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पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया। यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।

puruṣhaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tvananyayā yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 8, Verse 22
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
That highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone, within Whom all beings dwell and by Whom all this is pervaded.

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Why: this supreme Person is attained by one-pointed devotion, in whom all beings dwell, by whom all this is pervaded, tying attainment of this permanence specifically to sustained, singular devotion rather than scattered effort.

In life: scattered devotion across many different priorities rarely produces the depth of understanding or connection that sustained focus on fewer things does.

Teaching: pick one or two priorities you genuinely want to go deep with, and consciously reduce scattered devotion elsewhere so that focus can actually deepen.

puruṣhaḥthe Supreme Divine Personality
saḥhe
paraḥgreatest
pārthaArjun, the son of Pritha
bhaktyāthrough devotion
labhyaḥis attainable
tuindeed
ananyayāwithout another
yasyaof whom
antaḥ-sthānisituated within
bhūtānibeings
yenaby whom
sarvamall
idamthis
tatamis pervaded

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
8.22 पुरुषः Purusha? सः that? परः highest? पार्थ O Partha? भक्त्या by devotion? लभ्यः is attainable? तु verily? अनन्यया without another object (unswerving)? यस्य of whom? अन्तःस्थानि dwelling within? भूतानि beings? येन by whom? सर्वम् all? इदम् this? ततम् pervaded.Commentary All the beings (effects) dwell within the Purusha (the Supreme Person? the cause) because every effect rests within its cause. Just as the effect? pot? rests within its cause? the clay? so also all beings and the worlds rest within their cause? the Purusha. Therefore the whole world is pervaded by the Purusha.Sri Sankara explains exclusive devotion as Jnana or knowledge of the Self.Purusha is so called because everything is filled by It (derived from the Sanskrit root pur which means to fill) or because It rests in the body of all (derived from the Sanskrit root pur). None is higher than It and so It is the Supreme Person. (Cf.IX.4XI.38XV.6and7)