Sanskrit: यथा रज्जुं परित्यज्य सर्प गृह्णाति वै भ्रमात्।  तद्वत्सत्यमविज्ञाय जगत्पश्यति मूढधीः।   
English:  Just as a person out of confusion perceives only the snake leaving aside the rope, so does an ignorant person see only the phenomenal world without knowing the reality.