The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 200

p. 200

य एवं गृध्यन्त एव धावन्ति तेषां देहो निरर्थक इत्याह—

In plain words

Those who live like this, greedy, doing nothing but run — for them the body is wasted. That is what he says next:

Close to the Sanskrit

Those who, being greedy in this way, merely run — of them the body is purposeless: thus he says.