The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam

Verse 4

पृथिव्यां तिष्ठन्यो यमयति महीं वेद न धरायमित्यादौ वेदो वदति जगतामीशममलम् ।नियन्तारं ध्येयं मुनिसुरनृणां मोक्षदमसौशरण्यो लोकेशो मम भवतु कृष्णोऽक्षिविषयः ॥

In plain words

The Veda speaks of the stainless Lord who dwells within the earth and governs it from within, though the earth itself does not know him. He is the inner ruler, the one contemplated by sages, gods and human beings, the giver of liberation. May that Kṛṣṇa, refuge of all and Lord of the worlds, stand before my eyes.

Close to the Sanskrit

The Veda declares him to be the stainless Lord and inner governor of the worlds: he who, abiding in the earth, governs the earth, though the earth does not know him. He is to be meditated upon by sages, gods, and human beings and is the giver of liberation. May that refuge, the Lord of the worlds, Kṛṣṇa, become the object of my eyes.