Bhagavatapurana 9.10.13

9.10.13

sindhuḥ śirasyarhaṇaṃ parigṛhya rūpī % pādāravindamupagamya babhāṣa etat //

the Ocean, having assumed embodied form and bearing an offering upon his head, / approached His lotus feet and spoke this:

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na tvāṃ vayaṃ jaḍadhiyo nu vidāma bhūman $ kūṭasthamādipuruṣaṃ jagatāmadhīśam &

“We of dull intellect do not know You, O Infinite One, / the changeless Primeval Person, the sovereign Lord of the universes,

14. "We, dull-witted creatures, could not understand Thee, O Perfect One, to be the unchanging First and Perfect Person, the Supreme Ruler of the worlds; Thou art that Ruler of the gunas, under whose control the gods are created through Satva and Prajapatis through Rajas and the chief Bhutas and spirits through anger (Tamas).

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na tvāṃ vayaṃ jaḍadhiyo nu vidāma bhūman $ kūṭasthamādipuruṣaṃ jagatāmadhīśam &

“We of dull intellect do not know You, O Infinite One, / the changeless Primeval Person, the sovereign Lord of the universes,