The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 394

अथ यत्रैतदबलिमानं नीतो भवतितमभित आसीना आहुर्जानासि मांजानासि मामिति स यावदस्माच्छरीरा-दनुत्क्रान्तो भवति तावज्जानाति ॥ ४ ॥

In plain words

Now, when a person is brought to extreme weakness and family members sit around him asking, 'Do you recognize me? Do you recognize me?'—for as long as he has not yet departed from this body, he knows.

Close to the Sanskrit

Now, when this one is brought to weakness, and relatives seated around him say: 'Do you know me? Do you know me?', as long as he has not departed from this body, so long he knows.