Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.14
॥
Devanāgarī
यः तेजसि तिष्ठन् तेजसः अन्तरो यं तेजः न वेद यस्य तेजः शरीरं यः तेजः अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ tejasi tiṣṭhan tejasaḥ antaro yaṃ tejaḥ na veda yasya tejaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ tejaḥ antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
तेजसिtejasiin the radiance; in the light
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
तेजसःtejasaḥthe beams; than light
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
तेजःtejaḥthe radiance; the light
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
तेजःtejaḥthe radiance; the light
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
तेजःtejaḥthe radiance; the light
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 light, is within it, whom light does not know, whose body is light, 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: light. The same four members: He is within; light does not know Him; light is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Radiance too is only a vesture: light does not know its own Illuminator. The pair "darkness–light" closes the series of the elements: both edges of the world are garments of the One.