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tat-abhāvāt-saṃyoga-abhāvaḥ hānaṃ tat-dṛśeḥ kaivalyam

तदभाबात्संयोगाभावो हानं तद्दृशेः कैवल्यम्

That non-appearance is the non-appearance of the conjunction, that giving up is the seer in its abstraction.

tat - that, this

abhāva - non-appearance, non-existence, absence

saṃyoga - conjunction

hāna - the act of abandoning, relinquishing, giving up, escaping, getting rid of; gone or departed; cessation

dṛś - to see

kaivalya - independence, freedom, solitude, separateness, abstraction, not connected with anything else; uncompounded, unmingled

Commentary by T Krishnamacharya:

“Avidyā and Freedom do not exist together. Here Avidyā represents both the basis and attitude towards our action. The aim of Yoga is to reach that state where our actions are not based on Avidyā.”