Verse 2.246

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

स्वभावतो वा सम्प्राप्तमनूद्योपासनं श्रुतिः ।
नामादाविव भूमानं विधत्ते ज्ञानमात्मनि ॥ २४६ ॥

svabhāvato vā samprāptamanūdyopāsanaṃ śrutiḥ |
nāmādāviva bhūmānaṃ vidhatte jñānamātmani || 246 ||

English translation of verse 2.246:

Or, just as Scripture teaches the knowledge of the infinite Brahman by re-stating the meditation on name (nāma), etc., to which man resorts of his own accord, so also here śruti teaches the knowledge of the Self (by restating the meditation on food, etc.).

Notes:

The purport of the teaching of meditation on the kośas may be explained in a different way also. In the seventh chapter of the Chāndogya meditation on name, speech, mind, etc., to which man naturally (svabhāvataḥ) resorts without Scripture enjoining it is re-stated with a view to lead the spiritual aspirant gradually from name to speech, from speech to mind, and so on, till the knowledge of the infinite Brahman is attained. In the same way, taking advantage of the fact that man naturally identifies himself with the kośas, Scripture enables the spiritual aspirant to attain Brahman-realization by resolving each outward kośa in its inner one through the process of contemplation thereon. The purport of the teaching of Scripture is in the knowledge of Brahman-Ātman, because this is the main teaching which is intended to be taught (pradhānatvāt vivakṣitam). So the fruits of meditation mentioned in connection wtih the several kośas should not be supposed to accrue as declared.