तद्धापि ब्रह्मदत्तश्चैकितानेयो राजानं भक्षयन्नुवाच ।अयं त्यस्य राजा मूर्धानं विपातयताद्यदितोऽयास्य आङ्गिरसोऽन्येनोदगायदिति ।वाचा च ह्येव स प्राणेन चोदगायदिति ॥बृह. १,३.२४ ॥
In plain words
On this Brahmadatta Caikitāneya, while drinking soma, said: "Let this soma strike off my head if Ayāsya Āṅgirasa sang the Udgītha by anything other than this" — for he sang it by speech and by the breath.
The commentators
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam
उक्तार्थदार्ढ्यायाख्यायिकारभ्यते——
तद्धापि । तत् तत्रैतस्मिन्नुक्तेऽर्थे, हापि आख्यायिकापि श्रूयते ह स्म । ब्रह्मदत्तः नामतः ; चिकितानस्यापत्यं चैकिता- नः तदपत्यं युवा चैकितानेयः, राजानं यज्ञे सोमम्, भक्षयन्नु- वाच ; किम् ? 'अयं चमसस्थो मया भक्ष्यमाणो राजा,
In plain words
To firmly establish the meaning just explained, this story is introduced.
In regard to this very point, a traditional story is also heard. There was one named Brahmadatta, the descendant of Cikitāna—specifically the younger scion of that lineage—who, while consuming the king soma at the sacrifice, spoke: 'This king here in the wooden cup, being drunk by me...'
Close to the Sanskrit
For the firmness of the stated meaning, an anecdote is commenced.
That and indeed in that stated meaning, an illustrative story also is heard. Brahmadatta by name; Cikitāna's offspring Cikitāna, his younger offspring Caikitāneya, consuming the king soma in the sacrifice, spoke: 'What? This king situated in the camasa cup being consumed by me...'