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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
representative, and from within He talks personally with the pure devotee and gives him instructions by which he may return home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 77
न यस्य साक्षाद्धवपद्मजादिभी रूपं धिया वस्तुतयोपवर्णितम्। मौनेन भक्तयोपशमेन पूजितः प्रसीदतामेष स सात्वतां पतिः ॥७७॥
na yasya sākṣād bhava-padmajādibhī rūpam dhiyā vastutayopavarṇitam maunena bhaktyopaśamena pūjitaḥ prasīdatām eṣa sa sātvatām patiḥ
na—not; yasya—of whom (Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa); sākṣāt—directly; bhava—by Lord Śiva; padma-ja-ādibhiḥ—Lord Brahmā and others; rūpam—the form; dhiyā—by meditation; vastutayā—factually; upavarṇitam—could be explained; maunena—by silence; bhaktyā—by devotional service; upaśamena—by finishing all material activities; pūjitaḥ—one who is so worshiped; prasīdatām—may be pleased with us; eṣaḥ—this; saḥ—the same Personality of Godhead; sātvatām—of the devotees; patiḥ—who is the maintainer, master and guide.
TRANSLATION
Present here now is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whose true form cannot be understood even by such great personalities as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. He is realized by devotees because of their unflinching surrender. May that same Personality of Godhead, who is the maintainer of His devotees and who is worshiped by silence, by devotional service and by cessation of material activities, be pleased with us.
PURPORT
Lord Kṛṣṇa is not properly understood even by such exalted personalities as Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, what to speak of ordinary men,