Aṁśumān said: My Lord, even Lord Brahmā is to this very day unable to understand Your position, which is far beyond himself, either by meditation or by mental speculation. So what to speak of others like us, who have been created by Brahmā in various forms as demigods, animals, human beings, birds and beasts? We are completely in ignorance. Therefore, how can we know You, who are the Transcendence?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
तत्रासीनं मुनिं वीक्ष्य कपिलाख्यमधोक्षजम् । अस्तौत्समाहितमनाः प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो महान्
tatrāsīnaṃ muniṃ vīkṣya kapilākhyamadhokṣajam | astautsamāhitamanāḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇato mahān
SB 9.8.21