The soul cannot be seen with the help of the senses whose nature is to roam about among all objects of desire. Even pious men, whose senses are pure, cannot see the soul with their help what then should be said of the vicious whose senses are impure.
न चात्मा शक्यते द्रष्टुमिन्द्रियैः कामगोचरैः। प्रवर्तमानैरनये दुष्करैरकृतात्मभिः॥