The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 199

p. 199

कथं पुनरस्य देहस्य काम्यमानस्य हेयत्वमित्याशङ्क्याह—

In plain words

"But this body is the very thing we desire — how can it be something to be let go of?" Anticipating that doubt, he says:

Close to the Sanskrit

"But how is there the state of being-to-be-abandoned of this body, which is (in fact) being desired?" — having anticipated (this objection), he says: