The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 197

p. 197

स्रोऽत्यायमायंस्तानीमानि वयांसि वङ्गावगधाश्चेरपादाः’ इति ।वक्ष्यति च—‘कामानुसारी पुरुषः कामाननु विनश्यति’ इति ।कस्मात्पुनः मिथ्यार्थयोगेऽस्य गतिर्हि नित्या इति ? तत्राह—मिथ्यार्थयोगाभिहतान्तरात्मा इति ।मिथ्याभूतविषयसंयोगेन अभिहतान्तरात्मा अभिहतस्वाभाविकब्रह्मात्मभावः स्मरन् स्त्र्यादिविषयान् तानेव उपास्ते, न परमात्मानं समन्तात् समन्ततः ॥

In plain words

...'these flowing streams, swelling waters, birds, and creatures of the earth.' Furthermore, the text will state: 'The person who chases after desires perishes along with those desires.' Why is the downfall of one bound to illusory objects so certain? To this the text replies: 'One whose inner self is battered by contact with false objects.' Through association with unreal things, his inner essence and his innate awareness of Brahman are crushed. Brooding continually upon sensory objects such as women and material pleasures, he worships those very things instead of seeking the supreme Self in its fullness.

Close to the Sanskrit

...and these flowing and swelling ones, birds, and foot-grazers—thus. And the text will state: 'The person who follows desires is destroyed along with desires'—thus. Why again is the course of this person in false union inevitable? To this he replies: 'Whose inner self is struck by union with false objects'—thus. Through connection with false objects, whose inner self is struck, whose natural state of being Brahman-Atman is struck, remembering objects like women and others, he worships those very ones, not the supreme Self completely on all sides.