य एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कामं कामं पुरुषो निर्मिमाणः । तदेव शुक्रं तद्ब्रह्म तदेवामृतमुच्यते । तस्मिँल्लोकाः श्रिताः सर्वे तदु नात्येति कश्चन । एतद्वै तत् ॥ ८॥

ya eṣa supteṣu jāgarti kāmaṃ kāmaṃ puruṣo nirmimāṇaḥ । tadeva śukraṃ tadbrahma tadevāmṛtamucyate । tasmi~llokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tadu nātyeti kaścana । etadvai tat ॥ 8॥

yaḥ eṣaḥ = He who; jāgarti = remains awake; supteṣu = when the functions of the body sleep; nirmimāṇaḥ = shaping; kāmam kāmam = desire after desire; puruṣaḥ = the Person, Being; tat eva = that indeed is; śukraṁ = white, pure; tat brahma = that itself is Brahman; tat eva ucyate = that indeed is said to be; amṛtam = immortal, indestructable; tasmin = on it; sarve lokāh śritāh = all the worlds are fixed, have their support and existence; na kaḥ cana = no one; tat u atyeti = ever goes beyond That; etat vai tat = this verily is That.