The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 266

p. 266

‘विषयाश्चेन्द्रियाण्येव देहोऽहंकार एव च ।बाह्या आभ्यन्तरा घोराः शत्रवो योगिनः स्मृताः’ इति दर्शनात् नास्य आत्मनः प्रत्यर्थिषु प्रतिपक्षभूतेषु देहेन्द्रियशब्दादिविषयेषु पर्येषणं परित एषणं गच्छेत् विषयान्वेषणपरो न भवेदित्यर्थः ।अविचिन्वन् विषयसंचयमकुर्वन् इमं प्रत्यगात्मानं वेदे उपनिषत्सु तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्येषु ततः पश्चात् पश्यति तं प्रभुं परमात्मानम्

In plain words

In light of the teaching that 'sense-objects, the senses, the body, and the ego—both outer and inner—are the fierce enemies of the yogin,' a seeker should not direct his search toward these hostile distractions of body, senses, and worldly stimuli; he must not become a hunter of pleasures. Refraining from gathering and hoarding worldly objects, and turning within to the Upaniṣads and great declarations like 'Thou art That,' he ultimately beholds that supreme Lord, the innermost Self.

Close to the Sanskrit

From the teaching: 'Objects and senses indeed, the body and ego itself, external and internal, are known as formidable enemies of the yogin,' one should not direct the seeking of this Self toward hostile, opposing sense-objects such as sound associated with body and senses; meaning he should not be devoted to searching for objects. Not accumulating objects, not making a collection of sense items, subsequently in the Veda, in the Upaniṣads, in sentences like 'Thou art That,' he sees this inner Self, that lord, the Supreme Self.