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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.16.4

గూఢశ్చరసి భూతాత్మా భూతానాం భూతభావన । న త్వాం పశ్యన్తి భూతాని పశ్యన్తం మోహితాని తే ॥ ౪ ॥
gūḍhaś carasi bhūtātmā
[goodhash charasi bhootaatmaa]
bhūtānāṁ bhūta-bhāvana
[bhootaanaam bhoota-bhaavana]
na tvāṁ paśyanti bhūtāni
[na tvaam pashyanti bhootaani]
paśyantaṁ mohitāni te
[pashyantam mohitaani te]
gūḍhaḥ — hidden carasi — You are engaged bhūta-ātmā — the Supersoul bhūtānām — of the living entities bhūta-bhāvana — O maintainer of all living beings na — not tvām — You paśyanti — they see bhūtāni — living entities paśyantam — who are seeing mohitāni — bewildered te — by You.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gūḍhaś carasi bhūtātmā
gūḍhaḥ
hidden
carasi
You are engaged
bhūta-ātmā
the Supersoul
bhūtānāṁ bhūta-bhāvana
bhūtānām
of the living entities
bhūta-bhāvana
O maintainer of all living beings
na
not
na tvāṁ paśyanti bhūtāni
tvām
You
paśyanti
they see
bhūtāni
living entities
paśyantaṁ mohitāni te
paśyantam
who are seeing
mohitāni
bewildered
te
by You.
O my Lord, maintainer of all, although You are the Supersoul of the living entities, You remain hidden. Thus being bewildered by You, the living entities cannot see You, although You are seeing them.

The Lord exists as the Supersoul within everything. He also appears in various incarnations or sometimes empowers a devotee to act as an incarnation. All such forms of the Lord are unknown to the nondevotees. The bewildered conditioned souls think that the supreme enjoyer, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is actually meant to be enjoyed by them for their sense gratification. Praying to God for specific material benedictions and assuming God’s creation to be their personal property, the nondevotees cannot understand the actual form of the Lord. They therefore remain foolish and bewildered. Within the universe everything is subject to creation, maintenance and destruction, and thus the Supersoul is the only actual controller in the material world. Unfortunately, when the Supersoul appears in various incarnations to clarify His position, ignorant persons think that the Supersoul is merely another creation of the modes of material nature. As stated in this verse, they cannot see that person who is actually seeing them, and simply remain bewildered.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O maintainer of all beings! Although you are the antaryāmī of the living entities and the benefactor of all beings, you move about hidden from them. Thus being bewildered by you, the living entities cannot see you, although you are seeing them. The Lord is not understood. Though you are the antaryāmī of all beings, and though you are give benefit to all beings (bhūta-bhāvanaḥ), you are hidden from all beings. Thus they do not see you. Another version has bhūta-bhāvana, in the vocative.
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