यथाऽपकृष्टं शैवालं क्षणमात्रं न तिष्ठति ।आवृणोति तथा माया प्राज्ञं वापि पराङ्मुखम् ॥ ३२५ ॥
In plain words
Push the moss aside on a still pond, and it will not stay parted even for a moment - it closes right back over. Māyā works exactly the same way: let even a wise man's attention drift outward for an instant, and she covers him again.
Close to the Sanskrit
Just as moss pushed aside does not remain away even for a moment [but closes back over the water], so māyā covers even a wise man [the instant his attention] turns away.