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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.11

శ్రీభగవానువాచ నైకాన్తినో మే మయి జాత్విహాశిష ఆశాసతేఽముత్ర చ యే భవద్విధా: । తథాపి మన్వన్తరమేతదత్ర దైత్యేశ్వరాణామనుభుఙ్‌క్ష్వ భోగాన్ ॥ ౧౧ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
naikāntino me mayi jātv ihāśiṣa
[naikaantino me mayi jaatv ihaashisha]
āśāsate ’mutra ca ye bhavad-vidhāḥ
[aashaasate ’mutra cha ye bhavad-vidhaah]
tathāpi manvantaram etad atra
[tathaapi manvantaram etad atra]
daityeśvarāṇām anubhuṅkṣva bhogān
[daityeshvaraanaam anubhunkshva bhogaan]
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said na — not ekāntinaḥ — unalloyed, without desires except for the one desire for devotional service me — from Me mayi — unto Me jātu — any time iha — within this material world āśiṣaḥ — benedictions āśāsate — intent desire amutra — in the next life ca — and ye — all such devotees who bhavat-vidhāḥ — like you tathāpi — still manvantaram — the duration of time until the end of the life of one Manu etat — this atra — within this material world daitya-īśvarāṇām — of the opulences of materialistic persons anubhuṅkṣva — you can enjoy bhogān — all material opulences.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
naikāntino me mayi jātv ihāśiṣa
na
not
ekāntinaḥ
unalloyed, without desires except for the one desire for devotional service
me
from Me
mayi
unto Me
jātu
any time
iha
within this material world
āśiṣaḥ
benedictions
āśāsate ’mutra ca ye bhavad-vidhāḥ
āśāsate
intent desire
tathāpi manvantaram etad atra
amutra
in the next life
ca
and
daityeśvarāṇām anubhuṅkṣva bhogān
ye
all such devotees who
bhavat-vidhāḥ
like you
tathāpi
still
manvantaram
the duration of time until the end of the life of one Manu
etat
this
atra
within this material world
daitya-īśvarāṇām
of the opulences of materialistic persons
anubhuṅkṣva
you can enjoy
bhogān
all material opulences.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlāda, a devotee like you never desires any kind of material opulences, either in this life or in the next. Nonetheless, I order you to enjoy the opulences of the demons in this material world, acting as their king until the end of the duration of time occupied by Manu.

One Manu lives for a duration of time calculated to be an aggregate of seventy-one yuga cycles, each of which equals 4,300,000 years. Although atheistic men like to enjoy material opulences and they endeavor with great energy to build big residences, roads, cities and factories, unfortunately they cannot live more than eighty, ninety or at the utmost one hundred years. Although the materialist exerts so much energy to create a kingdom of hallucinations, he is unable to enjoy it for more than a few years. However, because Prahlāda Mahārāja was a devotee, the Lord allowed him to enjoy material opulence as the king of the materialists. Prahlāda Mahārāja had taken birth in the family of Hiraṇyakaśipu, who was the topmost materialist, and since Prahlāda was the bona fide heir of his father, the Supreme Lord allowed him to enjoy the kingdom created by his father for so many years that no materialist could calculate them. A devotee does not have to desire material opulence, but if he is a pure devotee, there is ample opportunity for him to enjoy material happiness also, without personal endeavor. Therefore, everyone is advised to take to devotional service under all circumstances. If one desires material opulence, he can also become a pure devotee, and his desires will be fulfilled. It is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.3.10) :

akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena yajeta puruṣaṁ param

“Whether one desires everything or nothing, or whether he desires to merge into the existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering transcendental loving service.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord said: O Prahlāda! A devotee like you never desires any kind of material benedictions, either in this life or in the next. Nonetheless, I order you to enjoy the luxuries of the demons until the end of the Manvantara. Not only you, but all my devotees have this nature. I will give this for only this Manvantara, not longer. Do not be angry.
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