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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.9.42

అథ భగవంస్తవాస్మాభిరఖిలజగదుత్పత్తిస్థితిలయనిమిత్తాయమానదివ్యమాయావినోదస్య సకలజీవనికాయానామన్తర్హృదయేషు బహిరపి చ బ్రహ్మప్రత్యగాత్మస్వరూపేణ ప్రధానరూపేణ చ యథాదేశకాలదేహావస్థానవిశేషం తదుపాదానోపలమ్భకతయానుభవత: సర్వప్రత్యయసాక్షిణ ఆకాశశరీరస్య సాక్షాత్పరబ్రహ్మణ: పరమాత్మన: కియానిహ వార్థవిశేషో విజ్ఞాపనీయ: స్యాద్విస్ఫులిఙ్గాదిభిరివ హిరణ్యరేతస: ॥ ౪౨ ॥
atha bhagavaṁs tavāsmābhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-nimittāyamāna-divya-māyā-vinodasya sakala-jīva-nikāyānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api ca brahma-pratyag-ātma-svarūpeṇa pradhāna-rūpeṇa ca yathā-deśa-kāla-dehāvasthāna-viśeṣaṁ tad-upādānopalambhakatayānubhavataḥ sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇa ākāśa-śarīrasya sākṣāt para-brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ kiyān iha vārtha-viśeṣo vijṣāpanīyaḥ syād visphuliṅgādibhir iva hiraṇya-retasaḥ.
[atha bhagavams tavaasmaabhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-nimittaayamaana-divya-maayaa-vinodasya sakala-jeeva-nikaayaanaam antar-hridayeshu bahir api cha brahma-pratyag-aatma-svaroopena pradhaana-roopena cha yathaa-desha-kaala-dehaavasthaana-vishesham tad-upaadaanopalambhakatayaanubhavatah sarva-pratyaya-saakshina aakaasha-shareerasya saakshaat para-brahmanah paramaatmanah kiyaan iha vaartha-vishesho vijshaapaneeyah syaad visphulingaadibhir iva hiranya-retasah.]
Word-for-word
atha — therefore bhagavan — O Lord tava — of You asmābhiḥ — by us akhila — all jagat — of the material world utpatti — of the creation sthiti — maintenance laya — and annihilation nimittāyamāna — being the cause divya-māyā — with the spiritual energy vinodasya — of You, who amuse Yourself sakala — all jīva-nikāyānām — of the hordes of living entities antaḥ-hṛdayeṣu — in the cores of the hearts bahiḥ api — externally also ca — and brahma — of impersonal Brahman, or the Absolute Truth pratyak-ātma — of the Supersoul sva-rūpeṇa — by Your forms pradhāna-rūpeṇa — by Your form as the external ingredients ca — also yathā — according to deśa-kāla-deha-avasthāna — of country, time, body and position viśeṣam — the particulars tat — of them upādāna — of the material causes upalambhakatayā — by being the exhibitor anubhavataḥ — witnessing sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇaḥ — the witness of all different activities ākāśa-śarīrasya — the Supersoul of the whole universe sākṣāt — directly para-brahmaṇaḥ — the Supreme Absolute Truth paramātmanaḥ — the Supersoul kiyān — of what extent iha — herein vā — or artha-viśeṣaḥ — special necessity vijṣāpanīyaḥ — to be informed syāt — may be visphuliṅga-ādibhiḥ — by the sparks of the fire iva — like hiraṇya-retasaḥ — to the original fire.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha bhagavaṁs tavāsmābhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-nimittāyamāna-divya-māyā-vinodasya sakala-jīva-nikāyānām antar-hṛdayeṣu bahir api ca brahma-pratyag-ātma-svarūpeṇa pradhāna-rūpeṇa ca yathā-deśa-kāla-dehāvasthāna-viśeṣaṁ tad-upādānopalambhakatayānubhavataḥ sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇa ākāśa-śarīrasya sākṣāt para-brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ kiyān iha vārtha-viśeṣo vijṣāpanīyaḥ syād visphuliṅgādibhir iva hiraṇya-retasaḥ.
atha
therefore
bhagavan
O Lord
tava
of You
asmābhiḥ
by us
akhila
all
jagat
of the material world
utpatti
of the creation
sthiti
maintenance
laya
and annihilation
nimittāyamāna
being the cause
divya-māyā
with the spiritual energy
vinodasya
of You, who amuse Yourself
sakala
all
jīva-nikāyānām
of the hordes of living entities
antaḥ-hṛdayeṣu
in the cores of the hearts
bahiḥ api
externally also
ca
and
brahma
of impersonal Brahman, or the Absolute Truth
pratyak-ātma
of the Supersoul
sva-rūpeṇa
by Your forms
pradhāna-rūpeṇa
by Your form as the external ingredients
ca
also
yathā
according to
deśa-kāla-deha-avasthāna
of country, time, body and position
viśeṣam
the particulars
tat
of them
upādāna
of the material causes
upalambhakatayā
by being the exhibitor
anubhavataḥ
witnessing
sarva-pratyaya-sākṣiṇaḥ
the witness of all different activities
ākāśa-śarīrasya
the Supersoul of the whole universe
sākṣāt
directly
para-brahmaṇaḥ
the Supreme Absolute Truth
paramātmanaḥ
the Supersoul
kiyān
of what extent
iha
herein
vā
or
artha-viśeṣaḥ
special necessity
vijṣāpanīyaḥ
to be informed
syāt
may be
visphuliṅga-ādibhiḥ
by the sparks of the fire
iva
like
hiraṇya-retasaḥ
to the original fire.
O Lord, as the small sparks of a fire cannot possibly perform the actions of the whole fire, we sparks of Your Lordship cannot inform You of the necessities of our lives. You are the complete whole. Therefore, of what do we need to inform You? You know everything because You are the original cause of the cosmic manifestation, the maintainer and the annihilator of the entire universal creation. You always engage in Your pastimes with Your spiritual and material energies, for You are the controller of all these varied energies. You exist within all living entities, within the cosmic manifestation, and also beyond them. You exist internally as Parabrahman and externally as the ingredients of the material creation. Therefore, although manifested in various stages, at different times and places, and in various bodies, You, the Personality of Godhead, are the original cause of all causes. Indeed, You are the original element. You are the witness of all activities, but because You are as great as the sky, You are never touched by any of them. You are the witness of everything as Parabrahman and Paramātmā. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, nothing is unknown to You.
Purport

The Absolute Truth exists in three phases of spiritual understanding — Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān ( brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ). Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of Brahman and Paramātmā. Brahman, the impersonal Absolute Truth, is all-pervading, and Paramātmā is locally situated in everyone’s heart, but Bhagavān, who is worshipable by the devotees, is the original cause of all causes. A pure devotee is aware that since nothing is unknown to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He need not be informed of a devotee’s conveniences and inconveniences. A pure devotee knows that there is no need to ask the Absolute Truth for any material necessities. Therefore, while informing the Supreme Lord about their distress in being attacked by Vṛtrāsura, the demigods apologized for offering prayers for their safety. A neophyte devotee, of course, approaches the Supreme Lord for relief from distress or poverty, or for speculative knowledge of the Lord. Bhagavad-gītā (7.16) mentions four kinds of pious men who begin devotional service to the Lord — one who is distressed ( ārta ), one in need of money ( arthārthī ), one who is inquisitive ( jijṣāsu ) and one who is searching for the Absolute Truth ( jṣānī ). A pure devotee, however, knows that since the Lord is omnipresent and omniscient, there is no need to offer prayers or worship Him for one’s personal benefit. A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord without demanding anything. The Lord is present everywhere and knows the necessities of His devotees; consequently there is no need to disturb Him by asking Him for material benefits.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! What can we, who are like sparks emanating from a fire, inform particularly to you, who play with your māyā to create, maintain and destroy the universe, who are realized in the heart as the antaryāmī and Brahman, and are realized externally as matter, according to place, time and bodily condition, who are realized as the cause of all beings and the cause of their awareness, who are the witness of all intelligence, with a body uncontaminated by matter, like ether, and who are the source of Brahman and the Paramātmā? What particular object must be made known to you? You are known in the heart as the antaryāmī (pratyag-ātma), and externally as matter in the form of the senses and other things, according to particular place, time, and bodily conditions, and as the cause of all the beings such as devatās and the cause of their perceptions (upalambhakatayā). We are like sparks coming from the fire. Your body is like ether, is uncontaminated by material elements.
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