Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 15 (13.15)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च
सूक्ष्मत्वात् तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्
॥ 13.15 ॥
bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca
sūkṣmatvāt tadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat
Translation
"It is outside beings and inside them too; it is unmoving and also moving; being subtle, it cannot be known; it is far away and also near."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. bahiḥ tvakparyantaṃ deham ātmatvena avidyākalpitam apekṣya — taking as the boundary the body up to the skin (which ignorance has taken to be "I"), we speak of "outside" and "inside"; acaraṃ caram eva ca … yathā rajjusarpābhāsaḥ — like a snake seen in a rope, it appears as the moving and the unmoving.
Acharya Ramanuja. pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni parityajya aśarīro bahiḥ vartate — in the liberated state, leaving the body behind, it is outside; teṣām antaḥ ca vartate — as the embodied one, it is inside; svabhāvataḥ acaraṃ caraṃ ca dehitve — unmoving by nature, moving when embodied.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.