The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Ṣaṭpadīstotram

Verse 3

सत्यपि भेदापगमेनाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस्त्वम् ।सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गःक्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥ ३ ॥

In plain words

Even granting that the difference between us is gone — my Lord, I am yours; you are not mine. The wave belongs to the ocean. The ocean never belongs to the wave.

Close to the Sanskrit

Even though the removal of difference holds true, O Lord, I am yours; you are not mine. For the wave is of the ocean; nowhere is the ocean of the wave.