न्यग्रोधफलमत आहरेतीदं भगव इति भिन्द्धीति भिन्नं भगव इति किमत्र पश्यसीत्यण्व्य इवेमा धाना भगव इत्यासामङ्गैकां भिन्द्धीति भिन्ना भगव इति किमत्र पश्यसीति न किंचन भगव इति ॥ ६.१२.१ ॥
In plain words
"Bring a fruit of the banyan from over there." "Here it is, sir." "Split it." "It is split, sir." "What dost thou see in it?" "These seeds, very small, sir." "Split one of them." "It is split, sir." "What dost thou see in it?" "Nothing at all, sir."
The commentators
Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam· bhāṣya
यदि एतत्प्रत्यक्षीकर्तुमिच्छसि अतोऽस्मान्महतः न्यग्रो- धात् फलमेकमाहर- इत्युक्तः तथा चकार सः ; इदं भगव उपहृतं फलमिति दर्शितवन्तं प्रति आह- फलं भिन्द्धीति । भिन्नमित्याह इतरः । तमाह पिता- किमत्र पश्यसीति ; उक्तः आह— अण्व्यः अणुतरा इव इमाः धानाः बीजानि पश्यामि भगव इति । आसां धानानामेकां धानाम् अङ्ग हे वत्स भिन्द्धि, इत्युक्तः आह— भिन्ना भगव इति । यदि भिन्ना धाना तस्यां भिन्नायां किं पश्यसि, इत्युक्तः आह— न किंचन पश्यामि भगव इति ॥
In plain words
If you wish to experience this directly, bring a fruit from this great banyan tree. Shvetaketu brought one and said, 'Here it is, Revered Sir.' The father told him to split it. 'It is split,' the son replied. 'What do you see inside?' asked the father. 'Tiny seeds, exceedingly small, Revered Sir.' 'Split one of those seeds, my child.' 'It is split.' 'What do you see in that?' 'Nothing at all, Revered Sir.'
Close to the Sanskrit
If you wish to perceive this directly, bring a fruit from this great banyan tree. When addressed thus, he did so. 'This, O revered one, is the brought fruit,' he said, showing it. To him he said, 'Split the fruit.' 'It is split,' said the other. The father said to him, 'What do you see in this?' Addressed, he said, 'I see minute seeds, very fine like these, O revered one.' 'Split one of these seeds, O dear child,' he was told. He said, 'It is split, O revered one.' 'If the seed is split, what do you see in that when it is split?' Addressed, he said, 'I see nothing at all, O revered one.'