Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.4
॥
Devanāgarī
यः अप्सु तिष्ठन् अद्भ्यः अन्तरो यम् आपः न विदुः यस्य आपः शरीरं यः अपो अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ apsu tiṣṭhan adbhyaḥ antaro yam āpaḥ na viduḥ yasya āpaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ apo antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अप्सुapsuin the waters; in the water
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
अद्भ्यःadbhyaḥfrom the waters; out of the waters
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
आपःāpaḥthe waters; the watery element
नnanot; no
विदुःviduḥthey know; they are aware
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
आपःāpaḥthe waters; the watery element
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अपोapothe waters; the watery element
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यमयतिyamayatihe governs; he holds in order
एषःeṣaḥthis; he
तेtethose; these
आत्माātmāthe self; the ātman
अन्तर्यामीantaryāmīthe inner ruler; the inner controller
अमृतःamṛtaḥimmortal; the undying
Translation
He who, dwelling in the waters, is within them, whom the waters do not know, whose body is the waters, who rules them from within — he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
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The formula of the antaryāmin is applied to the next vesture: the waters. The same four members: He is within; the waters do not know Him; the waters are His body; He rules them from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The moisture of the world does not know its Moistener — and He governs every current: all rivers run in His channels.