Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.13
॥
Devanāgarī
यः तमसि तिष्ठन् तमसः अन्तरो यं तमः न वेद यस्य तमः शरीरं यः तमः अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ tamasi tiṣṭhan tamasaḥ antaro yaṃ tamaḥ na veda yasya tamaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ tamaḥ antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
तमसिtamasiin the darkness; in the dark
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
तमसःtamasaḥof darkness; than darkness
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
तमःtamaḥdarkness; gloom
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
तमःtamaḥdarkness; gloom
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
तमःtamaḥdarkness; gloom
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 darkness, is within it, whom darkness does not know, whose body is darkness, 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: darkness. The same four members: He is within; darkness does not know Him; darkness is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Even darkness is His body! There is no gloom outside His dominion: in the dark the same One rules — and therefore, for the knower, darkness is no godless place but a curtain of His own.