The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 123

अथ येऽस्योर्ध्वा रश्मयस्ता एवास्यो-र्ध्वा मधुनाड्यो गुह्या एवादेशा मधुकृतोब्रह्मैव पुष्प ता अमृता आपः ॥ १ ॥

In plain words

Now, the upward rays of the sun are its upward honey-channels. The secret instructions are the bees, Brahman itself is the flower, and those waters are the nectar.

Close to the Sanskrit

Now, those rays of this [sun] which are upward, they indeed are its upward honey-tubes; the hidden instructions indeed are the honey-makers, Brahman itself is the flower, those are the immortal waters.