The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 192

p. 192

एवं तावत् ‘प्रमादं वै मृत्युम्’ इति मृत्योः स्वरूपं निर्धारितम् ।अथेदानीं तस्यैव कार्यात्मनावस्थानं दर्शयति—

In plain words

So far, with the words "heedlessness is death," what death actually is has been settled. Now he shows how that same death stands present in the form of its effects—

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus, so far, by the statement 'heedlessness indeed is death', the essential nature of death has been determined. Now, at this point, he shows the abiding of that very same death in the form of its effect—