The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 180

p. 180

न वै मृत्युर्व्याघ्र इवात्ति जन्तून्नाप्यस्य रूपमुपलभ्यते हि ॥ ५ ॥

In plain words

Death is not a tiger, eating up living beings. And no one has ever laid eyes on its shape.

Close to the Sanskrit

Death does not indeed devour creatures like a tiger, nor is any form of it perceived.