यो मां सर्वेषु भूतेषु सन्तमात्मानमीश्वरम् । हित्वार्चां भजते मौढ्याद्भस्मन्येव जुहोति स: ॥ २२ ॥
yo mam sarvesu bhutesu santam atmanam isvaram hitvarcam bhajate maudhyad bhasmany eva juhoti sah
- yah
- one who
- mam
- Me
- sarvesu
- in all
- bhutesu
- living entities
- santam
- being present
- atmanam
- the Paramatma
- isvaram
- the Supreme Lord
- hitva
- disregarding
- arcam
- the Deity
- bhajate
- worships
- maudhyat
- because of ignorance
- bhasmani
- into ashes
- eva
- only
- juhoti
- offers oblations
- sah
- he.
One who worships the Deity of Godhead in the temples but does not know that the Supreme Lord, as Paramatma, is situated in every living entity’s heart, must be in ignorance and is compared to one who offers oblations into ashes.