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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.8.22

యే దేహభాజస్త్రిగుణప్రధానా గుణాన్ విపశ్యన్త్యుత వా తమశ్చ । యన్మాయయా మోహితచేతసస్త్వాం విదు: స్వసంస్థం న బహి:ప్రకాశా: ॥ ౨౨ ॥
ye deha-bhājas tri-guṇa-pradhānā
[ye deha-bhaajas tri-guna-pradhaanaa]
guṇān vipaśyanty uta vā tamaś ca
[gunaan vipashyanty uta vaa tamash cha]
yan-māyayā mohita-cetasas tvāṁ
[yan-maayayaa mohita-chetasas tvaam]
viduḥ sva-saṁsthaṁ na bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ
[viduh sva-samstham na bahih-prakaashaah]
Word-for-word
ye — those persons who deha-bhājaḥ — have accepted the material body tri-guṇa-pradhānāḥ — influenced by the three modes of material nature guṇān — the manifestation of the three modes of material nature vipaśyanti — can see only uta — it is so said vā — either tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance ca — and yat-māyayā — by the illusory energy of whom mohita — has been bewildered cetasaḥ — the core of whose heart tvām — Your Lordship viduḥ — know sva-saṁstham — situated in one’s own body na — not bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ — those who can see only the products of external energy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ye deha-bhājas tri-guṇa-pradhānā
ye
those persons who
deha-bhājaḥ
have accepted the material body
tri-guṇa-pradhānāḥ
influenced by the three modes of material nature
guṇān
the manifestation of the three modes of material nature
guṇān vipaśyanty uta vā tamaś ca
vipaśyanti
can see only
uta
it is so said
vā
either
tamaḥ
the mode of ignorance
ca
and
yan-māyayā mohita-cetasas tvāṁ
yat-māyayā
by the illusory energy of whom
mohita
has been bewildered
cetasaḥ
the core of whose heart
tvām
Your Lordship
viduḥ sva-saṁsthaṁ na bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ
viduḥ
know
sva-saṁstham
situated in one’s own body
na
not
bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ
those who can see only the products of external energy.
My Lord, You are fully situated in everyone’s heart, but the living entities, covered by the material body, cannot see You, for they are influenced by the external energy, conducted by the three modes of material nature. Their intelligence being covered by sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa and tamo-guṇa, they can see only the actions and reactions of these three modes of material nature. Because of the actions and reactions of the mode of ignorance, whether the living entities are awake or sleeping, they can see only the workings of material nature; they cannot see Your Lordship.
Purport

Unless one is situated in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, one is unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is situated in everyone’s heart. However, because the conditioned souls are influenced by material nature, they can see only the actions and reactions of material nature, but not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One therefore must purify himself internally and externally:

apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato ’pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ

To keep ourselves externally clean we should bathe three times daily, and for internal cleanliness we must cleanse the heart by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must always follow this principle ( bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ ). Then it will one day be possible to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Persons with material bodies, dominated by the three guṇas, see only objects composed of the guṇas in waking and dream states, and see only tamas in deep sleep. Their minds are bewildered by your māyā, with knowledge only of external objects. They do not know you, situated in yourself. Those with material bodies, dominated by the three guṇas, see only objects of waking and dream states, or in deep sleep they see only tamas. They see nothing beyond the guṇas. Knowing only the external world, they do not know you who are situated in yourself (sva-saṁstham).
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