अन्तर्बहिश्च भूतानां पश्यन् कर्माणि चारणै: । उदासीन इवाध्यक्षो वायुरात्मेव देहिनाम् ॥ १२ ॥
antar bahis ca bhutanam pasyan karmani caranaih udasina ivadhyakso vayur atmeva dehinam
- antah
- internally
- bahih
- externally
- ca
- and
- bhutanam
- of living entities
- pasyan
- seeing
- karmani
- activities
- caranaih
- by spies
- udasinah
- neutral
- iva
- like
- adhyaksah
- the witness
- vayuh
- the air of life
- atma
- the living force
- iva
- like
- dehinam
- of all the embodied.
King Prthu will be able to see all the internal and external activities of every one of his citizens. Still no one will be able to know his system of espionage, and he himself will remain neutral regarding all matters of glorification or vilification paid to him. He will be exactly like air, the life force within the body, which is exhibited internally and externally but is always neutral to all affairs.