एष सर्वेषु भूतेषु गूढोऽऽत्मा न प्रकाशते । दृश्यते त्वग्र्यया बुद्ध्या सूक्ष्मया सूक्ष्मदर्शिभिः ॥ १२॥

eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍho''tmā na prakāśate । dṛśyate tvagryayā buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ ॥ 12॥

eṣa = this; ātmā = Self; gūḍhaḥ = is hidden; sarveṣu bhūteṣu = in all beings; na = it does not; prakāśate = does not shine forth, it is not the content of conventional thinking; tu = but; dṛśyate = it can be seen, realised; sūkṣma-darśibhih = by those who can conceive of subtle, abstract concepts; buddhyā = by the intellect; agryayā = which is sharp, pointed; sūkṣmayā = and subtle.