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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 7]
The impersonal Brahman is unknown even to the other directors of the material creation, including Lord Brahmā, Lord Indra and even Lord Viṣṇu. This does not mean, however, that Lord Viṣṇu is not omniscient. Lord Viṣṇu is omniscient, but He does not need to understand what is going on in His all-pervading expansion. Therefore in  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord says that although everything is an expansion of Him ( mayā tatam idam sarvam ), He does not need to take care of everything ( na cāham teṣv avasthitaḥ ), since there are various directors like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and Indra.
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कामाश्वरत्रिपुरकालगराधनेक-
भूतद्रुहः क्षपयतः स्तुतये न तत् ते ।
यस्त्वन्तकाल इदमात्मकृतं स्वनेत्र-
वह्निस्फुलिङ्गशिखया भसितं न वेद॥ ३ २॥
kāmādhvara-tripura-kālagarādy-aneka- bhūta-druhaḥ kṣapayataḥ stutaye na tat te yas tv anta-kāla idam ātma-kṛtam sva-netra- vahni-sphuliṅga-śikhayā bhasitam na veda
kāma-adhvara —sacrifices for sense gratification (like Dakṣa-yajña, the sacrifices performed by Dakṣa);  tripura —the demon named Tripurāsura;  kālagara —Kālagara;  ādi —and others;  aneka —many;  bhūta-druhaḥ —who are meant for giving trouble to the living entities;  kṣapayataḥ —being engaged in their destruction;  stutaye —your prayer;  na —not;  tat —that;  te —speaking to you;  yaḥ tu —because;  anta-kāle —at the time of annihilation;  idam —in this material world;  ātma-kṛtam —done by yourself;  sva-netra —by your eyes;  vahni-sphuliṅga-śikhayā —by the sparks of fire;  bhasitam —burned to ashes;  na veda —I do not know how it is happening.
TRANSLATION
When annihilation is performed by the flames and sparks emanating from your eyes, the entire creation is burned to ashes. Nonetheless, you do not know how this happens. What then is to