Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 8, Verse 22
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।
यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।
यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tvananyayā
yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam
also searched as "purushah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyas tvananyaya"
Translation
O son of Prtha, that supreme Person—in whom all beings are included and by whom all this is pervaded—is indeed reached through one-pointed devotion.
Vāṇi's rendering
That highest person, in whom all beings live, who fills all this — is reached by undivided love alone.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| पुरुषःpuruṣaḥ | the person, the indwelling one |
| सःsa | that |
| परःparaḥ | highest, beyond |
| पार्थpārtha | Arjuna, son of Pṛthā |
| भक्त्याbhaktyā | by devotion, by love |
| लभ्यःlabhyaḥ | reachable, to be attained (labhyas before tu) |
| तुtu | indeed, and yet |
| अनन्ययाananyayā | undivided, having no other object |
| यस्यyasya | of whom, in whom |
| अन्तःस्थानिantaḥ-sthāni | standing within, dwelling inside |
| भूतानिbhūtāni | all beings, all that exists |
| येनyena | by whom |
| सर्वम्sarvam | everything |
| इदम्idam | this, all this here |
| ततम्tatam | spread through, filled, pervaded |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 22 mean?
It names the one way to the highest puruṣa: bhakti that is ananyā, undivided. The same verse says all beings dwell within him and all this is pervaded by him. So the reaching is not a crossing of space. It is love ceasing to scatter itself among many objects.
What does purushah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyas tvananyaya mean?
That supreme person, Krishna tells Arjuna, is reached by devotion alone — devotion with no second object. The word tu is quiet but firm: by this, and by this. Not by force of effort, not by cleverness of argument. By a love that has nothing else running beside it.
What is ananya bhakti and how is it different from ordinary devotion?
Ordinary devotion still keeps other accounts open — a little for gain, a little for safety, a little for the outcome. Ananyā bhakti has closed those accounts. It is not more intense feeling; it is undivided attention. You can test it by noticing what you turn to when the prayer does not work.
If all beings are already inside Krishna, why is devotion needed at all?
Because being inside and knowing it are not the same. The fish is in water and still searches. Nothing needs to be built or travelled to; only the divided looking has to end. Devotion does not fetch Krishna from far away. It stops you from looking past him.
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Commentary
Undivided is the whole condition. Krishna has just described the unmanifest, the imperishable, the path from which none return — and now names what reaches it. Not austerity. Not scholarship. Love that is not split. Ananyā means no other: not that you love Krishna more than other things, but that the loving has stopped dividing itself. And notice where he is. In whom all beings live, by whom all this is filled — you are not travelling toward a distant person. You are already inside him. What undivided love crosses is not distance. It is the habit of looking elsewhere.