Text 27]
The Demigods Appeal to the Lord
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prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam (Bhāg. 6.3.20)
We belong to the disciplic succession of Brahmā, and therefore we are known as the Brahma-sampradāya. As the demigods follow Lord Brahmā to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we also have to follow the authorities of the  paramparā  system to understand the Lord.
TEXT 27
विपश्चितं प्राणमनोधियात्मना- मर्थेन्द्रियाभासमनिद्रमव्रणम् । छायातपौ यत्र न गृध्रपक्षौ तमक्षरं खं त्रियुगं व्रजामहे ॥२७॥
vipaścitam prāṇa-mano-dhiyātmanām arthendriyābhāsam anidram avraṇam chāyātapau yatra na gṛdhra-pakṣau tam akṣaram kham tri-yugam vrajāmahe
vipaścitam —unto the omniscient;  prāṇa —how the living force is working;  manaḥ —how the mind is working;  dhiya —how the intelligence is working;  ātmanām —of all living entities;  artha —the objects of the senses;  indriya —the senses;  ābhāsam —knowledge;  anidram —always awake and free from ignorance;  avraṇam —without a material body subject to pains and pleasures;  chāyā-ātapau —the shelter for all who are suffering from ignorance;  yatra —wherein;  na —not;  gṛdhra-pakṣau —partiality toward any living being;  tam —unto Him;  akṣaram —infallible;  kham —all-pervading like the sky;  tri-yugam —appearing with six opulences in three  yugas  (Satya, Tretā and Dvāpara);  vrajāmahe —I take shelter.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead directly and indirectly knows how everything, including the living force, mind and