यदेव ते कश्चिदब्रवीत्तच्छृणवामेत्यब्र-वीन्मे विदग्धः शाकल्यो हृदयं वै ब्रह्मे-ति यथा मातृमान्पितृमानाचार्यवान्ब्रूया-त्तथा तच्छाकल्योऽब्रवीद्धृदयं वै ब्रह्मेत्य-हृदयस्य हि किँ स्यादित्यब्रवीत्तु ते त-स्यायतनं प्रतिष्ठां न मेऽब्रवीदित्येकपाद्वाएतत्सम्राडिति स वै नो ब्रूहि याज्ञव-ल्क्य हृदयमेवायतनमाकाशः प्रतिष्ठा स्थितिरित्येनदुपासीत का स्थितता याज्ञवल्क्य हृदयमेव सम्राडिति होवाच हृदयं वै सम्राट्सर्वेषां भूतानामायतनँ हृदयं वै सम्राट्सर्वेषां भूतानां प्रतिष्ठा हृदये ह्येव सम्राट्सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रतिष्ठितानि भवन्ति हृदयं वै सम्रात्परमं ब्रह्म नैनँ हृदयं जहाति सर्वाण्येनं भूतान्यभिक्षरन्ति देवो भूत्वा देवानप्येति य एवं विद्वानेतदुपास्ते हस्त्यृषभँ सहस्रं ददामीति होवाच जनको वैदेहः स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः पिता मेऽमन्यत नाननुशिष्य हरेतेति ॥ ७ ॥
In plain words
"Whatever someone taught you, let's hear it," said Yājñavalkya. Janaka answered, "Vidagdha Śākalya told me: the heart is Brahman -- and he said it the way a properly raised, properly taught person says such things. He did add this much: 'What would anyone be, without a heart?' But he never told me where it lives or what holds it up. That's a teaching standing on one leg, your majesty." "Then tell us the rest yourself, Yājñavalkya." "The heart itself is where it lives; the space within it is what holds it up. Meditate on it as your standing-ground." "And what is that standing-ground, exactly?" "The heart, and nothing more," he said. "The heart, your majesty, is where every being comes to rest. The heart is what holds every being up. In the heart alone, every being finally stands. The heart is the highest Brahman there is. This Brahman never leaves the one who knows it as the heart; every being turns toward him, he becomes a god and joins the gods -- that is what happens to whoever lives with this understanding." "A thousand cows, and the finest bull elephant with them -- I give it to you," said King Janaka of Videha. Yājñavalkya answered, "My father held to one rule: never take the gift before the teaching is finished."
Close to the Sanskrit
"Whatever indeed someone told you, let us hear that," [said Yājñavalkya]. "Vidagdha Śākalya told me: the heart indeed is Brahman -- and as one who has a mother, a father, a teacher would speak, so did Śākalya say this to me: the heart indeed is Brahman. He did say, 'For what would there be for one without a heart?' -- but its abode and its foundation, he did not tell me; this, O emperor, is only a one-footed answer." "Then indeed tell us, Yājñavalkya." "The heart alone is the abode; space is the foundation; one should meditate upon this as 'standing-ground'." "What is this standing-ground, Yājñavalkya?" "The heart itself, O emperor," he said. "The heart indeed, O emperor, is the abode of all beings; the heart indeed, O emperor, is the foundation of all beings; for in the heart alone, O emperor, all beings become established. The heart indeed, O emperor, is the supreme Brahman. Brahman as the heart does not leave him; all these beings flow to him; having become a god, he goes to the gods -- whoever, thus knowing, meditates on this." "I give a thousand cows with a bull elephant," said Janaka of Videha. Yājñavalkya said: "My father held: one should not take it without having taught."