। ॥ ६७९ ॥
In plain words
That will not stand. Let me tell you how it really is — listen closely. Take the snake: it is the rope turned into an appearance, and in reality it is rope and nothing else...
Close to the Sanskrit
It is not accepted; the manner of that I shall tell you — listen attentively. Of the snake, which is an apparent modification of the rope, which in reality is rope only...