The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 210

p. 210

अर्थस्वरूपं पश्यन्तो भ्राम्यन्ते मोहसम्प्लवे ॥

In plain words

Seeing only the surface shape of things, they are spun around in the floodwater of moha.

Close to the Sanskrit

Seeing the form of objects, they are whirled about in the flood of delusion.