Vibhuti Pada

Sentence 21

kaya rupa sanyamat tat grahyashakti stambhe chakshuh prakashasanprayoge 'ntardhanam ||21||

कायरूपसंयमात् तत्ग्राह्यशक्तिस्तम्भे चक्षुः प्रकाशासंप्रयोगेऽन्तर्धानम् ॥२१॥

kāya-rūpa-saṁyamāt tat-grāhyaśakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ prakāśāsaṁprayoge-'ntardhānam ||21||

Through meditation on the form of one's own physical body, it becomes possible to impede the capacity that renders the body visible. This precludes a connection between light and the eyes and renders the body invisible to others. ||21||

kaya (काय, kāya) = (iic) body
rupa (रूप, rūpa) = (iic.) form
sanyamat (संयमात्, saṁyamāt) = (abl. sg. m. from sanyama (संयमा, saṁyamā)) by practicing contemplation; samyama; meditation
tat (तत्, tat) = (acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from tad (तद्, tad)) that
grahya (ग्राह्य, grāhya) = perceptible
shakti (शक्ति, śakti) = (iic.) power; capacity
arhtah (अर्ह्तः, arhtaḥ) = (nom. sg. m. from arhta (अर्ह्त, arhta)) impediment
chakshuh (चक्षुः, cakṣuḥ) = (acc. sg. n. /nom. sg. n., chakshus (चक्षुस्, cakṣus)) eye
prakasha (प्रकाश, prakāśa) = (iic.) light
asanprayoge (असंप्रयोगे, asaṁprayoge) = (loc. sg. m., asanprayoga (असंप्रयोग, asaṁprayoga)) no connection
antardhanam (अन्तर्धानम्, antardhānam) = (acc. sg. n./nom. sg. n. from antardhana (अन्तर्धान, antardhāna)) disappear; invisibility

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