चक्षुर्विना यथा दीपं दृष्ट्वा दर्पणमेव च ।
समीपस्था न पश्यंति तथा विष्णुं बहिर्मुखाः ॥
cakṣur vinā yathā dīpaṁ dṛṣṭvā darpaṇam eva ca |
samīpasthā na paśyanti tathā viṣṇuṁ bahirmukhāḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 6.132.55)
“As the blind do not see a lamp or a mirror situated nearby even after looking towards it, so the averse [alt., oblivious] do not see Viṣṇu [situated nearby, i.e, invariably present everywhere always].”