Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्रह्राद भद्र भद्रं ते प्रीतोऽहं तेऽसुरोत्तम ।
वरं वृणीष्वाभिमतं कामपूरोऽस्म्यहं नृणाम् ॥ ५२ ॥
Verse text
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
prahrāda bhadra bhadraṁ te
prīto ’haṁ te ’surottama
varaṁ vṛṇīṣvābhimataṁ
kāma-pūro ’smy ahaṁ nṛṇām
Synonyms
śrī
—
bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
;
prahrāda
—
O My dear Prahlāda
;
bhadra
—
you are so gentle
;
bhadram
—
all good fortune
;
te
—
unto you
;
prītaḥ
—
pleased
;
aham
—
I (am)
;
te
—
unto You
;
asura
—
uttama — O best devotee in the family of asuras (atheists)
;
varam
—
benediction
;
vṛṇīṣva
—
just ask (from Me)
;
abhimatam
—
desired
;
kāma
—
pūraḥ — who fulfills everyone’s desire
;
asmi
—
am
;
aham
—
I
;
nṛṇām
—
of all men .
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlāda, most gentle one, best of the family of the asuras, all good fortune unto you. I am very much pleased with you. It is My pastime to fulfill the desires of all living beings, and therefore you may ask from Me any benediction that you desire to be fulfilled.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Lord said: O Prahlāda, most gentle devotee! Best in the family of the demons! Good fortune unto you. I am pleased with you. Please ask for a cherished benediction. I am full of the desires of men.
Please ask for a benediction. What reservation can there be in the Lord who has affection for his servant and is the pinnacle of generosity? I am full of men’s aspirations, one of which you can ask from me. I exist as a river of all goals of human endeavors, and I possess liberation as one of those. It should be understood that the jīvas of whom Prahlāda was thinking would be liberated at that time, but because of the infinite number of jīvas, the universe would then become full of other jīvas.
Purport
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as
bhakta-vatsala,
the Supreme Personality who is very much affectionate to His devotees. It is not very extraordinary that the Lord offered His devotee all benedictions. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said in effect, “I fulfill the desires of everyone. Since you are My devotee, whatever you want for yourself will naturally be given, but if you pray for anyone else, that prayer also will be fulfilled.” Thus if we approach the Supreme Lord or His devotee, or if we are blessed by a devotee, naturally we will automatically achieve the benedictions of the Supreme Lord.
Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that if one pleases the Vaiṣṇava spiritual master, all of one’s desires will be fulfilled.