The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 249

p. 249

लिप्समानोऽन्तरं तेषां मृगाणामिव लुब्धकः ॥

In plain words

Watching for the gap in their guard, the way a hunter watches deer.

Close to the Sanskrit

Seeking their opening, as a hunter (seeks that) of deer.