Aphorisms on Brahman 30.86

30.86

yadyapi pratyagātmanaḥ sarvāntaratvaṃ bhūtagrāmamātrāpekṣatvenāpekṣitam tathāpi
tadeva grāhyam | anyathā mukhyāntarātmaparigrahalobhāt paramātmasvīkāre
prativacanabhedo nopapadyate | prativacanaṃ hi sarvatra pratyagātmaviṣayaṃ paramātmanaḥ
prāṇitṛtvā'prāṇitṛtvādyasambhavāt | parañca paramātmaviṣayam
aśanāyādyatītatvāt tadidamāśaṅkyate - antarābhūtagrāmavaditi | antarā
sarvāntaratvena prathamaprativacanaṃ bhūtagrāmavat svātmanaḥ bhūtagrābhavān
tadantaraḥ svātmā pratyagātmā sarvāntara ityucyate | anyathā yaḥ prāṇena prāṇiti
yo'śanāyā pipāsādyatītaḥ iti prativacanabhedānupapattiriti cedatrottaraṃ neti - na
vidyābheda ityarthaḥ ubhayatraparaviṣayatvāt praśnaprativacanayoḥ | tathā hi -
yatsākṣādaparokṣāt brahma ya ātmā sarvāntaraḥ iti praśnastāvat paramātmaviṣaya eva |
brahmaśabdasya paramātmasādhāraṇatve'pi pratyagātmanyapi
kadācidupacaritaprayogadarśanāt tadvyāvṛtyā paramātmapratipatyarthaṃ yatsākṣāt
brahmeti viśeṣaṇaṃ kriyate |