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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.33

మైత్రేయ ఉవాచ ఏవం తమనుభాష్యాథ భగవాన్ ప్రత్యగక్షజ: । జగామ బిన్దుసరస: సరస్వత్యా పరిశ్రితాత్ ॥ ౩౩ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
evaṁ tam anubhāṣyātha
[evam tam anubhaashyaatha]
bhagavān pratyag-akṣajaḥ
[bhagavaan pratyag-akshajah]
jagāma bindusarasaḥ
[jagaama bindusarasah]
sarasvatyā pariśritāt
[sarasvatyaa parishritaat]
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said evam — thus tam — to him anubhāṣya — having spoken atha — then bhagavān — the Lord pratyak — directly akṣa — by senses jaḥ — who is perceived jagāma — went away bindu-sarasaḥ — from Lake Bindu-sarovara sarasvatyā — by the river Sarasvatī pariśritāt — encircled.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya said
evaṁ tam anubhāṣyātha
evam
thus
tam
to him
anubhāṣya
having spoken
atha
then
bhagavān pratyag-akṣajaḥ
bhagavān
the Lord
pratyak
directly
akṣa
by senses
jaḥ
who is perceived
jagāma bindusarasaḥ
jagāma
went away
bindu-sarasaḥ
from Lake Bindu-sarovara
sarasvatyā
by the river Sarasvatī
sarasvatyā pariśritāt
pariśritāt
encircled.
Maitreya went on: Thus having spoken to Kardama Muni, the Lord, who reveals Himself only when the senses are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, departed from that lake called Bindu-sarovara, which was encircled by the river Sarasvatī.

One word in this verse is very significant. The Lord is stated here to be pratyag-akṣaja. He is imperceptible to material senses, but still He can be seen. This appears to be contradictory. We have material senses, but how can we see the Supreme Lord? He is called adhokṣaja, which means that He cannot be seen by the material senses. Akṣaja means “knowledge perceived by material senses.” Because the Lord is not an object that can be understood by speculation with our material senses, He is also called ajita; He will conquer, but no one can conquer Him. What does it mean, then, that still He can be seen? It is explained that no one can hear the transcendental name of Kṛṣṇa, no one can understand His transcendental form, and no one can assimilate His transcendental pastimes. It is not possible. Then how is it possible that He can be seen and understood? When one is trained in devotional service and renders service unto Him, gradually one’s senses are purified of material contamination. When one’s senses are thus purified, then one can see, one can understand, one can hear and so on. The purification of the material senses and perception of the transcendental form, name and quality of Kṛṣṇa are combined together in one word, pratyag-akṣaja, which is used here.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord who appeared directly to Kardama, having spoken, then left Bindu Sarovara surrounded by the Sarasvatī River. Prayag akṣajaḥ means “the Lord who appeared to Kardama’s eyes.” He departed from the hermitage surrounded by the Sarasvatī River.
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