बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च | सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्
bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca . sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat
ಎಲ್ಲ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಹೊರಗೂ ಒಳಗೂ ಇದೆ; ಚರವೂ ಅಚರವೂ ಆಗಿದೆ. ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಅದು ತಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದು. ಅದು ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಮತ್ತು ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲೂ ಇದೆ.
Existing outside and inside all beings; moving as well as non-moving, It is incomprehensible due to subtleness. So also, It is far away, and yet near.
ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮವು ಎಲ್ಲ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಹೊರಗೂ ಒಳಗೂ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದೆ, ಚಲಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಚಲಿಸದ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಸ್ತುಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಇದೆ. ಅದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಾಗದು. ಅಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಅದು ಅತಿ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಂತೆ ತೋರಿದರೂ, ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಅದು ತಮ್ಮ ಆತ್ಮಸ್ವರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.
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).