Text 33]
Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
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temple. One should not think that he is worshiping a doll or statue of the Lord, even if others consider it to be a statue. Because there is no potential difference, one gets the same result by worshiping the statue of the Lord or the Lord Himself. This is the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 33
मै त्रेय उनाच
एवं तमनुभाष्याथ भगवान् प्रत्यगक्षजः ।
जगाम बिन्दुसरसः सरस्वत्या परिश्रितात् ॥३३॥
maitreya uvāca evam tam anubhāṣyātha bhagavān pratyag-akṣajaḥ jagāma bindusarasaḥ sarasvatyā pariśritāt
maitreyaḥ uvāca—the great sage Maitreya said; evam—thus; tam—to him; anubhāṣya—having spoken; atha—then; bhagavān—the Lord; pratyak—directly; akṣa—by senses; jaḥ—who is perceived; jagāma—went away; bindusarasaḥ—from Lake Bindu-sarovara; sarasvatyā—by the River Sarasvatī; pariśritāt—encircled.
TRANSLATION
Maitreya went on: Thus having spoken to Kardama Muni, the Lord, who reveals Himself only when the senses are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, departed from that lake called Bindu-sarovara, which was encircled by the River Sarasvatī.
PURPORT
One word in this verse is very significant. The Lord is stated here to be  pratyag-akṣaja . He is imperceptible by material senses, but still He can be seen. This appears to be contradictory. We have material senses, but how can we see the Supreme Lord? He is called  adhokṣaja , which means that He cannot be seen by the material senses.  Akṣaja  means knowledge perceived by material senses. Because the Lord is not an object that can be understood by speculation with our material senses, He is also called  ajita ; He will conquer, but no one can conquer Him. What does it mean, then, that still He can be seen? It is explained that no