The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Brahmānucintanaṃ

Verse 23

न मनोऽहं न बुद्धिश्च नैव चित्तमहङ्कृतिः ।नाहं पृथ्वी न सलिलं न च वह्निस्तथाऽनिलः ॥ २२ ॥

In plain words

I am not the mind. Not the intellect. Not the store of memory, not the ego that keeps making everything into 'I'. I am not earth, not water, not fire, and not air either.

Close to the Sanskrit

I am not mind, not intellect, and not indeed thought-stuff or the ego-function. I am not earth, not water, and not fire, likewise not air.