The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 198

p. 198

एवमनित्यादिरूपेण विद्वाननादरादिना अभिहन्ति कामान् ।यस्तु पुनरनादरादिना नाभिहन्ति स किं करोतीत्याह—

In plain words

So this is how the one who knows kills desire: by seeing it as impermanent and the rest, and by giving it no regard at all. But the man who does not kill it that way — what does he do? That is the question, and here is the answer—

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus, by the aspect of impermanence and the rest, the knower strikes down desires by disregard and the rest. But he who, on the other hand, does not strike them down by disregard and the rest — what does he do? Saying this, he speaks—