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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.12

కథా మదీయా జుషమాణ: ప్రియాస్త్వ- మావేశ్య మామాత్మని సన్తమేకమ్ । సర్వేషు భూతేష్వధియజ్ఞమీశం యజస్వ యోగేన చ కర్మ హిన్వన్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥
kathā madīyā juṣamāṇaḥ priyās tvam
[kathaa madeeyaa jushamaanah priyaas tvam]
āveśya mām ātmani santam ekam
[aaveshya maam aatmani santam ekam]
sarveṣu bhūteṣv adhiyajṣam īśaṁ
[sarveshu bhooteshv adhiyajsham eesham]
yajasva yogena ca karma hinvan
[yajasva yogena cha karma hinvan]
kathāḥ — messages or instructions madīyāḥ — given by Me juṣamāṇaḥ — always hearing or contemplating priyāḥ — extremely pleasing tvam — yourself āveśya — being fully absorbed in mām — Me ātmani — within the core of your heart santam — existing ekam — one (the same Supreme Soul) sarveṣu — in all bhūteṣu — living entities adhiyajṣam — the enjoyer of all ritualistic ceremonies īśam — the Supreme Lord yajasva — worship yogena — by bhakti-yoga, devotional service ca — also karma — fruitive activities hinvan — giving up.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kathā madīyā juṣamāṇaḥ priyās tvam
kathāḥ
messages or instructions
madīyāḥ
given by Me
juṣamāṇaḥ
always hearing or contemplating
priyāḥ
extremely pleasing
tvam
yourself
āveśya mām ātmani santam ekam
āveśya
being fully absorbed in
mām
Me
ātmani
within the core of your heart
santam
existing
ekam
one (the same Supreme Soul)
sarveṣu bhūteṣv adhiyajṣam īśaṁ
sarveṣu
in all
bhūteṣu
living entities
adhiyajṣam
the enjoyer of all ritualistic ceremonies
īśam
the Supreme Lord
yajasva yogena ca karma hinvan
yajasva
worship
yogena
by bhakti-yoga, devotional service
ca
also
karma
fruitive activities
hinvan
giving up.
It does not matter that you are in the material world. You should always, continuously, hear the instructions and messages given by Me and always be absorbed in thought of Me, for I am the Supersoul existing in the core of everyone’s heart. Therefore, give up fruitive activities and worship Me.

When a devotee becomes materially very opulent, one should not think that he is enjoying the results of his fruitive activities. A devotee in this material world uses all material opulences for the service of the Lord because he is planning how to serve the Lord with these opulences, as advised by the Lord Himself. Whatever material opulence is within his possession he engages to expand the glories and service of the Lord. A devotee never performs any fruitive or ritualistic ceremony to enjoy the results of such karma. Rather, a devotee knows that karma-kāṇḍa is meant for the less intelligent man. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says in his Prema-bhakti-candrikā, karma-kāṇḍa, jṣāna-kāṇḍa, kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa: both karma-kāṇḍa and jṣāna-kāṇḍa — fruitive activities and speculation about the Supreme Lord — are like pots of poison. One who is attracted to karma-kāṇḍa and jṣāna-kāṇḍa spoils his existence as a human being. Therefore a devotee is never interested in karma-kāṇḍa or jṣāna-kāṇḍa, but is simply interested in favorable service to the Lord ( ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam ), or cultivation of spiritual activities in devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Continuously hearing topics about me and always being absorbed in me in your mind, worship me, the Lord of sacrifice, situated in all beings, by bhakti-yoga, while giving up karma-yoga. “Because of what offense are you throwing me in the hole of material life?” Worship me, the Lord of sacrifices, by bhakti-yoga. By this, all sacrifices will be performed without doing horse sacrifices. Give up all karmas, Vedic and secular, since the person qualified for bhakti should not do karmas.
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