The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Verse 400

तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच साध्वलंकृतौ सुवसनौ परिष्कृतौ भूत्वोदशरावेऽवेक्षेथामिति तौ ह साध्वलंकृतौ सुवसनौ परिष्कृतौ भूत्वोदशरावेऽवेक्षांचक्राते तौ ह प्रजापतिरुवाच किं पश्यथ इति ॥

In plain words

Prajāpati instructed them: 'Adorn yourselves well, wear fine clothes, groom yourselves, and look into the water-bowl.' Following his command, they adorned themselves, put on fine garments, groomed themselves, and gazed into the water. Then Prajāpati asked them: 'What do you see?'

Close to the Sanskrit

Prajāpati spoke to those two: 'Having become well-adorned, well-clothed, and thoroughly groomed, look into the water-bowl' इति. Those two indeed, having become well-adorned, well-clothed, and thoroughly groomed, looked into the water-bowl. Prajāpati spoke to those two: 'What do you see?' इति.