Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.12
॥
Devanāgarī
यः आकाशे तिष्ठन् आकाशात् अन्तरो यम् आकाशः न वेद यस्य आकाशः शरीरं यः आकाशम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ ākāśe tiṣṭhan ākāśāt antaro yam ākāśaḥ na veda yasya ākāśaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ ākāśam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
आकाशेākāśespace; ether
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
आकाशात्ākāśātof space; than space
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यम्yamyam; the syllable yam
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
आकाशम्ākāśamby space; space
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 space, is within it, whom space does not know, whose body is space, 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: space. The same four members: He is within; space does not know Him; space is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The ākāśa that contains everything is itself contained: the Container has a Containing One, and He is nearer to space than space is to things.