Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.18
॥
Devanāgarī
यः चक्षुषि तिष्ठन् चक्षुषः अन्तरो यं चक्षुः न वेद यस्य चक्षुः शरीरं यः चक्षुः अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ cakṣuṣi tiṣṭhan cakṣuṣaḥ antaro yaṃ cakṣuḥ na veda yasya cakṣuḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ cakṣuḥ antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
चक्षुषिcakṣuṣiin the eye; in sight
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
चक्षुषःcakṣuṣaḥof the eye; of the eye
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
चक्षुःcakṣuḥsight; the eye
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
चक्षुःcakṣuḥsight; the eye
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
चक्षुःcakṣuḥsight; the eye
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 eye, is within it, whom the eye does not know, whose body is the eye, who rules it from within — he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Version
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The formula of the antaryāmin is applied to the next vesture: the eye. The same four members: He is within; the eye does not know Him; the eye is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The eye sees everything except its own Beholder — that same "person in the eye" whom Virocana and Gārgya failed to recognise.