Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.21
॥
Devanāgarī
यः त्वचि तिष्ठन् त्वचः अन्तरो यं त्वक् न वेद यस्य त्वक् शरीरं यः त्वचम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ tvaci tiṣṭhan tvacaḥ antaro yaṃ tvak na veda yasya tvak śarīraṃ yaḥ tvacam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
त्वचिtvaciin the skin; in the touch
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
त्वचःtvacaḥof the skin; of the bark
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
त्वक्tvakthe skin; touch
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
त्वक्tvakthe skin; touch
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
त्वचम्tvacamwith the skin; the skin
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 skin, is within it, whom the skin does not know, whose body is the skin, 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 skin. The same four members: He is within; the skin does not know Him; the skin is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
The whole surface of the living, the border between "I" and the world, is His body: even our limits are not drawn by us.