Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.70.36
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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aviditam kiñcit
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anything unknown
Bhagavān states the principle openly — nothing is hidden from the devarṣi. And yet He immediately asks. The verse acknowledges that the question is courtesy, not need.
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kartṛṣu
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among the makers (controllers)
Even among the kartās — the secondary creators like Brahmā — Nārada knows everything. He is the inter-world journalist of bhakti, the one who keeps every devotee aware of every other.
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pāṇḍavānām
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of the sons of Pāṇḍu
Five names contained in one word — Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva. The chapter pivots here from the imprisoned kings' need to the Pāṇḍavas' offering. Bhakti's politics: the rescue and the sacrifice are one motion.
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cikīrṣitam
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intention, what they wish to do
Desiderative of kṛ — what one desires to do. Bhagavān inquires about the Pāṇḍavas' cikīrṣita; their desire is His business. The grammar: a devotee's wish is the Lord's matter of state.
"Nothing is unknown to you in all the worlds created by the Lord. That being so, I asked about what the Pandavas desire to do from you, since you know that the way by which Jarasandha can be killed by Bhima."
What is this? Nothing is unknown to you since all the planets are created by you, the Lord. Kṛṣṇa makes this statement because he acts as a human in his pastimes. For this reason (atha) I ask you about the activities of the Pāṇḍavas. The word he means “O person most worthy of worship!” This indicates Kṛṣṇa’s personal interest in the Pāṇḍavas among everything in creation.
There is nothing at all (hi) that you do not know in all the worlds—everything created by the Lord.Or you even know the intentions of the Lord what to speak of what he has created. You know everything. For this reason (atha), O worshippable Nārada, we ask you about the Pāṇdavas’ intentions. Plural is used (yuṣmān) to indicate respect. The question indicates the desire of the Lord to first go to Yudhiṣṭhira’s house, in order to kill Jarāsandha.
Bhagavān, who is omniscient, asking Nārada the news of the Pāṇḍavas is like the sea asking the river what the rainfall has been — He already knows, but His asking dignifies the messenger and gives the world the privilege of His questioning.
Kṛṣṇa repeatedly performs apparent not-knowing (mugdha-vat, as verse 47 will call it) — asking Brahmā where the cows are in SB 10.13, asking Yaśodā for butter, asking Sudāmā about his offering. Each 'question' is līlā.
Here too: Bhagavān, who knows everything (BG 7.26: vedāhaṁ samatītāni), 'inquires' from Nārada about the Pāṇḍavas. The Gauḍīya reading: His questions are vessels by which His devotees may serve Him with reply.
My note
Source: vedabase.io