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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.2

ఉచ్చావచేషు భూతేషు దుర్జ్ఞేయమకృతాత్మభి: । ఉపాసతే త్వాం భగవన్ యాథాతథ్యేన బ్రాహ్మణా: ॥ ౨ ॥
uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu
[uchchaavacheshu bhooteshu]
durjṣeyam akṛtātmabhiḥ
[durjsheyam akritaatmabhih]
upāsate tvāṁ bhagavan
[upaasate tvaam bhagavan]
yāthā-tathyena brāhmaṇāḥ
[yaathaa-tathyena braahmanaah]
ucca — in the superior avaceṣu — and the inferior bhūteṣu — created objects and entities durjṣeyam — hard to understand akṛta-ātmabhiḥ — by the impious upāsate — they worship tvām — You bhagavan — my dear Lord yāthā-tathyena — in truth brāhmaṇāḥ — those dedicated to the Vedic conclusion.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu
ucca
in the superior
avaceṣu
and the inferior
bhūteṣu
created objects and entities
durjṣeyam akṛtātmabhiḥ
durjṣeyam
hard to understand
akṛta-ātmabhiḥ
by the impious
upāsate tvāṁ bhagavan
upāsate
they worship
tvām
You
bhagavan
my dear Lord
yāthā-tathyena brāhmaṇāḥ
yāthā-tathyena
in truth
brāhmaṇāḥ
those dedicated to the Vedic conclusion.
My dear Lord, although it is difficult for the impious to understand that You are situated in all superior and inferior creations, those brāhmaṇas who are actual knowers of the Vedic conclusion worship You in truth.

The behavior of saintly persons is also to be taken as evidence, and therefore it is here stated that although ignorant, impious persons are bewildered before the Lord’s all-pervading feature, those with purified, clear consciousness worship the Lord as He is. In this chapter Śrī Uddhava inquires about the Lord’s opulences, and here the words uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu (“within superior and inferior creations”) clearly refer to the Lord’s external opulences, those manifested in the material world. The saintly brāhmaṇas, or Vaiṣṇavas, worship Lord Kṛṣṇa within all things and yet recognize the variety in the Lord’s creation. For example, in worshiping the Deity, the devotees will select the nicest flowers, fruits and ornaments for decorating the transcendental form of the Lord. Similarly, although the Lord is present in the heart of every conditioned soul, the devotee will give more attention to a conditioned soul interested in the message of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Although the Lord is everywhere, the devotees make distinctions, for the sake of the Lord’s service, between His presence in superior ( ucca ) and inferior ( avaceṣu ) creations.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! Although it is difficult for the impious to understand that you are situated in all superior and inferior creations, the knowers of the Vedas worship you in those forms. The knowers of the Vedas worship you, the cause of all beings as Viṣṇu, who dwell in all low and elevated beings, and who are not understood by persons who do not meditate on you. They worship you in all forms in which you dwell (yāthātathyena).
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