The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Aparokṣānubhūtiḥ

Verse 121

विषयेष्वात्मतां दृष्ट्वा मनसश्चिति मज्जनम् ।प्रत्याहारः स विज्ञेयोऽभ्यसनीयो मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ १२१ ॥

In plain words

See the Self in every object the senses reach — and let the mind sink into Consciousness and stay under. That is pratyāhāra, the real drawing-in. Anyone who wants freedom should practise it.

Close to the Sanskrit

Having seen Self-nature in the sense-objects, the mind's immersion in Consciousness — that is to be known as pratyāhāra, and it is to be practised by seekers of liberation.