The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 192

p. 192

अहङ्गतेनैव चरन्विमार्गान्न चात्मनो योगमुपैति किञ्चित् ॥ ७ ॥

In plain words

Driven by nothing but 'I', he keeps walking the wrong roads — and never comes even slightly nearer to union with the ātman.

Close to the Sanskrit

Moving upon wrong paths by egoism alone, he does not attain union with the Self in any degree at all.