Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 3 - Verse 6
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 6 Sanskrit: न यस्य देवा ऋषय: पदं विदु-र्जन्तु: पुन: कोऽर्हति गन्तुमीरितुम् ।यथा नटस्याकृतिभिर्विचेष्टतोदुरत्ययानुक्रमण: स मावतु ॥ ६ ॥ ITRANS: na yasya devā ṛṣayaḥ padaṁ vidurjantuḥ punaḥ ko ’rhati gantum īritumyathā naṭasyākṛtibhir viceṣṭatoduratyayānukramaṇaḥ sa māvatu Translation: An artist onstage, being covered by attractive dresses and dancing with different movements, is not understood by his audience; similarly, the activities and features of the supreme artist cannot be understood even by the demigods or great sages, and certainly not by those who are unintelligent like animals....