Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura. Text 44

सिद्धान्विद्याधरांश्चैव तिरोधानेन सोऽसृजत् ।
तेभ्योऽददात्तमात्मानमन्तर्धानाख्यमद्भुतम् ॥४४॥

siddhÄn vidyÄdharÄmÅ› caiva
tirodhÄnena so 'sá¹›jat
tebhyo 'dadÄt tam ÄtmÄnam
antardhÄnÄkhyam adbhutam

 siddhÄn - the Siddhas; vidyÄdharÄn - VidyÄdharas; ca eva - and also; tirodhÄnena - by the faculty of remaining hidden from vision; saḥ - Lord BrahmÄ; asá¹›jat - created; tebhyaḥ - to them; adadÄt - gave; tam ÄtmÄnam - that form of his; antardhÄna-Äkhyam - known as the AntardhÄna; adbhutam - wonderful.


Text

Then Lord BrahmÄ, by his ability to be hidden from vision, created the Siddhas and VidyÄdharas and gave them that wonderful form of his known as the AntardhÄna.

Purport

AntardhÄna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.