Text 22] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva 253
“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.” (Bhdg. 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
Tory ARTI TTR |
TATA MTA aT
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ye deha-bhajas tri-guna-pradhana
gundan vipasyanty uta vd tamas ca
yan-mayaya mohita-cetasas tvam
viduh sva-sarstham na bahih-prakasah
ye—those persons who; deha-bhajah—have accepted the material
body; tri-guna-pradhanadh—influenced by the three modes of material
nature; gundn—the manifestation of the three modes of material
nature; vipasyanti—can see only; ufa—it is so said; va—either;
tamah—the mode of ignorance; ca—and; yat-mayaya—by the illusory
energy of whom; mohita—has been bewildered; cetasah—the core of
whose heart; tuam—Your Lordship; viduh—know; sva-sarnstham—
situated in one’s own body; na—not; bahih-prakasah—those who can
see only the products of external energy.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, You are fully situated in everyone’s heart, but the liv-

ing 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
