The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Advaitānubhūtiḥ

Verse 4

अक्षिदोषाद्यथैकोऽपि द्वयवद्भाति चन्द्रमाः ।एकोऽप्यात्मा तथा भाति द्वयवन्मायया मृषा ॥ २ ॥

In plain words

A flaw in the eye, and the one moon in the sky shows up as two. In just the same way the Self, which is one, shows up as two — falsely, through māyā.

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as, from a defect of the eye, the moon, though one, appears as though double — so the Self, though one, appears as though double, falsely, through māyā.