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Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
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TEXT 45
तान् वै ॥ सप्तशतिभिरक्षिभिर्ये 
  पराहतान्तर्भनसः परेश । 
  अथो न पश्यन्त्युरुगाय नूनं 
  ये ते पदन्यासविलासलक्ष्याः ॥४५॥
tān vai hy asad-vṛttibhir akṣibhir ye 
  parāhṛtāntar-manasaḥ pareśa 
  atho na paśyanty urugāya nūnaṁ 
  ye te padanyāsa-vilāsa-lakṣyāḥ
tān —the lotus feet of the Lord;  vai —certainly;  hi —for;  asat —materialistic;  vṛttibhiḥ —by those who are influenced by external energy;  akṣibhiḥ —by the senses;  ye —those;  parāhṛta —missing at a distance;  antaḥ-manasaḥ —of the internal mind;  pareśa —O Supreme;  atho —therefore;  na —never;  paśyanti —can see;  urugāya —O great;  nūnaṁ —but;  ye —those;  te —who are;  padanyāsa —activities;  vilāsa —transcendental enjoyment;  lakṣyāḥ —those who see.
TRANSLATION
O great Supreme Lord, offensive persons whose internal vision has been too affected by external materialistic activities cannot see Your lotus feet, but they are seen by Your pure devotees, whose one and only aim is to transcendentally enjoy Your activities.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.61), the Lord is situated in everyone's heart. It is natural that one should be able to see the Lord at least within himself. But that is not possible for those whose internal vision has been covered by external activities. The pure soul, which is symptomized by consciousness, can be easily perceived even by a common man because consciousness is spread all over the body. The  yoga  system as recommended in  Bhagavad-gītā  is to concentrate the mental activities internally and thus see the lotus feet of the Lord within oneself. But there are many so-called  yogīs  who have no concern with the Lord but are only concerned with consciousness, which they accept as the final realization. Such realization of consciousness is taught by  Bhagavad-gītā  within only a few minutes, whereas the so-called  yogīs  take continuous years to realize it because of their offenses at the lotus feet of the Lord. The greatest offense is to deny