The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 366

यत्र नान्यत्पश्यति नान्यच्छृणोतिनान्यद्विजानाति स भूमाथ यत्रान्यत्प-श्यत्यन्यच्छृणोत्यन्यद्विजानाति तदल्पंयो वै भूमा तदमृतमथ यदल्पं तन्मर्त्यँस भगवः कस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठित इति स्वे म-हिम्नि यदि वा न महिम्नीति ॥ १ ॥

In plain words

Where you see nothing else, hear nothing else, and know nothing else—that is the Infinite. Where you see, hear, and know something else—that is the finite. What is infinite is deathless; what is finite is mortal. 'Venerable sir,' Nārada asked, 'upon what is the Infinite established?' 'Upon its own majesty,' the teacher answered, 'or perhaps not even upon majesty.'

Close to the Sanskrit

Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, knows nothing else, that is the Infinite. Now, where one sees something else, hears something else, knows something else, that is the finite. That which is indeed the Infinite, that is the immortal; now, that which is finite, that is mortal. He asked: 'O venerable one, in what is that established?' He replied: 'In its own greatness, or else not even in greatness.'