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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.7

వృణీహి కామం నృప యన్మనోగతం మత్తస్త్వమౌత్తానపదేఽవిశఙ్కిత: । వరం వరార్హోఽమ్బుజనాభపాదయో- రనన్తరం త్వాం వయమఙ్గ శుశ్రుమ ॥ ౭ ॥
vṛṇīhi kāmaṁ nṛpa yan mano-gataṁ
[vrineehi kaamam nripa yan mano-gatam]
mattas tvam auttānapade ’viśaṅkitaḥ
[mattas tvam auttaanapade ’vishankitah]
varaṁ varārho ’mbuja-nābha-pādayor
[varam varaarho ’mbuja-naabha-paadayor]
anantaraṁ tvāṁ vayam aṅga śuśruma
[anantaram tvaam vayam anga shushruma]
vṛṇīhi — please ask kāmam — desire nṛpa — O King yat — whatever manaḥ-gatam — within your mind mattaḥ — from me tvam — you auttānapade — O son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda aviśaṅkitaḥ — without hesitation varam — benediction vara-arhaḥ — worthy to take benedictions ambuja — lotus flower nābha — whose navel pādayoḥ — at His lotus feet anantaram — constantly tvām — about you vayam — we aṅga — dear Dhruva śuśruma — have heard.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vṛṇīhi kāmaṁ nṛpa yan mano-gataṁ
vṛṇīhi
please ask
kāmam
desire
nṛpa
O King
yat
whatever
manaḥ-gatam
within your mind
mattas tvam auttānapade ’viśaṅkitaḥ
mattaḥ
from me
tvam
you
auttānapade
O son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda
aviśaṅkitaḥ
without hesitation
varaṁ varārho ’mbuja-nābha-pādayor
varam
benediction
vara-arhaḥ
worthy to take benedictions
anantaraṁ tvāṁ vayam aṅga śuśruma
ambuja
lotus flower
nābha
whose navel
pādayoḥ
at His lotus feet
anantaram
constantly
tvām
about you
vayam
we
aṅga
dear Dhruva
śuśruma
have heard.
My dear Dhruva Mahārāja, son of Mahārāja Uttānapāda, we have heard that you are constantly engaged in transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known for His lotus navel. You are therefore worthy to take all benedictions from us. Please, therefore, ask without hesitation whatever benediction you want from me.

Dhruva Mahārāja, the son of King Uttānapāda, was already known throughout the universe as a great devotee of the Lord, constantly thinking of His lotus feet. Such a pure, uncontaminated devotee of the Lord is worthy to have all the benedictions that can be offered by the demigods. He does not have to worship the demigods separately for such benedictions. Kuvera is the treasurer of the demigods, and he is personally offering whatever benediction Dhruva Mahārāja would like to have from him. Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura stated, therefore, that for persons who engage in the devotional service of the Lord, all material benedictions wait like maidservants. Mukti-devī is just waiting at the door of the devotee to offer liberation, or more than that, at any time. To be a devotee is therefore an exalted position. Simply by rendering transcendental loving service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can have all the benedictions of the world without separate endeavor. Lord Kuvera said to Dhruva Mahārāja that he had heard that Dhruva was always in samādhi, or thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord. In other words, he knew that for Dhruva Mahārāja there was nothing desirable within the three material worlds. He knew that Dhruva would ask for nothing but to remember the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord constantly.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! Son of Uttānapada! Please ask any benediction in your mind from me without hesitation. We who should give you benedictions have heard that you are very close to the feet of the Lord. Anantaram means “without obstacle, very close.”
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