The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Brahmānucintanaṃ

Verse 18

आदिमध्यान्तमुक्तोऽहं न बद्धोऽहं कदाचन ।स्वभावनिर्मलः शुद्धः स एवाहं न संशयः ॥ १७ ॥

In plain words

I am free of beginning, middle, and end. I have never truly been bound. Stainless by my very nature, pure—that alone am I. There is no doubt.

Close to the Sanskrit

I am free from beginning, middle, and end; I have never been bound at any time. Stainless by nature, pure—that indeed am I; there is no doubt.