Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3,7.22
॥
Devanāgarī
यः विज्ञाने तिष्ठन् विज्ञानात् अन्तरो यं विज्ञानं न वेद यस्य विज्ञानं शरीरं यः विज्ञानम् अन्तरो यमयति एषः ते आत्मा अन्तर्यामी अमृतः
Transliteration (IAST)
yaḥ vijñāne tiṣṭhan vijñānāt antaro yaṃ vijñānaṃ na veda yasya vijñānaṃ śarīraṃ yaḥ vijñānam antaro yamayati eṣaḥ te ātmā antaryāmī amṛtaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यःyaḥwho; the one who
विज्ञानेvijñānein knowing; in consciousness
तिष्ठन्tiṣṭhanstanding still; abiding
विज्ञानात्vijñānātthan knowing; from consciousness
अन्तरोantarowithin; inner
यंyaṃwhom; by which
विज्ञानंvijñānaṃknowing; wisdom
नnanot; no
वेदvedaknows; realises
यस्यyasyawhose; in whose case
विज्ञानंvijñānaṃknowing; wisdom
शरीरंśarīraṃbody; the bodily form
यःyaḥwho; the one who
विज्ञानम्vijñānamwisdom; knowing
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 knowing, is within it, whom knowing does not know, whose body is knowing, 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: knowing. The same four members: He is within; knowing does not know Him; knowing is His body; He rules it from within. And the same conclusion: he is your ātman, the Inner Ruler, the immortal.
Vijñāna, the very capacity to know, does not know its own Knower: the light of a lamp does not illumine the one who lit it. The Ruler of knowing is on the far side of every act of knowledge.