According to their different purposes, men utilize gold in various ways, and gold is therefore perceived in various forms. In the same way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is inaccessible to material senses, is described in various terms, both ordinary and Vedic, by different types of men.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यथा हिरण्यं बहुधा समीयते नृभिः क्रियाभिर्व्यवहारवर्त्मसु । एवं वचोभिर्भगवानधोक्षजो व्याख्यायते लौकिकवैदिकैर्जनैः
yathā hiraṇyaṃ bahudhā samīyate nṛbhiḥ kriyābhirvyavahāravartmasu | evaṃ vacobhirbhagavānadhokṣajo vyākhyāyate laukikavaidikairjanaiḥ
SB 12.4.31