The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Advaitānubhūtiḥ

Verse 67

ताम्रकल्पितदेवादिस्ताम्रादन्य इव स्फुरेत् ।प्रतिभास्यादिरूपेण तथात्मोत्थमिदं जगत् ॥ ६५ ॥

In plain words

Copper worked into the figure of a god appears as if it were something other than copper — because it now shows up as a thing seen, an object standing there to be perceived. In exactly that way this world, risen out of the Self, appears as if other than the Self.

Close to the Sanskrit

A deity-image and the rest, fashioned out of copper, would shine forth as if other than the copper — through the form of being an object of appearance and so on; in just that way, this world risen from the Self.