स्वं लोकं न विदुस्ते वै यत्र देवो जनार्दन: । आहुर्धूम्रधियो वेदं सकर्मकमतद्विद: ॥ ४८ ॥
svam lokam na vidus te vai yatra devo janardanah ahur dhumra-dhiyo vedam sakarmakam atad-vidah
- svam
- own
- lokam
- abode
- na
- never
- viduh
- know
- te
- such persons
- vai
- certainly
- yatra
- where
- devah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- janardanah
- Krsna, or Visnu
- ahuh
- speak
- dhumra-dhiyah
- the less intelligent class of men
- vedam
- the four Vedas
- sa-karmakam
- full of ritualistic ceremonies
- a-tat-vidah
- persons who are not in knowledge.
Those who are less intelligent accept the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies as all in all. They do not know that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand one’s own home, where the Supreme Personality of Godhead lives. Not being interested in their real home, they are illusioned and search after other homes.