The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

यथा इह लोके क्षुधिता बुभुक्षिता बाला मातरं पर्यु-पासते-कदा नो माता अन्नं प्रयच्छतीति, एवं सर्वाणि भूता-न्यन्नादानि एवंविदः अग्निहोत्रं भोजनमुपासते-कदा त्वसौभोक्ष्यत इति, जगत्सर्वं विद्वद्भोजनेन तृप्तं भवतीत्यर्थः ।द्विरुक्तिरध्यायपरिसमाप्त्यर्था ॥

In plain words

Just as hungry children in this world sit close to their mother, watching her eagerly and asking, 'When will mother give us food?', so do all creatures—consumers of food—attend upon the Agnihotra meal of the one who knows this, asking, 'When will he eat?' The meaning is that when the wise one eats, the entire universe is satisfied. The repetition at the end is simply to mark the conclusion of the chapter.

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as here in the world, hungry, craving children sit waiting around their mother, saying, 'When will our mother give us food?', even so all creatures, eaters of food, wait upon the Agnihotra meal of one who knows thus, saying, 'When will he eat?': the meaning is that the entire universe becomes satisfied through the feeding of the knower. The repetition is for the purpose of concluding the chapter.