Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.9
॥
Devanāgarī
यः आदित्ये तिष्ठन् आदित्यात् अन्तरो यम् आदित्यः न वेद यस्य आदित्यः शरीरं यः आदित्यम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ āditye tiṣṭhan ādityāt antaro yam ādityaḥ na veda yasya ādityaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ ādityam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
आदित्येādityethe sun; with the sun
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
आदित्यात्ādityātfrom the sun; out of Āditya
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
आदित्यःādityaḥĀditya; the sun
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
आदित्यःādityaḥĀditya; the sun
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
आदित्यम्ādityamĀditya; the sun
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 sun, is within it, whom the sun does not know, whose body is the sun, 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 sun. The same four members: He is within; the sun does not know Him; the sun is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The eye of the world does not see its own Seer — that very sun by which the gods were measuring Brahman (2.1.2) is here called His body.