स होवाचैतद्वै तदक्षरं गार्गि ब्राह्मणाअभिवदन्त्यस्थूलमण्वह्रस्वमदीर्घमलो-हितमस्नेहमच्छायमतमोऽवाय्वनाकाश-मसङ्गम रसमगन्धमचक्षुष्कमश्रोत्रमवा-गमनोऽतेजस्कमप्राणममुखममात्रमनन्त-रबाह्यं न तदश्नाति किंचन न तद-श्नाति कश्चन ॥ ८ ॥
In plain words
He answered: Gārgī, this is the Imperishable the knowers of brahman speak of. Not large — infinitely subtle instead. Not short, not long, not red. No moisture in it, no shadow, no darkness. Not wind, not even space. It clings to nothing, tastes nothing, smells nothing. No eyes, yet it sees; no ears, yet it hears; no voice, no mind, no radiance, no breath, no mouth, no measure. Nothing inside it, nothing outside it. It consumes nothing, and nothing consumes it.
Close to the Sanskrit
He said: This, indeed, Gārgī, is that Imperishable which the knowers of brahman declare: not gross, subtle, not short, not long, not red, without oiliness, without shadow, without darkness, not air, not ether, without attachment, without taste, without smell, without eyes, without ears, without voice, without mind, without radiance, without breath, without a mouth, without measure, without an interior, without an exterior. It does not eat anything, and nothing eats it.