The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 298

एवमेव खलु सोम्यान्नस्याश्यमानस्ययोऽणिमा स ऊर्ध्वः समुदीषति तन्मनोभवति ॥ २ ॥

In plain words

In the exact same way, my dear, when food is eaten, the subtlest part of it rises upward and becomes the mind.

Close to the Sanskrit

In exactly this manner indeed, my dear, of food being eaten, whichever is the subtlety, that rising upward becomes mind.