Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.7
॥
Devanāgarī
यः वायौ तिष्ठन् वायोः अन्तरो यं वायुः न वेद यस्य वायुः शरीरं यः वायुम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ vāyau tiṣṭhan vāyoḥ antaro yaṃ vāyuḥ na veda yasya vāyuḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ vāyum antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
वायौvāyauin Vāyu; in the wind
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
वायोःvāyoḥof the wind; Vāyu
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
वायुःvāyuḥthe wind; the air
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
वायुःvāyuḥthe wind; the air
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
वायुम्vāyumthe wind; the air
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 wind, is within it, whom the wind does not know, whose body is the wind, 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 wind. The same four members: He is within; the wind does not know Him; the wind is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Even the unwearying Vāyu, "the deity that does not set" (1.5.22), is only a vesture of the Ruler: even the tireless one does not know by whom he is untiring.