Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.2

na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ | ahamādirhi devānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Neither the hosts of gods nor the great seers know my origin, for I am in every way the source of the gods and of the great seers.

Modern context

Neither gods nor sages know where the divine comes from, because they come from it. A child cannot remember its own conception; a wave cannot see the ocean's depths from its crest. Some things can only be known by what flows from them. This is a humbling reminder that the deepest source of our own being is not something we can stand outside of and examine.