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Yoga Sutra 3:21
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
KAYARUPA SAMYAMAT TADGRAHYA SAKTI STAMBHE CAKSUH PRAKASASAMPRAYOGE'NTARDHANAM.
Source: English translation from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
By samyama on the form of one's body, [and by] checking the power of perception by intercepting light from the eyes of the observer, the body becomes invisible.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
kaya rupa samyamat tadgrahyasakti stambhe caksuh prakasa asamprayoge antardhanam
Source: English translation from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)
By control over the subtle body, the yogi can suspend at will the rays of light emanating from himself so that he becomes invisible to onlookers. He may again make himself visible by bringing back the power of perceptibility.
Source: How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood)
If one makes samyama on the form of one's body, obstructing its perceptibility and separating its power of manifestation from the eyes of the beholder, then one's body becomes invisible.
Source: English translation from The Heart of Yoga (T.K.V. Desikachar)
Samyama on the relationship between the features of the body and what affects them can give one the means to merge with one's surroundings in such a way that one's form is indistinguishable.
Source: Sanskrit transliteration of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
kaya rupa samyama tat grahya shakti tat stambhe chaksuh prakasha asamprayoga antardhanam
Source: English translation of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati)
When samyama is done on the form of one's own physical body, the illumination or visual characteristic of the body is suspended, and is thus invisible to other people.
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