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BG 8.22 — 8.22 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. | Live Gita
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पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया |
यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ||८-२२||

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā . yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam ||8-22||


।।8.22।। हे पार्थ ! जिस (परमात्मा) के अन्तर्गत समस्त भूत हैं और जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण (जगत्) व्याप्त है, वह परम पुरुष अनन्य भक्ति से ही प्राप्त करने योग्य है।।

Word-by-word meanings

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

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।8.22।।उस परमधामकी प्राप्तिका उपाय बतलाया जाता है --, शरीररूप पुरमें शयन करनेसे या सर्वत्र परिपूर्ण होनेसे परमात्माका नाम पुरुष है। हे पार्थ वह निरतिशय परमपुरुष जिससे पर ( सूक्ष्मश्रेष्ठ ) अन्य कुछ भी नहीं है जिस पुरुषके अन्तर्गत समस्त कार्यरूप भूत स्थित हैं -- क्योंकि कार्य कारणके अन्तर्वर्ती हुआ करता है -- और जिस पुरुषसे यह सारा संसार आकाशसे घट आदिकी भाँति व्याप्त है। ऐसा परमात्मा अनन्य भक्ितसे अर्थात् आत्मविषयक ज्ञानरूप भक्ितसे प्राप्त होने योग्य है।,

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Swami Gambirananda

8.22 O son of Prtha, that supreme Person-in whom are included (all) the beings and by whom all this is pervaded-is, indeed, reached through one-pointed devotion.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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