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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
to rise up whenever we like. The sun rises out of his own accord; so also the Lord is pleased to be present out of His causeless mercy. One should simply await the opportune moment and go on discharging his prescribed duty in devotional service of the Lord. Nārada Muni thought that the Lord could be seen again by the same mechanical process which was successful in the first attempt, but in spite of his utmost endeavor he could not make the second attempt successful again. The Lord is completely independent of all obligations. He can simply be bound up by the tie of unalloyed devotion. Nor is He visible or perceivable by our material senses. When He pleases, being satisfied with the sincere attempt of devotional service depending completely on the mercy of the Lord, then He may be seen out of His own accord.
TEXT 20
एवं यतन्तं विजने मामाहागोचरो गिराम् । गम्भीरश्लक्षणया वाचा शुचः प्रशमयन्निव ॥२०॥
evam yatantam vijane mām āhāgocaro girām gambhīra-ślakṣṇayā vācā śucaḥ praśamayann iva
evam —thus;  yatantam —one who is engaged in attempting;  vijane —in that lonely place;  mām —unto me;  āha —said;  agocaraḥ —beyond the range of physical sound;  girām —utterances;  gambhīra —grave;  ślakṣṇayā —pleasing to hear;  vācā —words;  śucaḥ —grief;  praśamayan —mitigating;  iva —like.
TRANSLATION
Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with gravity and pleasing words, just to mitigate my grief.
PURPORT
In the  Vedas  it is said that God is beyond the approach of mundane words and intelligence. And yet by His causeless mercy one can have suitable senses to hear Him or to speak to Him. This is the Lord's inconceivable energy. One can hear Him upon whom His mercy is bestowed.