श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । य एष देवः कथितो नैष दूरेऽवतिष्ठते । शरीरे संस्थितो नित्यं चिन्मात्रमिति विश्रुतः ॥ २ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | ya ēṣa dēvaḥ kathitō naiṣa dūrē’vatiṣṭhatē | śarīrē saṁsthitō nityaṁ cinmātramiti viśrutaḥ || 2 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: This God I have spoken of does not stand far away. He dwells always in the body, known as consciousness alone.
Word by word
- ya
- (yaḥ) who
- ēṣa
- this
- dēvaḥ
- God
- kathitō
- (kathitaḥ) I have spoken of
- na
- not
- dūrē
- far away
- avatiṣṭhatē
- does stand
- śarīrē
- in the body
- saṁsthitō
- (saṁsthitaḥ) he dwells
- nityaṁ
- always
- cinmātram
- consciousness alone
- iti
- as
- viśrutaḥ
- known
Meaning
The answer to "where" is the nearest place there is. He is in the body, always, and known by one name: consciousness alone (cinmātra). The commentary adds in a note that in a general way he shows himself through the whole body, and in a special way in the lotus of the heart. He is not hiding somewhere; he is what is aware, here, now, of these words.