अथ हैनमुद्गातोपससादोद्गातर्या देवतोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ १.११.६ ॥
In plain words
Then the Udgātṛ came to him and said, "Sir, thou saidst to me, 'Udgātṛ, if thou singest the Udgītha without knowing the deity that belongs to it, thy head shall fall off.' Which is that deity?"
The commentators
Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam
अथ हैनमुद्गातोपससादोद्गातर्या देव- तोद्गीथमन्वायत्ता ता चेदविद्वानुद्गास्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवान्वो- चत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ ६ ॥
तथोद्गाता पप्रच्छ कतमा सा उद्गीथभक्तिमनुगता अन्वा- यत्ता देवतेति ॥
In plain words
Then the udgātṛ approached him and said: 'You told me, O udgātṛ, "If you chant the udgītha without knowing the deity anchored to it, your head will shatter." Which deity is that?'
Then the udgātā asked: Which is the deity connected with this part of the udgītha?
Close to the Sanskrit
Then the udgātṛ approached him: 'O udgātṛ, the deity that is anchored to the udgītha, if you without knowing her will chant the udgītha, your head will fall off' — thus did your holiness speak to me; which is that deity?
Thus the udgātā asked: Which is that deity who is followed by and connected to the udgītha division?