The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Aparokṣānubhūtiḥ

Verse 41

इत्यात्मदेहभानेन प्रपञ्चस्यैव सत्यता ।यथोक्ता तर्कशास्त्रेण ततः किं पुरुषार्थता ॥ ४१ ॥

In plain words

This is how it happens: mistake the Self for the body, and suddenly the whole visible world gets declared 'real' — that's all mere logic-chopping proves. So what actual good, what real fulfillment of a human life, comes out of that?

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus, through [mis]taking the Self as the body, the reality of the [entire] phenomenal world alone has been asserted, as stated by [mere] logical treatises — then what [use] is there of true human attainment?