The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Svātmaprakāśikā

Verse 6

विवर्तोऽपि प्रपञ्चो मे सत्यवद्भाति सर्वदा ।इति संशयपाशेन बद्धोऽहं छिन्द्धि संशयम् ॥ ३ ॥

In plain words

The world is only an appearance — and still, every hour of every day, it looks completely real to me. That is the noose of doubt I am tied in. Cut it.

Close to the Sanskrit

Though a mere appearance, the manifold world shines forth to me as if real, always. Bound thus by the noose of doubt am I — cut the doubt.