Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31

Sanskrit:

यथा हिरण्यं बहुधा समीयतेनृभि: क्रियाभिर्व्यवहारवर्त्मसु ।एवं वचोभिर्भगवानधोक्षजोव्याख्यायते लौकिकवैदिकैर्जनै: ॥ ३१ ॥

ITRANS:

yathā hiraṇyaṁ bahudhā samīyatenṛbhiḥ kriyābhir vyavahāra-vartmasuevaṁ vacobhir bhagavān adhokṣajovyākhyāyate laukika-vaidikair janaiḥ

Translation:

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.

Purport:

All those who are not pure devotees of the Supreme Lord are basically trying to exploit the Lord and His energies. According to their strategy of exploitation, they conceive of and describe the Absolute Truth in various ways. In Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the Absolute Truth presents Himself as He actually is for the benefit of sincere people who do not foolishly try to conceptually manipulate the Supreme Godhead.