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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.6.14

स त्वं विधत्स्वाखिललोकपाला वयं यदर्थास्तव पादमूलम् । समागतास्ते बहिरन्तरात्मन् किं वान्यविज्ञाप्यमशेषसाक्षिण: ॥ १४ ॥
sa tvaṁ vidhatsvākhila-loka-pālā
[sa tvam vidhatsvaakhila-loka-paalaa]
vayaṁ yad arthās tava pāda-mūlam
[vayam yad arthaas tava paada-moolam]
samāgatās te bahir-antar-ātman
[samaagataas te bahir-antar-aatman]
kiṁ vānya-vijñāpyam aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ
[kim vaanya-vijnaapyam ashesha-saakshinah]
Word-for-word
saḥ — that tvam — Your Lordship vidhatsva — kindly do the needful akhila-loka-pālāḥ — the demigods, directors of different departments of this universe vayam — all of us yat — that which arthāḥ — purpose tava — at Your Lordship’s pāda-mūlam — lotus feet samāgatāḥ — we have arrived te — unto You bahiḥ-antaḥ-ātman — O Supersoul of everyone, O constant internal and external witness kim — what vā — either anya-vijñāpyam — we have to inform You aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ — the witness and knower of everything.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa tvaṁ vidhatsvākhila-loka-pālā
saḥ
that
tvam
Your Lordship
vidhatsva
kindly do the needful
akhila-loka-pālāḥ
the demigods, directors of different departments of this universe
vayaṁ yad arthās tava pāda-mūlam
vayam
all of us
yat
that which
arthāḥ
purpose
tava
at Your Lordship’s
pāda-mūlam
lotus feet
samāgatās te bahir-antar-ātman
samāgatāḥ
we have arrived
te
unto You
bahiḥ-antaḥ-ātman
O Supersoul of everyone, O constant internal and external witness
kiṁ vānya-vijñāpyam aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ
kim
what
vā
either
anya-vijñāpyam
we have to inform You
aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ
the witness and knower of everything.
My Lord, we, the various demigods, the directors of this universe, have come to Your lotus feet. Please fulfill the purpose for which we have come. You are the witness of everything, from within and without. Nothing is unknown to You, and therefore it is unnecessary to inform You again of anything.
Purport

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (13.3) , kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata. The individual souls are proprietors of their individual bodies, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of all bodies. Since He is the witness of everyone’s body, nothing is unknown to Him. He knows what we need. Our duty, therefore, is to execute devotional service sincerely, under the direction of the spiritual master. Kṛṣṇa, by His grace, will supply whatever we need in executing our devotional service. In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we simply have to execute the order of Kṛṣṇa and guru. Then all necessities will be supplied by Kṛṣṇa, even if we do not ask for them.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Please accomplish the purpose for which we, the protectors of all the planets, have come to your lotus feet. O soul within everything! What else can be informed to you, the witness of everything? Please accomplish what we came for (yad arthāḥ). If you say, “Please tell me clearly what you want” then we say that you are the soul with all. You witness everything unlimitedly. What other thing can we inform to you?
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Personal Guidance
The demigods admit the Lord already knows their need — they come simply to present themselves. Real prayer is not informing God of our problems; it is acknowledging that He already sees, and surrendering to His response.
Reflection Questions
  • Do my prayers try to instruct the Lord, or do they rest in His already knowing?
  • What would I stop saying in prayer if I truly believed He sees everything within and without?
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