Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.8
॥
Devanāgarī
यः दिवि तिष्ठन् दिवः अन्तरो यं द्यौर् न वेद यस्य द्यौः शरीरं यः दिवम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ divi tiṣṭhan divaḥ antaro yaṃ dyaur na veda yasya dyauḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ divam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
दिविdiviin the sky; in the heavenly world
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
दिवःdivaḥfrom heaven; out of the heavenly world
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
द्यौर्dyaurthe sky; the heavenly world
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
द्यौःdyauḥthe sky; the heavenly world
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
दिवम्divamby heaven; the sky
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 sky, is within it, whom the sky does not know, whose body is the sky, 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 sky. The same four members: He is within; the sky does not know Him; the sky is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The sky that covers everything is itself covered from within: the vault of the world has an Inner One to whom the vault is a body.