अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषोऽन्तरात्मा सदा जनानां हृदये संनिविष्टः । तं स्वाच्छरीरात्प्रवृहेन्मुञ्जादिवेषीकां धैर्येण । तं विद्याच्छुक्रममृतं तं विद्याच्छुक्रममृतमिति ॥ १७॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo'ntarātmā sadā janānāṃ hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭaḥ । taṃ svāccharīrātpravṛhenmuñjādiveṣīkāṃ dhairyeṇa । taṃ vidyācchukramamṛtaṃ taṃ vidyācchukramamṛtamiti ॥ 17॥

aṅguṣṭha mātraḥ puruṣaḥ = the Person the size of a thumb; antarātmā = witin one's very own Self; sadā = always; janānām hṛdaye sanniviṣṭaḥ = seated in the hearts of all people; taṁ = him; pravṛhet = one should draw out, separate; svāt śarīrāt = from one's own body; iṣīkāṁ iva muñjāt = like a stalk from within the munja grass; dhairyeṇa = unerringly, steadily; taṁ = that separated consciousness; vidyāt = one should know; śukram amṛtaṁ = as pure and immortal; taṁ vidyāt śukram amṛtam iti = the repetion indicates the end of the teaching.