O Lord, cause of all causes, if Your transcendental body were not beyond the modes of material nature, one could not understand the difference between matter and transcendence. Only by Your presence can one understand the transcendental nature of Your Lordship, who are the controller of material nature. Your transcendental nature is very difficult to understand unless one is influenced by the presence of Your transcendental form.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सत्त्वं न चेद्धातरिदं निजं भवे- द्विज्ञानमज्ञानभिदापमार्जनम् । गुणप्रकाशैरनुमीयते भवान् प्रकाशते यस्य च येन वा गुणः
sattvaṃ na ceddhātaridaṃ nijaṃ bhave- dvijñānamajñānabhidāpamārjanam | guṇaprakāśairanumīyate bhavān prakāśate yasya ca yena vā guṇaḥ
SB 10.2.35