Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.16
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ अध्यात्मम् यः प्राणे तिष्ठन् प्राणात् अन्तरो यं प्राणः न वेद यस्य प्राणः शरीरं यः प्राणम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
atha adhyātmam yaḥ prāṇe tiṣṭhan prāṇāt antaro yaṃ prāṇaḥ na veda yasya prāṇaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ prāṇam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथathathereupon; further
अध्यात्मम्adhyātmampertaining to the inward; within the self
यःyaḥwho; the one who
प्राणेprāṇein the prāṇa; in the vital breath
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
प्राणात्prāṇātfrom the prāṇa; apart from the breath
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
प्राणःprāṇaḥthe prāṇa; the vital breath
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
प्राणम्prāṇamthe prāṇa; breath
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
Now with reference to the body: he who, dwelling in the breath, is within it, whom the breath does not know, whose body is the breath, 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 breath. The same four members: He is within; the breath does not know Him; the breath is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The series moves inside the man: the very life in the breast does not know by whom it lives — yet every inbreath is led from within.