यो वाचि तिष्ठन्वाचोऽन्तरः, यं वाङ् न वेद, यस्य वाक् शरीरम्, यो वाचमन्तरो यमयति, एष त आत्मान्तर्याम्यमृतः ॥ १७ ॥
yo vāci tiṣṭhanvāco’ntaraḥ, yaṃ vāṅ na veda, yasya vāk śarīram, yo vācamantaro yamayati, eṣa ta ātmāntaryāmyamṛtaḥ || 17 ||
17. He who inhabits the organ of speech but is within it, whom the organ of speech does not know, whose body is the organ of speech, and who controls the organ of speech from within, is the Internal Ruler, your own immortal self.