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In plain words
Alas, at the mere sight of wealth and other objects of desire, māyā instantly clouds even people who have searched deeply through hundreds of passages of śruti—Vedic revelation—and teachings of Vedānta. Their conduct becomes indistinguishable from that of four-footed creatures and other animals driven by instinct. Such is her astonishing skill at making the impossible happen.
Close to the Sanskrit
Alas, māyā—exceedingly skilled at making the impossible happen—at the mere sight of wealth and the like instantly stains even those who investigate hundreds of śruti passages and Vedānta, making them no different from four-footed creatures and the like.