In plain words
That supreme Puruṣa, Partha, is attained only by undivided Bhakti; all beings dwell within Him and by Him all this is pervaded.
Word for word
That supreme Puruṣa, O son of Pṛthā, is to be attained only by undivided bhakti, within whom beings stand, by whom all this is pervaded.
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्ययायस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
तल्लब्धेः उपायः उच्यते —
पुरुषः पुरि शयनात् पूर्णत्वाद्वा, स परः पार्थ, परः निरतिशयः, यस्मात् पुरुषात् न परं किञ्चित् । सः भक्त्या लभ्यस्तु ज्ञानलक्षणया अनन्यया आत्मविषयया । यस्य पुरुषस्य अन्तःस्थानि मध्यस्थानि भूतानि कार्यभूतानि ; कार्यं हि कारणस्य अन्तर्वर्ति भवति । येन पुरुषेण सर्वं इदं जगत् ततं व्याप्तम् आकाशेनेव घटादि ॥ २२ ॥
In plain words
Now the means of reaching that is stated —
'Puruṣa' — called that either because he dwells within the city of the body, or because he is complete fullness itself. That is the supreme, Pārtha: supreme, beyond which nothing whatsoever stands higher. And he is reached only by devotion — but devotion inseparable from real knowledge, undivided, with the Self alone as its object. Every being dwells within him, held there the way an effect always dwells within its cause. And by him this entire world is pervaded, filled through and through, the way space fills a pot and everything else.
Close to the Sanskrit
Of the attainment of that, the means is stated —
'Puruṣa': either because of lying in the city of the body, or because of fullness; that is the supreme, O Pārtha; supreme, unsurpassed, than which puruṣa nothing is higher. That is attainable by devotion indeed, characterized by knowledge, undivided, having the Self as its object. Of whom, that is, of which puruṣa, beings dwell within, situated in the middle, as effects; for an effect indeed abides within its cause. By whom, this whole world is extended, pervaded, as space pervades a pot and the like.