The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Aparokṣānubhūtiḥ

Verse 65

सर्वोऽपि व्यवहारस्तु ब्रह्मणा क्रियते जनैः ।अज्ञानान्न विजानन्ति मृदेव हि घटादिकम् ॥ ६५ ॥

In plain words

Every action there is, all of it, is Brahman acting through people. Ignorance keeps them from seeing it — the way no one looking at a pot ever sees that it is only clay.

Close to the Sanskrit

But all activity whatsoever is performed by Brahman through people; out of ignorance they do not know it, for [they do not know that] the pot and the rest is clay alone.