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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.39

ప్రీతోఽహమస్తు భద్రం తే లోకానాం విజయేచ్ఛయా । యదస్తౌషీర్గుణమయం నిర్గుణం మానువర్ణయన్ ॥ ౩౯ ॥
prīto ’ham astu bhadraṁ te
[preeto ’ham astu bhadram te]
lokānāṁ vijayecchayā
[lokaanaam vijayechchayaa]
yad astauṣīr guṇamayaṁ
[yad astausheer gunamayam]
nirguṇaṁ mānuvarṇayan
[nirgunam maanuvarnayan]
Word-for-word
prītaḥ — pleased aham — Myself astu — let it be so bhadram — all benediction te — unto you lokānām — of the planets vijaya — for glorification icchayā — by your desire yat — that which astauṣīḥ — you prayed for guṇa-mayam — describing all transcendental qualities nirguṇam — although I am free from all material qualities mā — Me anuvarṇayan — nicely describing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prīto ’ham astu bhadraṁ te
prītaḥ
pleased
aham
Myself
astu
let it be so
bhadram
all benediction
te
unto you
lokānāṁ vijayecchayā
lokānām
of the planets
vijaya
for glorification
icchayā
by your desire
yat
that which
yad astauṣīr guṇamayaṁ
astauṣīḥ
you prayed for
guṇa-mayam
describing all transcendental qualities
nirguṇaṁ mānuvarṇayan
nirguṇam
although I am free from all material qualities
mā
Me
anuvarṇayan
nicely describing.
I am very much pleased by your description of Me in terms of My transcendental qualities, which appear mundane to the mundaners. I grant you all benedictions in your desire to glorify all the planets by your activities.
Purport

A pure devotee of the Lord like Brahmā and those in his line of disciplic succession always desire that the Lord be known all over the universe by each and every one of the living entities. That desire of the devotee is always blessed by the Lord. The impersonalist sometimes prays for the mercy of the Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa as the embodiment of material goodness, but such prayers do not satisfy the Lord because He is not thereby glorified in terms of His actual transcendental qualities. The pure devotees of the Lord are always most dear to Him, although He is always kind and merciful to all living entities. Here the word guṇamayam is significant because it indicates the Lord’s possessing transcendental qualities.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I am pleased that you praised me, recognizing me to be the possessor of spiritual qualities and to be devoid of material qualities, when you desired to create successful progeny. Let there be auspiciousness for you! I am intensely pleased with bhakti, which arises from my mercy. See my astonishing skill! With a desire that the progeny you create would be victorious, you praised me by saying that I had a form with an ocean of wondrous qualities, and also described that I was devoid of material qualities like sattva-guṇa. I am pleased with that. Let there be auspiciousness even for those who praise me for have qualities like sattva-guṇa in the form of Nārāyaṇa. But I am not pleased with those who say I have not qualities. Let there not be auspiciousness for them.
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