The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 306

p. 306

यः पुरुषः सहस्राणां सहस्रं पक्षानादाय आत्मनः पक्षान् कृत्वा संपतेत् अनेकशः कोटिकल्पमपि पुरुषो नान्तं गच्छेत् कारणस्य सर्वकारणस्य परमात्मनः, यद्यपि असौ मनोजवः स्यात्, तथापि तस्यान्तं न गच्छेत् ।यस्मादन्तं न गच्छेत्, तस्मादनन्तः परमात्मेत्यर्थः ।योऽनन्तः परमात्मा, तं योगि

In plain words

If someone were to take millions of wings, fashioning them for himself, and fly continuously for millions of world-ages, he still would not reach the end of the supreme cause of all, the Supreme Atman—even if he were as swift as thought itself. Because there is no reaching its end, the Supreme Atman is endless: this is the meaning. That endless Supreme Atman, the yogi—

Close to the Sanskrit

If a person taking thousands upon thousands of wings and making wings of his own were to soar across repeatedly for millions of world-ages, he would not reach the end of the cause, the Supreme Atman of all causes, even if he were swift as the mind; nevertheless, he would not reach its end. Because he does not reach the end, therefore the Supreme Atman is endless, this is the meaning. That Supreme Atman who is endless, him the yogi—