The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 302

p. 302

ये असाधनाः शमदमादिसाधनरहिताः, ये च शमादिसाधनयुक्ताः ससाधनाः, तेषु समानं साधारणम् आत्मस्वरूपं दृश्यते मानुषेषु ।तथा समानम् अमृतस्य मोक्षस्य इतरस्य संसारस्य सति चासति च तेषां मध्ये ये युक्ताः शमदमादिसाधनयुक्ताः; ते तस्मिन् विष्णोः परमे पदे मध्वः मधुनः उत्सं समापुः पूर्णानन्दं ब्रह्म समाप्लुवन्तीत्यर्थः ।यमुत्सं संपूर्णानन्दं युक्ताः प्राप्नुवन्ति, तं योगिन एव पश्यन्ति ॥

In plain words

Whether people lack spiritual discipline or are fully equipped with self-control, the underlying nature of the self remains the same in all human beings. The potential for both liberation and bondage is equally present; yet among them, those who practice self-control attain the supreme, all-pervading state of Vishnu—the very fountainhead of complete bliss, which is Brahman. That fountain of absolute joy is what disciplined yogis alone perceive.

Close to the Sanskrit

Those without means, devoid of spiritual practices like control of mind and senses, and those endowed with spiritual practices possessing means—among human beings the nature of the self is seen as equal in them. Similarly, the potential for immortality and for the other, samsara, is equal; when these are present and absent among them, those who are endowed with spiritual practices like control of mind and senses reach the fountain of honey, complete bliss, in that supreme abode of Vishnu, meaning they attain Brahman. Which spring of complete bliss the disciplined ones attain, that yogis alone see.