Verse 264

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केन वा पुण्यशेषेण तव पादाम्बुजद्वयम् ।दृष्टवानस्मि मामार्तं मृत्योस्त्राहि दयादृशा ॥ २६४ ॥

In plain words

O wise one, cast off this fear of death. For you, there is no death at all—you are the eternal Brahman, untouched by duality, pure consciousness and supreme bliss. Seeing things through the haze of delusion, you frightened yourself and cried out, 'Save me!' That frantic babble, like the incoherent talk of a sleeper, is entirely false.

Close to the Sanskrit

O wise one, abandon the fear of death; for you there is no death anywhere, for you are the eternal Brahman, free from duality, of supreme bliss and Self. Through illusion, having seen something with a frightened mind, it is falsely spoken by you: 'Protect me'—indeed, this babbling like a sleeping person, having a void nature, is false.