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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 9]
devānām api sann iva prāyaḥ kāleṣu nāsty eva tāratamyena so 'pi tu
We are all conditioned to various degrees, but we think that we are God. This is why we cannot understand who God is or see Him face to face.
TEXTS 26-27
यो नः सपत्नैर्भृशमर्घमानान्
देवर्षितिर्यङ्नृषु नित्य एव ।
कृतावतारस्तनुभिः स्वमायया
कृत्वात्मसात् पाति युगे युगे च ॥२६॥
तमेव देवं वयमात्मदैवतं
परं प्रधानं पुरुषं विश्वमन्यम् ।
ब्रजाम सर्वे शरणं शरण्यं
स्वानां स नो धास्यति शं महात्मा ॥२७॥
yo naḥ sapatnair bhṛśam ardyamānān
devarṣi-tiryaṅ-nṛṣu nitya eva
kṛtāvatāras tanubhiḥ sva-māyayā
kṛtvātmasāt pāti yuge yuge ca
tam eva devaṁ vayam ātma-daivataṁ
paraṁ pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ viśvam anyam
vrajāma sarve śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
svānāṁ sa no dhāsyati śaṁ mahātmā
yaḥ—He who; naḥ—us; sapatnaiḥ—by our enemies, the demons; bhṛśam—almost always; ardyamānān—being persecuted; deva—among the demigods; ṛṣi—the saintly persons; tiryak—the animals; nṛṣu—and men; nityaḥ—always; eva—certainly; kṛta-avatāraḥ—appearing as an incarnation; tanubhiḥ—with different forms; sva-māyayā—by His internal potency; kṛtvā ātmasāt—considering very near and dear to Him; pāti—protects; yuge yuge—in every millennium;