The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

स य इच्छेत्— पुत्रो मे शुक्लो वर्णतो जायेत, वेदमेक-मनुब्रुवीत, सर्वमायुरियात्— वर्षशतं क्षीरौदनं पाचयित्वासर्पिष्मन्तमश्नीयाताम् ईश्वरौ समर्थौ जनयितवै जनयितुम् ॥

In plain words

'If a man wishes' for a son fair in complexion, who masters a single Veda and lives his full hundred years, then the couple should eat rice cooked in milk with ghee — and this makes them able, truly able, to bring such a son into being.

Close to the Sanskrit

'If he should desire': 'may a son be born to me, fair in complexion, may he master a single Veda, may he attain his full lifespan' — a hundred years — [then], having had rice cooked with milk, the two should eat it with ghee; [thereby] they become capable, able, of begetting [such a son].