अथ यद्यज्ञ इत्याचक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तद्ब्रह्मचर्येण ह्येव यो ज्ञाता तं विन्दतेऽथ यदिष्टमित्याचक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तद्ब्रह्मचर्येण ह्येवेष्ट्वात्मानमनुविन्दते ॥ ८.५.१ ॥
In plain words
Now what men call sacrifice is the life of a student of sacred knowledge; for only by that life does one who knows find it. And what men call what has been sacrificed is the life of a student of sacred knowledge; for only by sacrificing with that life does one find the Self.
The commentators
Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣyam· bhāṣya
तमात्मानमनुविन्दते । एषणादिष्टमपि ब्रह्मचर्यमेव ॥
In plain words
One attains that Self. Even what is pointed out regarding desires is nothing other than disciplined celibacy.
Close to the Sanskrit
One attains that Self. Even what is prescribed through desires is celibacy indeed.