The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 125

अहंकाराविवेकेन कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ।इति ।'एवमेवायं पुरुषः प्राज्ञेनात्मना' इति ।'सता सोम्य तदा संपन्नो भवति' इति ।स्वमायया स्वमात्मानं मोहयन्द्वैतमायया ।गुणाहतं स्वमात्मानं लभते च स्वयं हरिः ॥इति ।

In plain words

Through lack of discrimination rooted in ego, one imagines 'I am the doer.' As scripture says: 'Just as this person is united with the wise Self,' and 'With the Existent, dear one, he then becomes merged.' Deluding himself through his own power of māyā and the illusion of duality, afflicted by the guṇas, the Lord Hari himself rediscovers his own true nature.

Close to the Sanskrit

Due to non-discrimination born of ego, one thinks 'I am the doer.' Thus. 'Just so this person with the wise Self,' thus. 'With the existent, O gentle one, then he becomes united,' thus. Deluding his own self by his own māyā through the illusion of duality, smitten by qualities, Hari himself attains his own self.