अथ हैनं प्रतिहर्तोपससाद प्रतिहर्तर्या देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्ता तां चेदविद्वान्प्रतिहरिष्यसि मूर्धा ते विपतिष्यतीति मा भगवानवोचत्कतमा सा देवतेति ॥ १.११.८ ॥
In plain words
Then the Pratihartṛ came to him and said, "Sir, thou saidst to me, 'Pratihartṛ, if thou singest the Pratihāra without knowing the deity that belongs to it, thy head shall fall off.' Which is that deity?"
The commentators
Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam· bhāṣya
एवमेवाथ ह एन प्रतिहर्ता उपससाद कतमा सा देवता प्रतिहारमन्वायत्तेति ॥
In plain words
In this very same way, the pratihartṛ approached him and asked: Which is the deity connected with the pratihāra?
Close to the Sanskrit
In this very manner then the pratihartṛ approached him: Which is that deity connected with the pratihāra?