Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.6
॥
Devanāgarī
यः अन्तरिक्षे तिष्ठन् अन्तरिक्षात् अन्तरो यम् अन्तरिक्षं न वेद यस्य अन्तरिक्षं शरीरं यः अन्तरिक्षम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ antarikṣe tiṣṭhan antarikṣāt antaro yam antarikṣaṃ na veda yasya antarikṣaṃ śarīraṃ yaḥ antarikṣam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अन्तरिक्षेantarikṣein the mid-region; in the mid-region
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
अन्तरिक्षात्antarikṣātthan the mid-region; other than the atmosphere
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
अन्तरिक्षंantarikṣaṃthe intervening space; the atmosphere
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
अन्तरिक्षंantarikṣaṃthe intervening space; the atmosphere
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अन्तरिक्षम्antarikṣamthe mid-region; the mid-region
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 mid-region, is within it, whom the mid-region does not know, whose body is the mid-region, who rules it 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 mid-region. The same four members: He is within; the mid-region does not know Him; the mid-region is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The middle expanse itself, where birds and clouds fly, is the body of the One who from within holds it open.