The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Ātmabodhaḥ

Verse 45

आत्मा तु सततं प्राप्तोऽप्यप्राप्तवदविद्यया ।तन्नाशे प्राप्तवद्भाति स्वकण्ठाभरणं यथा ॥ ४४ ॥

In plain words

The Self is already yours, without a single moment's break — and still, because of avidyā, it looks like something you have not yet reached. When that ignorance is destroyed, it shines out as though just found: the way the necklace turns up, right there on your own neck.

Close to the Sanskrit

But the Self, though constantly attained, appears as if unattained, because of ignorance; on the destruction of that, it shines as if attained — like the ornament on one's own neck.