The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 261

अत्स्यन्नं पश्यसि प्रियमत्त्यन्नं पश्यति प्रियं भवत्यस्य ब्रह्मवर्चसं कुले य एतमेवमात्मानं वैश्वानरमुपास्ते मूर्धा त्वेष आत्मन इति होवाच मूर्धा ते व्यपतिष्यद्यन्मां नागमिष्य इति ॥ २ ॥

In plain words

You eat food and behold what is dear; he eats food and beholds what is dear. Spiritual radiance shines in the family of anyone who meditates on this very self as Vaiśvānara. This alone is the head of the Self, he said. Your head would have shattered off had you not come to me.

Close to the Sanskrit

Eating food you see what is dear, he eats food and sees what is dear, spiritual splendor becomes in the family of him who thus worships this very self as Vaisvanara. This indeed is the head of the Self, thus he said; your head would have fallen off if you had not come to me, thus.