Shloka 14
स त्वं विधत्स्वाखिललोकपाला वयं यदर्थास्तव पादमूलम् । समागतास्ते बहिरन्तरात्मन् किं वान्यविज्ञाप्यमशेषसाक्षिण: ॥ १४ ॥
sa tvaṁ vidhatsvākhila-loka-pālā vayaṁ yad arthās tava pāda-mūlam samāgatās te bahir-antar-ātman kiṁ vānya-vijñāpyam aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ
O Lord, protector of all worlds, we demigods have come to the root of Your lotus feet for a purpose; please fulfill it. You are the witness within and without; nothing is unknown to You, and thus there is no need to inform You again.
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.
FAQs
This verse shows the devas taking full shelter at Vishnu’s lotus feet and asking Him to arrange what is necessary, acknowledging Him as the all-knowing witness within and without.
They were distressed by the asuras’ power and approached Vishnu for divine direction, admitting that nothing needs to be explained to Him because He already knows everything as the Supersoul.
It encourages integrity and inner accountability: act and pray knowing the Lord knows one’s intentions, and seek guidance by sincerely taking shelter of His feet rather than relying only on one’s limited plan.