The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapañcaratnam

Verse 2

शुक्तौ रजतप्रतिभा जाता कटकाद्यर्थसमर्था चेद्दुःखमयी ते संसृतिरेषा निर्वृतिदाने निपुणा स्यात् ।चेतोभृङ्ग भ्रमसि वृथा भवमरुभूमौ विरसायांभज भज लक्ष्मीनरसिंहानघपदसरसिजमकरन्दम् ॥

In plain words

If the silver you imagine in mother-of-pearl could really be made into bracelets, then perhaps this suffering-filled saṃsāra could also give you true release. O bee-like mind, why wander in vain through the dry desert of worldly becoming? Turn again and again to the nectar of the spotless lotus-feet of Lakṣmī-Narasiṃha.

Close to the Sanskrit

If the appearance of silver arisen in mother-of-pearl were capable of serving the purpose of bracelets and the like, then this saṃsṛti of yours, made of suffering, might be adept at giving release. O bee-like mind, you wander in vain in the dry desert-land of becoming. Worship, worship the nectar of the spotless lotus-feet of Lakṣmī-Narasiṃha.