Text 32] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
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agitated by the mind;  prākṛtaiḥ guṇaiḥ —by the material modes of nature ( sattva-guṇa ,  rajo-guṇa  and  tamo-guṇa );  kaḥ —who is there;  nu —after that;  iha —in this material world;  arhati —who deserves;  vijñātum —to know;  prāk siddham —that which existed before the creation;  guṇa-saṁvṛtaḥ —because of being covered by the material qualities.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, You exist before the creation. Therefore, who, trapped by a body of material qualities in this material world, can understand You?
PURPORT
As it is said:
ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234)
Kṛṣṇa's name, attributes and form are Absolute Truth, existing before the creation. Therefore, how can those who are created—that is, those entrapped in bodies created of material elements—understand Kṛṣṇa perfectly? This is not possible. But,  sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ : Kṛṣṇa reveals Himself to those engaged in devotional service. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.15) by the Lord Himself:  bhaktyā mām abhijānāti . Even the descriptions of Kṛṣṇa in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  are sometimes misunderstood by less intelligent men with a poor fund of knowledge. Therefore, the best course by which to know Him is to engage oneself in pure devotional activities. The more one advances in devotional activities, the more one can understand Him as He is. If from the material platform one could understand Kṛṣṇa, then, since Kṛṣṇa is everything ( sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma ), one could understand Kṛṣṇa by seeing anything within this material world. But that is not possible.