The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 254

मासेभ्यः पितृलोकं पितृलोकादाका-शमाकाशाच्चन्द्रमसमेष सोमो राजा तद्दे-वानामन्नं तं देवा भक्षयन्ति ॥ ४ ॥

In plain words

From the months they pass to the world of the ancestors, from the ancestors to space, and from space to the moon. This is King Soma; he is the food of the gods, and the gods enjoy him.

Close to the Sanskrit

From the months to the realm of the ancestors, from the realm of the ancestors to space, and from space to the moon. This Soma is king; that is the food of the gods, him the gods consume.