“Brother-in-law! People give up worshipping Me, who am their own Ātma-svarūpa; they abandon the wish to reach Me; and they take refuge in lesser powers that bestow fruits which are impermanent, unreal and transient. I shall tell you the reason for this; listen. Through ‘karmopāsana’ (worshipping other deities for the success of the fruit in worldly karmas), the fruit is gained quickly. People desire only what appears directly before them. These things relate only to the body and the senses. Ordinary people, unable to know Satya, toil for momentary pratyakṣa joy, but they do not strive for the eternal aparokṣa Ānanda.”