The Upanishads, Part II — SBE Vol. 15 — trans. F. Max Müller (1884)

III ADHYAYA, 7 BRAHMANA, 7. 133 nc af The other said: ‘Anybody may say, I know, I know. Tell what you know.’ 2. Yagdavalkya said: ‘Vayu (air) is that thread, O Gautama. By air, as by a thread, O Gautama, this world and the other world, and all creatures are strung together. Therefore,O Gautama, people say of a dead person that his limbs have become unstrung; for by air, as by a thread, O Gautama, they were strung together.’ The othet said: ‘ So it is, O YAag#avalkya. Tell now (who is) the puller within.’ 3. Yag#avalkya said : ‘He who dwells in the earth, and within the earth!, whom the earth does not know, whose body the earth is, and who pulls (rules) the earth within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 4. ‘He who dwells in the water, and within the water, whom the water does not know, whose body the water is, and who pulls (rules) the water within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 5. ‘He who dwells in the fire, and within the fire, whom the fire does not know, whose body the fire is, and who pulls (rules) the fire within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 6. ‘He who dwells in the sky, and within the sky, whom the sky does not know, whose body the sky is, and who pulls (rules) the sky within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 7. ‘He who dwells in the air (vayu), and within the air, whom the air does not know, whose body the

1 [translate antara by ‘within,’ according to the commentator, who explains it by abhyantara, but I must confess that I should prefer to translate it by ‘different from,’ as Deussen does, |. c. p. 160, particularly as it governs an ablative.

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air is, and who pulls (rules) the air within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 8. ‘He who dwells in the heaven (dyu), and within the heaven, whom the heaven does not know, whose body the heaven is, and who pulls (rules) the heaven within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 9. ‘He who dwells in the sun (Aditya), and within the sun, whom the sun does not know, whose body the sun is, and who pulls (rules) the sun within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 10. ‘He who dwells in the space (disak), and within the space, whom the space does not know, whose body the space is, and who pulls (rules) the space within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 11. ‘He who dwells in the moon and stars (4andra-tarakam), and within the moon and stars, whom the moon and stars do not know, whose body the moon and stars are, and who pulls (rules) the moon and stars within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 12. ‘He who dwells in the ether (Ak4sa), and within the ether, whom the ether does not know, whose body the ether is, and who pulls (rules) the ether within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 13. ‘He who dwells in the darkness (tamas), and within the darkness, whom the darkness does not know, whose body the darkness is, and who pulis (rules) the darkness within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 14. ‘ He who dwells in the light (tegas), and within the light, whom the light does not know, whose

II] ADHYAYA, 7 BRAHMANA, 21. 135 body the light is, and who pulls (rules) the light within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ So far with respect to the gods (adhidaivatam) ; now with respect to beings (adhibhitam), 15. Yag#avalkya said: ‘He who dwells in all beings, and within all beings, whom all beings do not know, whose body all beings are, and who pulls (rules) all beings within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 16. ‘He who dwells in the breath (praza), and within the breath, whom the breath does not know, whose body the breath is, and who pulls (rules) the breath within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 17. ‘He who dwells in the tongue (v44), and within the tongue, whom the tongue does not know, whose body the tongue is, and who pulls (rules) the tongue within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 18. ‘He who dwells in the eye, and within the eye, whom the eye does not know, whose body the eye is, and who pulls (rules) the eye within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 19. ‘He who dwells in the ear, and within the ear, whom the ear does not know, whose body the ear is, and who pulls (rules) the ear within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 20. ‘He who dwells in the mind, and within the mind, whom the mind does not know, whose body the mind is, and who pulls (rules) the mind within, he is your Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.’ 21. ‘He who dwells in the skin, and within the skin, whom the skin does not know, whose body the