I am such a fool that I have given up the service of that person who, being eternally situated within my heart, is actually most dear to me. That most dear one is the Lord of the universe, who is the bestower of real love and happiness and the source of all prosperity. Although He is in my own heart, I have completely neglected Him. Instead I have ignorantly served insignificant men who can never satisfy my real desires and who have simply brought me unhappiness, fear, anxiety, lamentation and illusion.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सन्तं समीपे रमणं रतिप्रदं वित्तप्रदं नित्यमिमं विहाय । अकामदं दुःखभयाधिशोक- मोहप्रदं तुच्छमहं भजेऽज्ञा
santaṃ samīpe ramaṇaṃ ratipradaṃ vittapradaṃ nityamimaṃ vihāya | akāmadaṃ duḥkhabhayādhiśoka- mohapradaṃ tucchamahaṃ bhaje'jñā
SB 11.8.31