स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः प्रिया वै खलुवा अरे ब्रह्मणः कामाय ब्रह्म प्रियं भव-त्यात्मनस्तु कामाय ब्रह्म प्रियं भवति ।न वा अरे क्षत्रस्य कामाय क्षत्रं प्रियं भ-वत्यात्मनस्तु कामाय क्षत्रं प्रियं भवति ।न वा अरे लोकानां कामाय लोकाः प्रियाभवन्त्यात्मनस्तु कामाय लोकाः प्रियाभवन्ति ।न वा अरे देवानां कामाय देवाःप्रिया भवन्त्यात्मनस्तु कामाय देवाः प्रि-या भवन्ति ।न वा अरे वेदानां कामायवेदाः प्रिया भवन्त्यात्मनस्तु कामाय वे-दाः प्रिया भवन्ति ।न वा अरे भूतानांकामाय भूतानि प्रियाणि भवन्त्यात्मन-स्तु कामाय भूतानि प्रियाणि भवन्ति ।न वा अरे सर्वस्य कामाय सर्वं प्रियं भ-वत्यात्मनस्तु कामाय सर्वं प्रियं भवति ।आत्मा वा अरे द्रष्टव्यः श्रोतव्यो मन्त-व्यो निदिध्यासितव्यो मैत्रेय्यात्मनि ख-ल्वरे दृष्टे श्रुते मते विज्ञात इदं सर्वं वि-दितम् ॥ ६ ॥
In plain words
Yājñavalkya said: 'Everything is dear — but listen: brahman doesn't become dear for brahman's own sake, it becomes dear for the sake of the Self. The ruling power doesn't become dear for its own sake, but for the sake of the Self. The worlds, the gods, the Vedas, every being, everything there is — none of it is dear for its own sake. It's all dear only because the Self is dear. So it is the Self, Maitreyī, that must be seen, heard, reflected on, meditated on. Once the Self is seen, heard, reflected on, known — everything is known.'
Close to the Sanskrit
He, Yājñavalkya, said: 'Dear indeed, surely — O one, it is for the sake of brahman that brahman becomes dear; but it is for the sake of the Self that brahman becomes dear. It is not for the sake of the kṣatra that the kṣatra becomes dear, but for the sake of the Self that the kṣatra becomes dear. It is not for the sake of the worlds that the worlds become dear, but for the sake of the Self that the worlds become dear. It is not for the sake of the gods that the gods become dear, but for the sake of the Self that the gods become dear. It is not for the sake of the Vedas that the Vedas become dear, but for the sake of the Self that the Vedas become dear. It is not for the sake of beings that beings become dear, but for the sake of the Self that beings become dear. It is not for the sake of all that all becomes dear, but for the sake of the Self that all becomes dear. The Self, indeed, O one, is to be seen, to be heard, to be reflected upon, to be meditated upon, Maitreyī — when the Self, indeed, O one, is seen, heard, reflected upon, known, all this is known.'