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Bhagavad Gita 13.15

बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च।सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्।।

bahir antaśh cha bhūtānām acharaṁ charam eva cha sūkṣhmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ chāntike cha tat

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
bahiḥbahiḥoutside
antaḥantaḥinside
chachaand
bhūtānāmbhūtānāmall living beings
acharamacharamnot moving
charamcharammoving
evaevaindeed
chachaand
sūkṣhmatvātsūkṣhmatvātdue to subtlety
tattathe
avijñeyamavijñeyamincomprehensible
dūra-sthamdūra-sthamvery far away
chachaand
antikeantikevery near
chachaalso
tattathe

It is within and without all beings, both the unmoving and the moving; It is subtle and unknowable, and It is near and far away.

(वह ब्रह्म) भूत मात्र के अन्तर्बाह्य स्थित है; वह चर है और अचर भी। सूक्ष्म होने से वह अविज्ञेय है; वह सुदूर और अत्यन्त समीपस्थ भी है।।