The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 2

स ऐक्षत यदि वा इममभिमंस्येकनीयोऽन्नं करिष्य इति स तया वाचा

In plain words

He pondered: 'If I overpower this being, I will make my food all the smaller.' And so with that very speech...

Close to the Sanskrit

He reflected: 'If indeed I shall overwhelm this one, I shall make food smaller'; he by that speech...