The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Praśnottararatnamālikā

Verse 7

मदिरेव मोहजनकः कः स्नेहः के च दस्यवो विषयाः ।का भववल्लि तृष्णा को वैरी यस्त्वनुद्योगः ॥ ६ ॥

In plain words

What clouds the mind like liquor? Attachment. Who are the thieves that rob us? The senses. What is the vine that binds us to worldly life? Craving. And who is our greatest enemy? Inaction itself.

Close to the Sanskrit

What is like liquor, a deluder? Attachment. And who are the thieves? Sense objects. What is the creeper of worldly existence? Thirst. Who is the enemy? Indeed, laziness.