The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Ātmabodhaḥ

Verse 27

आत्मनो विक्रिया नास्ति बुद्धेर्बोधो न जात्विति ।जीवः सर्वमलं ज्ञात्वा ज्ञाता द्रष्टेति मुह्यति ॥ २६ ॥

In plain words

The Ātman never changes. The intellect never knows anything on its own — not once, not ever. And the jīva, having taken all of this in completely, still slips and thinks: I am the knower, I am the seer.

Close to the Sanskrit

Of the Self there is no modification; of the intellect there is no awareness ever — thus. The jīva, having known all this fully, is deluded, thinking 'I am the knower, I am the seer'.