Text 22] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
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“My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study the  Vedas  for many years.” ( Bhāg.  10.14.29) The Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can be understood by one who is favored by the Lord; the Lord cannot be understood by others.
TEXT 22
ये देहभाजस्त्रिगुणप्रधाना 
    गुणान् विषश्चन्त्युत वा तमश्च । 
    यन्मायया मोहितचेतसस्त्वां 
    विदुः स्वसंस्थं न बहिःप्रकाशाः ॥२२॥
ye deha-bhājas tri-guṇa-pradhānā 
    guṇān vipaśyanti uta vā tamaś ca 
    yan-māyayā mohita-cetasas tvām 
    viduḥ sva-saṁsthaṁ na bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ
ye —those persons who;  deha-bhājaḥ —have accepted the material body;  tri-guṇa-pradhānāḥ —influenced by the three modes of material nature;  guṇān —the manifestation of the three modes of material nature;  vipaśyanti —can see only;  uta —it is so said;  vā —either;  tamaḥ —the mode of ignorance;  ca —and;  yat-māyayā —by the illusory energy of whom;  mohita —has been bewildered;  cetasaḥ —the core of whose heart;  tvām —Your Lordship;  viduḥ —know;  sva-saṁstham —situated in one’s own body;  na —not;  bahiḥ-prakāśāḥ —those who can see only the products of external energy.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, You are fully situated in everyone’s heart, but the living entities, covered by the material body, cannot see You, for they are influenced by the external energy, conducted by the three modes of material nature. Their intelligence being covered by