Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.20
॥
Devanāgarī
यः मनसि तिष्ठन् मनसः अन्तरो यं मनः न वेद यस्य मनः शरीरं यः मनः अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ manasi tiṣṭhan manasaḥ antaro yaṃ manaḥ na veda yasya manaḥ śarīraṃ yaḥ manaḥ antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
मनसिmanasiin the mind; in thinking
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
मनसःmanasaḥthan the mind; of thinking
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
मनःmanaḥthe mind; thinking
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
मनःmanaḥthe mind; thinking
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
मनःmanaḥthe mind; thinking
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 mind, is within it, whom the mind does not know, whose body is the mind, who rules it from within — he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
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890ac3f251ef · published Jul 27, 2026, 1:02:52 AM UTC
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The formula of the antaryāmin is applied to the next vesture: the mind. The same four members: He is within; the mind does not know Him; the mind is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The mind itself is an instrument: a man thinks, and the mind is ruled from within by Another. Thought does not know its Thinker — which is why the mind does not find the ātman until the ātman reveals himself.