स्वधिष्ण्यं प्रतपन् प्राणो बहिश्च प्रतपत्यसौ । एवं विराजं प्रतपंस्तपत्यन्तर्बहि: पुमान् ॥ १७ ॥
sva-dhisnyam pratapan prano bahis ca pratapaty asau evam virajam pratapams tapaty antar bahih puman
- sva-dhisnyam
- radiation
- pratapan
- by expansion
- pranah
- living energy
- bahih
- external
- ca
- also
- pratapati
- illuminated
- asau
- the sun
- evam
- in the same way
- virajam
- the universal form
- pratapan
- by expansion of
- tapati
- enlivens
- antah
- internally
- bahih
- externally
- puman
- the Supreme Personality.
The sun illuminates both internally and externally by expanding its radiation; similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His universal form, maintains everything in the creation both internally and externally.