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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.9

నైవ లక్షయతే లోకో లోకాన్ పర్యటతోఽపి యాన్ । యథా సర్వద‍ృశం సర్వ ఆత్మానం యేఽస్య హేతవ: ॥ ౯ ॥
naiva lakṣayate loko
[naiva lakshayate loko]
lokān paryaṭato ’pi yān
[lokaan paryatato ’pi yaan]
yathā sarva-dṛśaṁ sarva
[yathaa sarva-drisham sarva]
ātmānaṁ ye ’sya hetavaḥ
[aatmaanam ye ’sya hetavah]
na — not eva — thus lakṣayate — can see lokaḥ — people lokān — all planets paryaṭataḥ — traveling api — although yān — whom yathā — as much as sarva-dṛśam — the Supersoul sarve — in all ātmānam — within everyone ye — those asya — of the cosmic manifestation hetavaḥ — causes.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
naiva lakṣayate loko
na
not
eva
thus
lakṣayate
can see
lokaḥ
people
lokān paryaṭato ’pi yān
lokān
all planets
paryaṭataḥ
traveling
api
although
yān
whom
yathā sarva-dṛśaṁ sarva
yathā
as much as
sarva-dṛśam
the Supersoul
sarve
in all
ātmānaṁ ye ’sya hetavaḥ
ātmānam
within everyone
ye
those
asya
of the cosmic manifestation
hetavaḥ
causes.
Pṛthu Mahārāja continued: Although you are traveling in all planetary systems, people cannot know you, just as they cannot know the Supersoul, although He is within everyone’s heart as the witness of everything. Even Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva cannot understand the Supersoul.

In the beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ. Great demigods like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Indra and Candra are sometimes bewildered trying to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It so happened that when Kṛṣṇa was present on this planet, Lord Brahmā and King Indra also mistook Him. And what to speak of great yogīs or jṣānīs who conclude that the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is impersonal? In the same way, great personalities and Vaiṣṇavas like the four Kumāras are also invisible to ordinary persons, although they are traveling all over the universe in different planetary systems. When Sanātana Gosvāmī went to see Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he could not be recognized by Candraśekhara Ācārya. The conclusion is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone’s heart, and His pure devotees, the Vaiṣṇavas, are also traveling all over the world, but those who are under the modes of material nature cannot understand the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of this cosmic manifestation, or the Vaiṣṇavas. It is said, therefore, that one cannot see the Supreme Personality of Godhead or a Vaiṣṇava with these material eyes. One has to purify his senses and engage in the service of the Lord. Then gradually one can realize who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who is a Vaiṣṇava.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
People do not see you, though you travel in all the planets, just as all people, and even Brahmā and other creators of the universe, do not see Paramātmā, the witness of all things. This verse describes the difficulty in meeting the Kumāras. People do not see them (laksayate), just as they do not see the soul who is the witness in everyone. What to speak of ordinary people, even causes of the universe like Brahmā and Marīci cannot see you.
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