Sanskrit: विषयेभ्यः परावर्त्य स्थापनं स्वस्वगोलके । येषामिन्द्रियाणां स दमः परिकीर्तितः बाह्यानालम्बनं वृत्तेरेषोपरतिरुत्तमा 
English:  Turning both kinds of sense-organs away from sense-objects and placing them in their respective centres, is called Dama or self-control. The best Uparati or self-withdrawal consists in the mind-function ceasing to act by means of external objects.