मनो ज्योतिर्यो वै तं पुरुषं विद्यात्सर्व-स्यात्मनः परायणँ स वै वेदिता स्यात् ।याज्ञवल्क्य वेद वा अहं तं पुरुषँ सर्व-स्यात्मनः परायणं यमात्थ य एवायंकाममयः पुरुषः स एष वदैव शाकल्यतस्य का देवतेति स्त्रिय इति होवाच ॥
In plain words
Mind is its light. Whoever comes to know this person as the final refuge of every self — that one truly knows. ‘Yājñavalkya, I do know that person, the final refuge of every self, the one you're speaking of — this very person made of desire.’ ‘Go on then, Śākalya — what is his deity?’ ‘Women,’ he said.
Close to the Sanskrit
Mind is [its] light. Whoever should know that person as the final refuge of the self of all, he indeed would be a knower. 'Yājñavalkya, I do know that person, the final refuge of the self of all, of whom you speak — this one that is the person made of desire, this one here. Speak on then, Śākalya — which is his deity?' 'Women,' he said.