प्रह्राद भद्र भद्रं ते प्रीतोऽहं तेऽसुरोत्तम ।
वरं वृणीष्वाभिमतं कामपूरोऽस्म्यहं नृणाम् ॥५२॥
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
prahrÄda bhadra bhadraá¹ te
prīto 'haṠte 'surottama
varaá¹ vṛṇīṣvÄbhimataá¹
kÄma-pÅ«ro 'smy ahaá¹ nṛṇÄm
5 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(5)
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; prahrÄda - O My dear PrahlÄda; bhadra - you are so gentle; bhadram - all good fortune; te - unto you; prÄ«taḥ - 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; kÄma-pÅ«raḥ - who fulfills everyone's desire; asmi - am; aham - I; nṛṇÄm - of all men.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear PrahlÄda, 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.
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 prasÄdÄd bhagavat-prasÄdaḥ. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura says that if one pleases the Vaiṣṇava spiritual master, all of one’s desires will be fulfilled.
