BG 8.22

पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।
यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā
yasyāntaḥ-sthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  saḥ — that;  paraḥ — Supreme;  puruṣaḥ — Person;  yasya antaḥ-sthāni — within whom are situated;  bhūtāni — all living beings;  yena — [and] by whom;  idam — this;  sarvam — entire [cosmos];  tatam — is pervaded;  labhyaḥ — is attainable;  tu — however;  ananyayā — [only] by exclusive;  bhaktyā — devotion.

Translation

O Pārtha, that Supreme Person within whom all living beings are situated and by whom this entire cosmos is pervaded, is attainable, however, only through exclusive devotion.

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