Pratya haara means to take in, to eat. If you don't respond to it after some time, the child will go to sleep,. So, that is the way you want to handle the senses. The next is Manasab, the mind itself should be quietened. In a good environment also, you have to make an effort to withdraw from the senses. But once you're not reacting to the senses, another level of mischief arises.
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, one of India's most revered texts which is also a part of the Vedas. It is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha(liberation).