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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 11]
tathā —therefore;  eva —indeed;  rājan —O King;  uru-gārha-medha —rituals related to material household life;  vitāna-vidyā —in knowledge that expands;  uru —very greatly;  vijṛmbhiteṣu —among those interested;  na —not;  veda-vādeṣu —who speak the version of the  Vedas ;  hi —indeed;  tattva-vādaḥ —the spiritual science;  prāyeṇa —almost always;  śuddhaḥ —free from all contaminated activities;  nu —indeed;  cakāsti —appear;  sādhuḥ —a person who is advanced in devotional service.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, talks of the relationship between the master and the servant, the king and the subject and so forth are simply talks about material activities. People interested in material activities, which are expounded in the  Vedas , are intent on performing material sacrifices and placing faith in their material activities. For such people, spiritual advancement is definitely not manifest.
PURPORT
In this verse, two words are significant— veda-vāda  and  tattva-vāda . According to  Bhagavad-gītā , those who are simply attached to the  Vedas  and who do not understand the purpose of the  Vedas  or the  Vedānta-sūtra  are called  veda-vāda-ratāḥ .
yām imām puṣpitām vācam pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśeṣa-bahulām bhogaiśvarya-gatim prati
“Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the  Vedas , which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power and so forth. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulent life, they say there is nothing more than this.” (Bg. 2.42-43)