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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
therefore, can understand God by speculative knowledge. Indeed, by speculation one will be bewildered ( muhyanti ). This is also confirmed by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.3):
manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ
Among many thousands of men, one may endeavor for perfection, and even among the  siddhas , those who have already become perfect, only one who adopts the process of  bhakti , devotional service, can understand Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 16
यं वै न गोभिर्मनसासुभिर्वा हृदा गिरा वासुभृतो विचक्षते । आत्मानमन्तर्हृदि सन्तमात्मनां चक्षुर्यथैवाकृतयस्ततः परम् ॥१६॥
yaṁ vai na gobhir manasāsubhir vā hṛdā girā vāsu-bhṛto vicakṣate ātmānam antar-hṛdi santam ātmanāṁ cakṣur yathaivākṛtayas tataḥ param
yam—whom; vai—indeed; na—not; gobhiḥ—by the senses; manasā—by the mind; asubhiḥ—by the life breath; vā—or; hṛdā—by thoughts; girā—by words; vā—or; asu-bhṛtaḥ—the living entities; vicakṣate—see or know; ātmānam—the Supersoul; antaḥ-hṛdi—within the core of the heart; santam—existing; ātmanām—of the living entities; cakṣuḥ—the eyes; yathā—just like; eva—indeed; ākṛtayaḥ—the different parts or limbs of the body; tataḥ—than them; param—higher.
TRANSLATION
As the different limbs of the body cannot see the eyes, the living entities cannot see the Supreme Lord, who is situated as the Super-