The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Brahmānucintanaṃ

Verse 6

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि यो वेद स सर्वं भवति त्विदम् ।नाभूत्या ईशते देवास्तेषामात्मा भवेद्धि सः ॥ ५ ॥

In plain words

Whoever truly knows, ‘I am Brahman,’ becomes all this. Even the gods cannot diminish such a one, for that knower has become their very Self.

Close to the Sanskrit

Whoever knows, ‘I am Brahman,’ becomes all this. The gods have no power over him through deprivation, for he would indeed become their very Self.