियाणाम्) + pratyāhāraḥ (प्रत्याहारः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sva (स्व) | stem | their own. |
| viṣaya (विषय) | stem | object. |
| asaṃprayoge (असंप्रयोगे) | locative singular | when there is no joining. When the senses are not joined to their objects. |
| citta (चित्त) | stem | the mind. |
| svarūpa (स्वरूप) | stem | its own form. |
| anukāraḥ (अनुकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | an imitating, a taking after. |
| iva (इव) | indeclinable | as it were. |
| indriyāṇām (इन्द्रियाणाम्) | genitive plural | of the senses. |
| pratyāhāraḥ (प्रत्याहारः) | nominative singular, masculine | withdrawal. The fifth limb. |
The phrases
Withdrawal is the senses, as it were, imitating the mind's own form. The condition is locative: when there is no joining with their own objects. viṣaya (विषय) + asaṃprayoga (असंप्रयोग) is a (अ) + a (अ) = ā (आ). svarūpa (स्वरूप) + anukāra (अनुकार) is the same.
anukāraḥ iva (अनुकारः इव) is recited anukāra iva (अनुकार इव), and iva indriyāṇām (इव इन्द्रियाणाम्) is ivendriyāṇām (इवेन्द्रियाणाम्), a (अ) + i (इ) = e (ए). The iva (इव) matters. It is as it were an imitating. The senses are not said to become the mind.
Sanskrit in this line
a (अ) + i (इ) = e (ए) at iva (इव) + indriya (इन्द्रिय). Genitive plural indriyāṇām (इन्द्रियाणाम्) is “of the senses,” the -ānām (आनाम्) of 1.19. Locative asaṃprayoge (असंप्रयोगे) is the condition. Read pratyāhāra (प्रत्याहार) from its pieces if it helps: prati (प्रति) “back,” āhāra (आहार) “taking.” The withdrawal is a taking back.
Say it back
Say what the senses imitate, and the iva (इव) that keeps the claim modest.