Purushah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyas tv ananyaya, yasyantah-sthani bhutani yena sarvam idam tatam
The Supreme Person, O Partha, is attainable only through exclusive devotion. Within that Supreme Person all beings dwell, and by Him all this world is pervaded. The Supreme is attainable not by intellectual effort alone but through single-pointed, exclusive devotion (ananya bhakti). The entire universe exists within and is pervaded by this Supreme.
- •The Supreme is attained only through exclusive, undivided devotion
- •All beings dwell within the Supreme Person
- •God pervades all of creation while remaining transcendent
Mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ, nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava
O Pandava, one who performs My work, considers Me as the supreme, is devoted to Me, is free from attachment, and is without enmity toward any being — such a person comes to Me.
- •The fourfold path: work for God, supreme devotion, non-attachment, non-enmity
- •Universal love is essential for the highest devotion
- •Action and devotion must be combined for liberation
Ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya mat-parah, ananyenaiva yogena mam dhyayanta upasate
But those who worship Me, surrendering all their activities to Me and devoted to Me without deviation, meditating on Me with exclusive yoga...
- •Complete surrender of all actions
- •Exclusive devotion to God
- •Single-pointed meditation