Verse 245

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तयोर्विरोधोऽयमुपाधिकल्पितोन वास्तवः कश्चिदुपाधिरेषः ।ईशस्य माया महदादिकारणंजीवस्य कार्यं शृणु पञ्च कोशाः ॥ २४५ ॥

In plain words

The clash between them isn't real — it's manufactured by a covering each one wears. God's covering is māyā, the power behind cosmic intellect and everything that follows it. Listen: the individual's covering is its effect, the five sheaths.

Close to the Sanskrit

This opposition between those two is fabricated by a limiting adjunct; it is not real. This limiting adjunct is [as follows]: for Īśvara it is Māyā, the cause of mahat and the rest; for the jīva it is the effect — listen — the five sheaths.