Verse 39

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In plain words

Smṛti says it too: 'the city of the living being ... dwelling in every cave'; 'Ātman alone is every Devatā'; 'in the city with nine gates'; 'the same in all beings'; 'in the one endowed with Vidyā and humility'; 'undivided among the divided'; and 'Vāsudeva is all.' These passages establish that you are the one Ātman, supreme Brahman, wholly free from everything belonging to Saṃsāra.

Close to the Sanskrit

And from the Smṛtis too: 'the city of the living being ... the one resting in every cave'; 'Ātman alone is all the Devatās'; 'in the city with nine gates'; 'the same in all beings'; 'in one endowed with Vidyā and humility'; 'undivided among the divided'; 'Vāsudeva is all'—from these and the like it is established that you are the one Ātman, supreme Brahman, wholly free from every attribute of Saṃsāra.