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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.48

యం వై న వేద వితథాక్షపథైర్భ్రమద్ధీ: సన్తం స్వకేష్వసుషు హృద్యపి ద‍ృక్పథేషు । తన్మాయయావృతమతి: స ఉ ఏవ సాక్షా- దాద్యస్తవాఖిలగురోరుపసాద్య వేదమ్ ॥ ౪౮ ॥
yaṁ vai na veda vitathākṣa-pathair bhramad-dhīḥ
[yam vai na veda vitathaaksha-pathair bhramad-dheeh]
santaṁ svakeṣv asuṣu hṛdy api dṛk-patheṣu
[santam svakeshv asushu hridy api drik-patheshu]
tan-māyayāvṛta-matiḥ sa u eva sākṣād
[tan-maayayaavrita-matih sa u eva saakshaad]
ādyas tavākhila-guror upasādya vedam
[aadyas tavaakhila-guror upasaadya vedam]
yam — whom vai — indeed na veda — does not recognize vitatha — deceptive akṣa-pathaiḥ — by methods of empirical perception bhramat — becoming diverted dhīḥ — whose intelligence santam — present svakeṣu — within one’s own asuṣu — senses hṛdi — within the heart api — even dṛk-patheṣu — among perceived objects of the external world tat-māyayā — by His illusory potency āvṛta — covered over matiḥ — his understanding saḥ — he u — even eva — indeed sākṣāt — directly ādyaḥ — originally (in ignorance) tava — of You akhila-guroḥ — the spiritual master of all living beings upasādya — obtaining vedam — the knowledge of the Vedas..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yaṁ vai na veda vitathākṣa-pathair bhramad-dhīḥ
yam
whom
vai
indeed
na veda
does not recognize
vitatha
deceptive
akṣa-pathaiḥ
by methods of empirical perception
bhramat
becoming diverted
dhīḥ
whose intelligence
santaṁ svakeṣv asuṣu hṛdy api dṛk-patheṣu
santam
present
svakeṣu
within one’s own
asuṣu
senses
hṛdi
within the heart
api
even
dṛk-patheṣu
among perceived objects of the external world
tan-māyayāvṛta-matiḥ sa u eva sākṣād
tat-māyayā
by His illusory potency
āvṛta
covered over
matiḥ
his understanding
saḥ
he
u
even
eva
indeed
sākṣāt
directly
ādyaḥ
originally (in ignorance)
ādyas tavākhila-guror upasādya vedam
tava
of You
akhila-guroḥ
the spiritual master of all living beings
upasādya
obtaining
vedam
the knowledge of the Vedas..
A materialist, his intelligence perverted by the action of his deceptive senses, cannot recognize You at all, although You are always present within his own senses and heart and also among the objects of his perception. Yet even though one’s understanding has been covered by Your illusory potency, if one obtains Vedic knowledge from You, the supreme spiritual master of all, he can directly understand You.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Persons with intelligence bewildered by deceptive sense perception cannot know you who are situated in their senses, life airs and hearts. Persons whose intelligence is covered by māyā cannot even know you when you appear as an avatāra within their vision. Even Brahmā who obtained the Vedas from you, the guru of all beings, cannot know you. This verse explained that the Lord is difficult to realize. A person with bewildered intelligence caused by deceptive sense perception (vitathākṣa-pathaih) does not know the Lord situated as the controller in the heart, in the life air and the senses. The person whose intelligence is covered by māyā does not know you, who are present visibly (dik-patheṣu) now as avatāra. What to speak of others, even Brahmā (ādyaḥ), though he obtained the Vedas from you, who are the guru of all beings, does not know you.
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