The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Praśnottararatnamālikā

Verse 59

को मायी परमेशः क इन्द्रजालायते प्रपञ्चोऽयम् ।कः स्वप्ननिभो जाग्रद्व्यवहारः सत्यमपि च किं ब्रह्म ॥ ५८ ॥

In plain words

Who is the magician? The Supreme Lord. What is the trick? This entire spread-out world. What is no different from a dream? Everything you handle while awake. And what is real? Brahman.

Close to the Sanskrit

Who is the wielder of māyā? The Supreme Lord. What plays itself out as conjuring-magic? This manifold world. What resembles a dream? Waking-state activity. And what is the real? Brahman.