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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.24.38

మదీయం మహిమానం చ పరం బ్రహ్మేతి శబ్దితమ్ । వేత్స్యస్యనుగృహీతం మే సమ్ప్రశ్నైర్వివృతం హృది ॥ ౩౮ ॥
madīyaṁ mahimānaṁ ca
[madeeyam mahimaanam cha]
paraṁ brahmeti śabditam
[param brahmeti shabditam]
vetsyasy anugṛhītaṁ me
[vetsyasy anugriheetam me]
sampraśnair vivṛtaṁ hṛdi
[samprashnair vivritam hridi]
madīyam — pertaining to Me mahimānam — glories ca — and param brahma — the Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth iti — thus śabditam — celebrated vetsyasi — you shall understand anugṛhītam — being favored me — by Me sampraśnaiḥ — by inquiries vivṛtam — thoroughly explained hṛdi — within the heart.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
madīyaṁ mahimānaṁ ca
madīyam
pertaining to Me
mahimānam
glories
ca
and
paraṁ brahmeti śabditam
param brahma
the Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth
iti
thus
vetsyasy anugṛhītaṁ me
sampraśnair vivṛtaṁ hṛdi
śabditam
celebrated
vetsyasi
you shall understand
anugṛhītam
being favored
me
by Me
sampraśnaiḥ
by inquiries
vivṛtam
thoroughly explained
hṛdi
within the heart.
You will be thoroughly advised and favored by Me, and because of your inquiries, everything about My glories, which are known as paraṁ brahma, will be manifest within your heart. Thus you will know everything about Me.

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) , sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jṣānam apohanaṁ ca: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramātmā, is situated in everyone’s heart, and from Him come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. The Lord reveals Himself in proportion to one’s surrender to Him. Ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham. In responsive cooperation, the Lord reveals Himself in proportion to one’s surrender. That which is revealed to one who fully surrenders is different from what is revealed to one who surrenders partially. Everyone naturally surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, either directly or indirectly. The conditioned soul surrenders to the laws of nature in material existence, but when one fully surrenders to the Lord, material nature does not act upon him. Such a fully surrendered soul is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te . One who has fully surrendered to the Lord has no fear of the modes of material nature, for everything is but an expansion of the Lord’s glories ( sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma ), and these glories are gradually revealed and realized. The Lord is the supreme purifier ( paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān ). The more one is purified and the more he wants to know about the Supreme, the more the Lord reveals to him. Full knowledge of Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān is revealed to the pure devotees. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (10.11) :

teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajṣāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātma-bhāvastho jṣāna-dīpena bhāsvatā

“Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
By my mercy, you will realize my power known as the impersonal Brahman, which will be disclosed in your heart through questions and answers. Let us return to the topic. Since you associate with ātmārāmas, the desire to experience Brahman arises in your heart. By my mercy, that desire will be fulfilled. That is expressed in this verse. You will realize that power of mine indicated by the word Brahman which is one of my qualities, the all-pervading form without qualities. This will be revealed to you by my mercy. What is the need to endeavor for jṣāna, since it is possible for me to give it, because that Brahman belongs to me? “By what method will you be merciful to me?” By your questions and my answers to you, it will be disclosed in your heart. Brahman, which cannot be defined even by me, will be understood by your strength. Just as I give perception of material objects to the jīvas by creating intelligence and senses, I will give you your own ability to perceive Brahman.
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