The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

यदि किमपि विज्ञायैव तद्ब्रह्म सर्वमभवत् , पृच्छामः —किमु तद्ब्रह्मावेद्यस्मात्तत्सर्वमभवदिति ।एवं चोदिते सर्वदो-

In plain words

If Brahman became all by knowing some specific object, we ask: what was that Brahman knowing which it became everything? When the question is put thus, free from every flaw...

Close to the Sanskrit

If Brahman became all simply by knowing something else, we ask: what was that Brahman knowing which it became all? When this is urged, the answer free from all faults...