Bhagavad Gita 8.22पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥
puruṣhaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas
tvananyayā yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
Sanskrit recitation
The path of light · 8.14–8.22 · Teaching
Translation
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.
Hindi translation
हे पृथानन्दन अर्जुन ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणी जिसके अन्तर्गत हैं और जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण संसार व्याप्त है, वह परम पुरुष परमात्मा तो अनन्यभक्तिसे प्राप्त होनेयोग्य है।
Meaning
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)
After Swami Sivananda
The path of light· 8.14–8.22→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 8.14I am easily attainable by that ever-steadfast yogi who constantly and daily remembers me…
- 8.15Having attained Me, these great souls do not take birth again here—a place of pain and…
- 8.16All the worlds, including the world of Brahma, are subject to return again, O Arjuna; but…
- 8.17Those who know the day of Brahma, which lasts a thousand Yugas, and the night, which also…
- 8.18From the Unmanifested, all the manifested worlds proceed upon the arrival of the 'day';…
- 8.19This same multitude of beings, being born again and again, helplessly dissolves, O Arjuna,…
- 8.20But verily, there exists higher than this Unmanifested, another Unmanifested Eternal,…
- 8.21What is known as the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That is said to be the highest…
8.22That highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone, within…
Word-by-word→
- tu
- indeed
- idam
- this
- yena
- by whom
- saḥ
- he
- tatam
- is pervaded
- yasya
- of whom
- sarvam
- all
- paraḥ
- greatest
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- bhaktyā
- through devotion
- ananyayā
- without another
- bhūtāni
- beings
- labhyaḥ
- is attainable
- puruṣhaḥ
- the Supreme Divine Personality
- antaḥ-sthāni
- situated within
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