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In plain words
The Self that is consciousness is real. Consciousness in its many forms cannot be established apart from that real consciousness, as something different from it. Do ornaments, which are only gold changed in shape, exist anywhere in this world apart from the gold, which is real?
Word for word
Real is the Self that is consciousness. Consciousness of many forms could not be established apart from real consciousness, as different. Do ornaments, the changed forms, exist apart, here in the world, without the real gold?