CC Ādi 3.86

Adi-līlā, Chapter 3, Text 86

দেখিয়া না দেখে যত অভক্তের গণ ।
উলূকে না দেখে যেন সূর্যের কিরণ ॥ ৮৬ ॥

dekhiyā nā dekhe yata abhaktera gaṇa
ulūke nā dekhe yena sūryera kiraṇa

Word by word

dekhiyā — seeing; nā dekhe — they do not see; yata — all; abhaktera — of nondevotees; gaṇa — crowds; ulūke — the owl; nā dekhe — does not see; yena — just as; sūryera — of the sun; kiraṇa — rays.

Translation

But faithless unbelievers do not see what is clearly evident, just as owls do not see the rays of the sun.