Sanskrit: सर्पत्वेन यथा रज्जू रजतत्वेन शुक्तिका।  विनिर्णीता विमूढेन देहत्वेन तथात्मता।   
English:  Just as a rope is imagined to be a snake and a nacre to be a piece of silver, so is the Atman determined to be the body by an ignorant person.