सा होवाच मैत्रेयी यन्नु म इयं भगोः सर्वा पृथिवी वित्तेन पूर्णा स्यात्स्यां न्वहं तेनामृताहो३ नेति ।नेति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ।यथैवोपकरणवतां जीवितम् ।तथैव ते जीवितं स्यात् ।अमृतत्वस्य तु नाशास्ति वित्तेनेति ॥४,५.३ ॥
In plain words
Maitreyī said, "Sir, if this whole earth full of wealth were mine, should I be immortal by it or not?" "No," said Yājñavalkya; "thy life would be like the life of those who have means, but there is no hope of immortality through wealth."
The commentators
Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam· bhāṣya
सा एवमुक्ता उवाच मैत्रेयी— सर्वैयं पृथिवी वित्तेन पूर्णा स्यात्, नु किम् स्याम्, किमहं वित्तसाध्येन कर्मणा अमृता, आहो न स्यामिति । नेति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्य इत्यादि समानमन्यत् ॥
In plain words
Addressed like this, Maitreyī said: 'If this whole earth were mine, brimming with wealth — what would I gain? Could wealth-driven action make me immortal, or not?' 'No,' Yājñavalkya said — and the rest continues just as before.
Close to the Sanskrit
She, thus addressed, Maitreyī, said: 'If this whole earth were filled full with wealth, what then would I become? Would I become immortal through action accomplished by means of wealth, or would I not?' 'No,' said Yājñavalkya — and so on, the rest is the same.