Verse 266

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विद्वन्मृत्युभयं जहीहि भवतो नास्त्येव मृत्युः क्वचि -न्नित्यस्य द्वयवर्जितस्य परमानन्दात्मनो ब्रह्मणः ।भ्रान्त्या किञ्चिदवेक्ष्य भीतमनसा मिथ्या त्वया कथ्यतेमां त्राहीति हि सुप्तवत्प्रलपनं शून्यात्मकं ते मृषा ॥ २६६ ॥

In plain words

O wise one, let go of your fear of death. Death does not exist anywhere for you, because you are the eternal Brahman, free from duality, whose very nature is supreme joy. Mistaking a phantom for reality, panicked by an illusion, you cry out, 'Protect me!' Like the incoherent muttering of a sleeper, your entire plea is empty and false.

Close to the Sanskrit

O wise one, abandon fear of death; for you there is certainly no death anywhere, of the eternal, duality-devoid, supreme-bliss-natured Brahman. Through delusion, having seen something with a frightened mind, falsely by you it is spoken: 'Protect me' — indeed, prattling like one asleep, having an empty nature, your talk is false.