The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Advaitānubhūtiḥ

Verse 71

अध्यस्ताहेरभावेन रज्जुरेवावशिष्यते ।तथा जगदभावेन सदात्मैवावशिष्यते ॥ ६९ ॥

In plain words

The snake was only laid over it; take away that snake, and the rope alone is left. Take away the world in exactly the same way, and the Self — Being itself — alone is left.

Close to the Sanskrit

By the absence of the superimposed snake, the rope alone remains. In that same way, by the absence of the world, the Self that is Being alone remains.