Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field
Bhagavad Gita 13.15
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।
सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥
bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṃ carameva ca | sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat ||
It is outside all beings and inside them; it is unmoving and also moving. Because it is so subtle, it cannot be grasped. It is far away, and it is also near.
Modern context
'It is far away, and it is also near.' This line has comforted seekers for centuries. To the one who searches outward, the divine seems endlessly distant. To the one who turns within, it is closer than breath. It cannot be grasped because it is too subtle, the way one cannot grab air. But it is never absent. The distance is only in our way of looking.