Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.39.2
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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śrī
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the goddess of fortune
Lakṣmī personally serves the Lord's chest (śrī-niketane). Gauḍīyas note that even She begs at Vraja's door for the rasa the gopīs enjoy freely — fortune itself is a junior devotee here.
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niketane
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the shelter / abode
Bhagavān is the abode OF Śrī, not dependent on Her — reversing the usual seeker-of-fortune logic. To shelter in Him is to shelter in the source of all auspiciousness.
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tat - parāḥ
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those dedicated to Him
The technical Gauḍīya phrase for ananya-bhakti — exclusively His. Such devotees are anyābhilāṣitā-śūnya (free of other desire); their non-asking is itself the highest opulence.
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alabhyam
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unattainable
Rhetorical: nothing is unattainable when Bhagavān is pleased. Yet the verse pivots — devotees occupy a higher rung where 'attainment' itself loses meaning, because they already possess Him.
"Why did Akrura only desire to see and touch Krsna, and not desire to attain Brahman or sayujya mukti?" This verse answers. If Krsna, who is the shelter of Laksmi, the goddess of all wealth, in the form of a line on his chest is pleased, what more could one desire?
“Did he not have desires for dharma, artha and mokṣa? What is not attained by satisfying the Lord since as Bhagavān he shelters Lakṣmī on his chest as a golden line? The devotees do not desire anything except what is the mercy of the Lord for this is the goal of the living entities. (SB 10.38.27) O King! You know this certainly.
By having his desire fulfilled to take Kṛṣṇa from Gokula, the people of Vraja developed hatred for him. What cannot be obtained by satisfying the Lord, the abode of Mahālakṣmī, endowed with all types of wealth and good qualities, who manifests unlimited powers (bhagavati)? Everything--material, siddhis, liberation and bhakti can be easily attained. What was astonishing if he attained what he desired by entering the Lord’s house and being welcomed? But those who are dedicated to the Lord do not desire anything besides the Lord. Desire for enjoyment or for independence with many desires would destroy the dedication. Na abhivāṣchanti (instead of na hi vāṣchanti) means “they do not desire at all.” Or they do not desire because they fear destruction of their dedication. O king! You understand this. Or “Why did Akrūra not desire the destruction of evil Kaṁsa who harmed the Yadu dynasty? That would be fulfilled at this time.” One who has satisfied the Lord attains everything. The Lord’s chest is the abode of Lakṣmī. He is controlled by his devotees. Since nothing is unobtainable, he will be immediately killed by the Lord’s power. Thus the devotees do not desire anything except the Lord. They do not even desire to see the Lord since they only desire to dedicate themselves to him. Or the Lord, since he knows their dedication, gives them spiritual happiness, rare, even though they do not desire it. Or “Why did the Lord embrace Akrūra, when it is rare even for Lakṣmī?” This verse answers. He is the abode of all beauty. Or he is served by Lakṣmī, who does great austerities. He is the supreme object of service. He was pleased. Therefore those who are completely dedicated receive in the same manner (tathā). They desire (na vāṣchanti kiṁca na) to satisfy the Lord. This desire arises in them by dedicating themselves to him.
When the king himself is pleased, the courtier need not petition the treasury; the king's smile is already wealth. So too with Bhagavān, the husband of Lakṣmī — His pleasure brings all opulences unasked, which is precisely why His pure devotees ask for nothing.
Five-year-old Dhruva went to the forest asking for a kingdom greater than his grandfather's. After months of austerity Bhagavān Viṣṇu appeared, and Dhruva — beholding the Lord — wept that he had begged for shards of glass when the touchstone Himself was offering darśana (SB 4.9).
This is precisely what Śukadeva states here: tat-parāḥ na hi vāñchanti kiñcana — those fixed on Him do not want anything from Him. Dhruva's accidental kingdom became proof, not prize.
My note
Source: vedabase.io