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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.21.28

న తే మామఙ్గ జానన్తి హృదిస్థం య ఇదం యత: । ఉక్థశస్‍‍‍‍‍త్రా హ్యసుతృపో యథా నీహారచక్షుష: ॥ ౨౮ ॥
na te mām aṅga jānanti
[na te maam anga jaananti]
hṛdi-sthaṁ ya idaṁ yataḥ
[hridi-stham ya idam yatah]
uktha-śastrā hy asu-tṛpo
[uktha-shastraa hy asu-tripo]
yathā nīhāra-cakṣuṣaḥ
[yathaa neehaara-chakshushah]
Word-for-word
na — do not te — they mām — Me aṅga — My dear Uddhava jānanti — know hṛdi-stham — seated within the heart yaḥ — who is idam — this created universe yataḥ — from whom it comes uktha-śastrāḥ — who consider Vedic ritual activities to be praiseworthy, or else, for whom their own ritualistic performances are like the weapon that kills the sacrificial animal hi — indeed asu-tṛpaḥ — interested only in sense gratification yathā — just as nīhāra — in fog cakṣuṣaḥ — those whose eyes.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na te mām aṅga jānanti
na
do not
te
they
mām
Me
aṅga
My dear Uddhava
jānanti
know
hṛdi-sthaṁ ya idaṁ yataḥ
hṛdi-stham
seated within the heart
yaḥ
who is
idam
this created universe
yataḥ
from whom it comes
uktha-śastrā hy asu-tṛpo
uktha-śastrāḥ
who consider Vedic ritual activities to be praiseworthy, or else, for whom their own ritualistic performances are like the weapon that kills the sacrificial animal
hi
indeed
asu-tṛpaḥ
interested only in sense gratification
yathā
just as
yathā nīhāra-cakṣuṣaḥ
nīhāra
in fog
cakṣuṣaḥ
those whose eyes.
My dear Uddhava, persons dedicated to sense gratification obtained through honoring the Vedic rituals cannot understand that I am situated in everyone’s heart and that the entire universe is nondifferent from Me and emanates from Me. Indeed, they are just like persons whose eyes are covered by fog.
Purport

The word uktha-śastrāḥ refers to the chanting of certain Vedic hymns, by which one obtains fruitive results in this world and the next. The word śastra also indicates a weapon, and thus uktha-śastra also means the weapon used in Vedic sacrifice to kill the sacrificial animal. Persons exploiting Vedic knowledge for bodily gratification are slaughtering themselves with the weapon of materialistic religious principles. They are also compared to those trying to see within a dense fog. The false bodily concept of life, in which one ignores the eternal soul within the body, is a dense fog of ignorance that blocks our vision of God. Lord Kṛṣṇa therefore begins His instruction in Bhagavad-gītā by clearing away the dense ignorance of the bodily concept of life. Religion means the law of God. The Lord’s final order, or law, is that every conditioned soul surrender unto Him, learn to serve and love Him, and thus go back home, back to Godhead. This is the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Uddhava! Persons dedicated to sense gratification obtained through honoring the Vedic rituals cannot understand that I am situated in everyone’s heart and that the entire universe is nondifferent from me and emanates from me, because their eyes are covered by ignorance. Who is the person (lokam) they do not know? They do not know me, the antaryāmī situated in their heart. I am this universe. “But you are a conscious form, not this universe.” From me the universe arises. I am the universe because I am its cause. They consider karma to be praiseworthy, or they consider that it involves killing animals (uktha-śastrā). They are dedicated to satisfying themselves (asu-tṛpaḥ). What is the cause of this? Their eyes are covered by ignorance. na taṁ vidātha ya imā jajānānyad yuṣmākam antaraṁ babhūva | nīhāreṇa prāvṛtā jalpyā cāsu-tṛpa uktha-śāsaś caranti || You do not know him who produced these creatures, who dwells within you. Surrounded by ignorance, uttering mantras to maintain themselves, the priests carry out their actions. Ṛg Veda 10.83.7
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