Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.44

siddhān vidyādharāḿś caiva

tirodhānena so 'sṛjat

tebhyo 'dadāt tam ātmānam

antardhānākhyam adbhutam

SYNONYMS

siddhān — the Siddhas; vidyādharān — Vidyādharas; ca eva — and also; tirodhānena — by the faculty of remaining hidden from vision; saḥ — Lord Brahmā; asṛjat — created; tebhyaḥ — to them; adadāt — gave; tam ātmānam — that form of his; antardhāna-ākhyam — known as the Antardhāna; adbhutam — wonderful.

TRANSLATION

Then Lord Brahmā, by his ability to be hidden from vision, created the Siddhas and Vidyādharas and gave them that wonderful form of his known as the Antardhāna.

PURPORT

Antardhāna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.

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