य आकाशे शरीरे च दृषत्स्वप्सु लतासु च । पांसुष्वद्रिषु वातेषु पातालेषु च संस्थितः ॥ ११ ॥
ya ākāśē śarīrē ca dṛṣatsvapsu latāsu ca | pāṁsuṣvadriṣu vātēṣu pātālēṣu ca saṁsthitaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
who abides in space and in the body, in stones, in waters and in creepers, in dust, in mountains, in winds and in the netherworlds;
Word by word
- ya
- (yaḥ) who
- ākāśē
- in space
- śarīrē
- in the body
- ca
- and
- dṛṣatsu
- in stones
- apsu
- in waters
- latāsu
- in creepers
- pāṁsuṣu
- in dust
- adriṣu
- in mountains
- vātēṣu
- in winds
- pātālēṣu
- in the netherworlds
- saṁsthitaḥ
- abides
Meaning
A list that goes from the highest to the lowest, from the subtle to the gross, from the living to what seems dead, and leaves nothing out. Space and the body, stones and water, creepers and dust: he is in all of them equally, not more in the sage than in the stone, though only in the sage is he known.