Sanskrit: न ह्यस्ति विश्वं परतत्त्वबोधात् सदात्मनि ब्रह्मणि निर्विकल्पे । लत्रये नाप्यहिरीक्षितो गुणे न ह्यम्बुबिन्दुर्मृगतृष्णिकायाम् 
English:  Even before the realisation of the highest Truth, the universe does not exist in the Absolute Brahman, the Essence of Existence. In none of the three states of time is the snake ever observed in the rope, nor a drop of water in the mirage.