Mandukya Karika, verse 4.43

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अजातेस्त्रसतां तेषामुपलम्भाद्वियन्ति ये ।
जातिदोषा न सेत्स्यन्ति दोषोऽप्यल्पो भविष्यति ॥ ४३ ॥

ajātestrasatāṃ teṣāmupalambhādviyanti ye |
jātidoṣā na setsyanti doṣo'pyalpo bhaviṣyati || 43 ||

43. Those who, being afraid of the truth of absolute non-manifestation, and also on account of their perception (of phenomenal objects), do not admit Ajāti (absolute non-creation), are not much affected by the evil consequent on the belief in causality. The evil effect, if any, is rather insignificant.

Shankara Bhashya (commentary)

Those who on account of their perception (of the phenomenal objects) and attachment1 to the various duties of caste and other stages of life, shrink from the non-dual and unborn Ātman, and believing in the existence of dual objects, go away from the Self, that is to say, pin their faith to duality,—these people who are thus afraid of the truth of absolute non-manifestation, but who are endowed with faith and who stick to the path2 of righteousness, are not3 much affected by the evil results consequent on such belief in causality. For, they also try to follow the path of discrimination. Even if a little blemish attaches to such persons, it is insignificant, being due to their not having realised the Supreme Truth.