Mandukya Karika, verse 4.48

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अस्पन्दमानमलातमनाभासमजं यथा ।
अस्पन्दमानं विज्ञानमनाभासमजं तथा ॥ ४८ ॥

aspandamānamalātamanābhāsamajaṃ yathā |
aspandamānaṃ vijñānamanābhāsamajaṃ tathā || 48 ||

48. As the fire-brand, when not in motion, is free from all appearances and remains changeless, similarly, Consciousness, when not in motion (imaginary action), is free from all appearances and remains changeless.

Shankara Bhashya (commentary)

As that very fire-brand, when not in motion, does not take any form, straight or crooked, etc., becomes free from all appearances and remains changeless, so also the consciousness, which appears as moving through1 ignorance, when dissociated from the idea of motion on the disappearance of ignorance, becomes2 free from all appearances, as those of birth, etc., and remains unborn and motionless.