अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषो मध्य आत्मनि तिष्ठति । ईशानं भूतभव्यस्य न ततो विजुगुप्सते । एतद्वै तत् ॥ १२॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo madhya ātmani tiṣṭhati । īśānaṃ bhūtabhavyasya na tato vijugupsate । etadvai tat ॥ 12॥

puruṣaḥ = That Being; aṅguṣṭha-mātraḥ = the size of a thumb; tiṣṭhati = exists, resides; madhya ātmani = in the body; īśāna = the Ruler; bhūta-bhavyasya = of the past and the future; tataḥ = thereafter [knowing which]; na vijugupsate = fears nothing; etat vai tat = this verily is that.