तदेतत्प्रेयः पुत्रात्प्रेयो वित्तात्प्रेयोऽन्य-स्मात्सर्वस्मादन्तरतरं यदयमात्मा ।सयोऽन्यमात्मनः प्रियं ब्रुवाणं ब्रूयात्प्रियंरोत्स्यतीतीश्वरो ह तथैव स्यादात्मान-मेव प्रियमुपासीत स य आत्मानमेव प्रि-यमुपास्ते न हास्य प्रियं प्रमायुकं भवति ॥
In plain words
This Self is closer than a child, closer than wealth, closer than anything else in the universe, for it is your very innermost core. Should someone tell a person who prizes an external thing that his treasure will be lost, it surely will be so; therefore, let a person worship the Self alone as the dearest of all. For one who thus beholds the Self as the ultimate beloved, what is cherished never suffers loss or destruction.
Close to the Sanskrit
This same Self is dearer than a son, dearer than wealth, dearer than all else, being innermost. If someone were to say to one who calls something else dear that his dear object will perish, that would indeed come to pass; let him meditate upon the Self alone as dear. For him who meditates upon the Self alone as dear, his dear object never becomes subject to perishing.