पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā | yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṃ tatam ||
- पुरुषः · puruṣaḥ
- the Person
- सः परः · saḥ paraḥ
- that supreme
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha
- भक्त्या · bhaktyā
- by devotion
- लभ्यः · labhyaḥ
- to be reached
- अनन्यया · ananyayā
- exclusive, directed to nothing else
- यस्य अन्तःस्थानि · yasya antaḥsthāni
- within whom abide
- भूतानि · bhūtāni
- beings
- येन · yena
- by whom
- ततम् · tatam
- pervaded
“That supreme Person, O Partha, is to be reached by exclusive devotion — within whom all beings abide, and by whom all this is pervaded.”
— Original plain-language translation
The means is stated plainly: single-directed love reaches what technique alone cannot. Immanence and transcendence are held together — beings rest inside him, yet he fills all this. Compare 9.4-5 for the fuller paradox.
— Reader's notes (original)