Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 47
Arjuna Marries Subhadrā; Kṛṣṇa Honors Two Devotees in Mithilā (Śrutadeva and Bahulāśva)
हृदिस्थोऽप्यतिदूरस्थ: कर्मविक्षिप्तचेतसाम् । आत्मशक्तिभिरग्राह्योऽप्यन्त्युपेतगुणात्मनाम् ॥ ४७ ॥
hṛdi-stho ’py ati-dūra-sthaḥ karma-vikṣipta-cetasām ātma-śaktibhir agrāhyo ’py anty upeta-guṇātmanām
你虽住于心中，但对那些因世业纠缠而心神散乱的人，你却如同极其遥远；凭物质之力无人能把握你。唯有在那些学会珍重你超越诸德的人心里，你才自我显现。
The all-merciful Lord is in everyone’s heart. Seeing Him there, however, is possible only when one’s heart is completely purified. Materialists may demand that God prove His existence by coming into view as a result of their empirical investigations, but God has no need to respond to such impudence. As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in Bhagavad-gītā (7.25) :
FAQs
This verse says Kṛṣṇa is present in the heart, but He is experienced as “far away” when consciousness is scattered by karma; He becomes attainable when one’s inner nature is transformed by divine qualities cultivated through bhakti.
He is near as the indwelling Supersoul (antaryāmī), yet He appears far to those absorbed in material activity; proximity is not physical but depends on purity and focus of consciousness.
Reduce distraction-driven living and add steady bhakti practices—hearing, chanting, remembrance, and serving—so the mind becomes imbued with sattvic, devotional qualities that make the Lord “reachable” in experience.