Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.5
॥
Devanāgarī
यः अग्नौ तिष्ठन् अग्नेः अन्तरो यम् अग्निः न वेद यस्य अग्निः शरीरं यः अग्निम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ agnau tiṣṭhan agneḥ antaro yam agniḥ na veda yasya agniḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ agnim antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अग्नौagnauin the fire; upon fire
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
अग्नेःagneḥfrom fire; out of Agni
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
अग्निःagniḥfire; Agni
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
अग्निःagniḥfire; Agni
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अग्निम्agnimby fire; fire
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 fire, is within it, whom fire does not know, whose body is fire, who rules it from within — he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Version
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The formula of the antaryāmin is applied to the next vesture: fire. The same four members: He is within; fire does not know Him; fire is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The flame does not know by whom it burns — yet not a spark flies without the One who rules the heat from within.