Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, Your personality and eternal form cannot be understood by any person who is trying to know You through the different processes of acquiring knowledge. Your position is always transcendental to the material creation, whereas the empiric attempt to understand You is material, as are its objectives and instruments.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ब्रह्मोवाच । नैतत्स्वरूपं भवतोऽसौ पदार्थ- भेदग्रहैः पुरुषो यावदीक्षेत् । ज्ञानस्य चार्थस्य गुणस्य चाश्रयो मायामयाद्व्यतिरिक्तो यतस्त्वम्
brahmovāca | naitatsvarūpaṃ bhavato'sau padārtha- bhedagrahaiḥ puruṣo yāvadīkṣet | jñānasya cārthasya guṇasya cāśrayo māyāmayādvyatirikto yatastvam
SB 4.7.31