Ashtavakra Gita

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अहो विकल्पितं विश्वंज्ञानान्मयि भासते। रूप्यं शुक्तौ फणी रज्जौ वारि सूर्यकरे यथा॥ २-९॥

sanskrit

All this appears in me imagined due to ignorance, just as a snake appears in the rope, the mirage of water in the sunlight, and silver in mother of pearl.

english translation

aho vikalpitaM vizvaMjJAnAnmayi bhAsate| rUpyaM zuktau phaNI rajjau vAri sUryakare yathA|| 2-9||

hk transliteration by Sanscript