Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.6.35
SB 2.6.35
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so 'haṁ samāmnāyamayas tapomayaḥ prajāpatīnām abhivanditaḥ patiḥ āsthāya yogaṁ nipuṇaṁ samāhitas taṁ nādhyagacchaṁ yata ātma-sambhavaḥ
Translation
Although I am known as the great Brahmā, perfect in the disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom, and although I have undergone all austerities and am an expert in mystic powers and self-realization, and although I am recognized as such by the great forefathers of the living entities, who offer me respectful obeisances, still I cannot understand Him, the Lord, the very source of my birth.