naiva laká¹£ayate loko
lokÄn paryaá¹ato 'pi yÄn
yathÄ sarva-dṛśaá¹ sarva
ÄtmÄnaá¹ ye 'sya hetavaḥ
na - not; eva - thus; laká¹£ayate - can see; lokaḥ - people; lokÄn - all planets; paryaá¹ataḥ - traveling; api - although; yÄn - whom; yathÄ - as much as; sarva-dṛśam - the Supersoul; sarve - in all; ÄtmÄnam - within everyone; ye - those; asya - of the cosmic manifestation; hetavaḥ - causes.
In the beginning of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam it is said, muhyanti yat sÅ«rayaḥ. Great demigods like Lord BrahmÄ, Lord Åšiva, 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 BrahmÄ and King Indra also mistook Him. And what to speak of great yogÄ«s or jñÄnÄ«s who conclude that the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is impersonal? In the same way, great personalities and Vaiṣṇavas like the four KumÄras are also invisible to ordinary persons, although they are traveling all over the universe in different planetary systems. When SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« went to see Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, he could not be recognized by CandraÅ›ekhara Ä€cÄrya. 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.