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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
TEXT 36
यस्य स्वरूपं कवयो विपश्चितो 
  गुणेषु दारुष्विव जातवेदसम् । 
  मग्नन्ति मग्ना मनसा दिद्धक्षवो 
  गूढं क्रियार्थैर्नम ईरितास्मने ॥३६॥
yasya svarūpam kavayo vipaścito 
  guṇeṣu dāruṣv iva jāta-vedasam 
  mithnanti mathnā manasā didṛkṣavo 
  gūḍham kriyārthair nama īritātmane
yasya—whose; sva-rūpam—form; kavayaḥ—the greatly learned sages; vipaścitaḥ—expert in ascertaining the Absolute Truth; guṇeṣu—in the material manifestation, consisting of the three modes of nature; dāruṣu—in wood; iva—like; jāta—manifested; vedasam—fire; mithnanti—stir; mathnā—with a piece of wood used for producing fire; manasā—by the mind; didṛkṣavaḥ—who are inquisitive; gūḍham—hidden; kriyā-arthaiḥ—by fruitive activities and their results; namaḥ—respectful obeisances; īrita-ātmane—unto the Lord, who is manifested.
TRANSLATION
By manipulating a fire-generating stick, great saints and sages can bring forth the fire lying dormant within wood. In the same way, O Lord, those expert in understanding the Absolute Truth try to see You in everything—even in their own bodies. Yet you remain concealed. You are not to be understood by indirect processes involving mental or physical activities. Because You are self-manifested, only when You see that a person is wholeheartedly engaged in searching for You do You reveal Yourself. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
The word  kriyārthaiḥ  means “by performing ritualistic ceremonies to satisfy the demigods.” The word  vipaścitaḥ  is explained in the  Taittirīya