Upaniṣads · Chāndogya 3,12.8
॥
Devanāgarī
अयम् वाव सः यः अयम् अन्तः पुरुषे आकाशः यः वै सः अन्तः पुरुषे आकाशः
Transliteración (IAST)
ayam vāva saḥ yaḥ ayam antaḥ puruṣe ākāśaḥ yaḥ vai saḥ antaḥ puruṣe ākāśaḥ
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
अयम्ayamthis; this one here
वावvāvatruly; indeed
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अयम्ayamthis; this one here
अन्तःantaḥwithin (antar); inwardly; within
पुरुषेpuruṣein a man; in the Puruṣa
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
यःyaḥwho; the one who
वैvaiverily; indeed
सःsaḥhe; that one
अन्तःantaḥwithin (antar); inwardly; within
पुरुषेpuruṣein a man; in the Puruṣa
आकाशःākāśaḥspace; ether
Traducción
indeed this space within a man; and that space which is within a man is —
Versión
e88ba550357f · publicado 26 jul 2026, 23:02:24 UTC
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The second link: yo vai sa bahirdhā puruṣād ākāśaḥ ayaṁ vāva sa yo 'yam antaḥ puruṣa ākāśaḥ — "that outer space is the very one that is within a man": the sky without and the expanse within are one space, not two: skin does not divide the ākāśa.
Again the verse breaks off on a threshold — "and that which is within…": the chain draws deeper: within a man there is something yet more inward. The rhythm of the three links is like an in-breath, a pause, an out-breath: outside — within — and now: in the heart.