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Chapter 4 Verse 13
Original Verse
अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषो ज्योतिरिवाधूमकः । ईशानो भूतभव्यस्य स एवाद्य स उ श्वः एतद् वै तत् ॥ १३ ॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo jyotir ivādhūmakaḥ | īśāno bhūtabhavyasya sa evādya sa u śvaḥ etad vai tat || 13 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

The person of the size of a thumb is like a light without smoke — lord of the past and future. He is the same today and tomorrow. This, verily, is That.

Simple English

English Translation

The person the size of a thumb blazes like a smokeless flame, lord of the past and the future. The same today and tomorrow. This, verily, is That.