Sanskrit · Devanagari
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च। सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882It is within all things and without them it is movable and also immovable it is unknowable through (its) subtlety it stands afar and near.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।13.16।। -- बहिः त्वक्पर्यन्तं देहम् आत्मत्वेन अविद्याकल्पितम् अपेक्ष्य तमेव अवधिं कृत्वा बहिः उच्यते। तथा प्रत्यगात्मानमपेक्ष्य देहमेव अवधिं कृत्वा अन्तः उच्यते। बहिरन्तश्च इत्युक्ते मध्ये अभावे प्राप्ते? इदमुच्यते -- अचरं चरमेव च? यत् चराचरं देहाभासमपि तदेव ज्ञेयं यथा रज्जुसर्पाभासः। यदि अचरं चरमेव च स्यात् व्यवहारविषयं सर्वं ज्ञेयम्? किमर्थम् इदम् इति सर्वैः न विज्ञेयम् इति उच्यते -- सत्यं सर्वाभासं तत् तथापि व्योमवत् सूक्ष्मम्। अतः सूक्ष्मत्वात् स्वेन रूपेण तत् ज्ञेयमपि अविज्ञेयम् अविदुषाम्। विदुषां तु? आत्मैवेदं सर्वम् (छा0 उ0 7।25।2) ब्रह्मैवेदं सर्वम् (बृ0 उ0 2।5।1) इत्यादिप्रमाणतः नित्यं विज्ञातम्। अविज्ञाततया दूरस्थं वर्षसहस्रकोट्यापि अविदुषाम् अप्राप्यत्वात्। अन्तिके च तत्? आत्मत्वात् विदुषाम्।।किञ्च --,
73e59a44fa7f…Rāmānuja
13.16 Abandoning the elements like earth etc., It can exist outside the body. It can exist within them while performing spontaneous activities as established in the Srutis: 'Eating, playing, enjoying with partners or with vehicles' (Cha. U., 8.12.3). 'It is unmoving and yet moving' - it is by nature, unmoving, It is moving when It has a body. It is so subtle that none can comprehend It. Although existing in a body, this principle, possessed of all powers and omniscient, cannot be comprehended by bound ones because of Its subtlety and Its distinctiveness from the body. It is far away and yet It is very near - though present in one's own body, It is far away from those who are devoid of modesty and other alities (mentioned above) as also to those who possess contrary alities. To those who possess modesty and such other alities, the same self is very near.
6af7406f6d34…Swami Sivananda
13.16 बहिः without? अन्तः within? च and? भूतानाम् of (all) beings? अचरम् the unmoving? चरम् the moving? एव also? च and? सूक्ष्मत्वात् because of Its subtlety? तत् That? अविज्ञेयम् unknowable? दूरस्थम् is far? च and? अन्तिके near? च and? तत् That.Commentary Brahman is subtle like the ether. It is incomprehensible to the unillumined on account of Its extreme subtlety. It is unknowable to the man who is not endowed with the four means of salvation.Brahman is known or realised by the wise. It is realised by the first class aspirant who is eipped with these means. It is near to the wise man or the illumined because It is his very Self. It is very far to the ignorant man who is drowned in worldliness or sensual pleasures. It is not attainable by the ignorant or unenlightened even in millions of years.Near and far away This expression is found in the Isavasya Upanishad (5) and the Mundaka Upanishad (3.17).
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