The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Advaitānubhūtiḥ

Verse 52

ज्ञस्य नास्त्येव संसारो यद्वदज्ञस्य कर्मिणः ।जानतो नैव भीर्यद्वद्रज्जुसर्पमजानतः ॥ ५० ॥

In plain words

For the one who knows, saṃsāra simply is not — though for the ignorant, still busy with his rites, it is. The one who sees the rope feels no fear; the one who cannot tell rope from snake feels all of it.

Close to the Sanskrit

For the knower there is indeed no saṃsāra, as there is for the ignorant performer of actions; for one who knows there is no fear at all, as there is for one who does not know the snake-in-the-rope.