The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Praśnottararatnamālikā

Verse 8

कस्माद्भयमिह मरणादन्धादिह को विशिष्यते रागी ।कः शूरो यो ललनालोचनबाणैर्न च व्यधितः ॥ ७ ॥

In plain words

What is there to fear here? Death. Who is no better off than a blind man? The one ruled by desire. Who is the real hero? The one whom the arrows of a woman's glance have never wounded.

Close to the Sanskrit

From what is there fear here? From death. Who here is distinguished from the blind man? The passionate one. Who is a hero? He who is not pierced by the arrows of a woman's eyes.