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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.52

శ్రీభగవానువాచ ప్రహ్రాద భద్ర భద్రం తే ప్రీతోఽహం తేఽసురోత్తమ । వరం వృణీష్వాభిమతం కామపూరోఽస్మ్యహం నృణామ్ ॥ ౫౨ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
prahrāda bhadra bhadraṁ te
[prahraada bhadra bhadram te]
prīto ’haṁ te ’surottama
[preeto ’ham te ’surottama]
varaṁ vṛṇīṣvābhimataṁ
[varam vrineeshvaabhimatam]
kāma-pūro ’smy ahaṁ nṛṇām
[kaama-pooro ’smy aham nrinaam]
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said prahrāda — O My dear Prahlāda bhadra — you are so gentle bhadram — all good fortune te — unto you prītaḥ — 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 kāma-pūraḥ — who fulfills everyone’s desire asmi — am aham — I nṛṇām — of all men.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
prahrāda bhadra bhadraṁ te
prahrāda
O My dear Prahlāda
bhadra
you are so gentle
bhadram
all good fortune
te
unto you
prīto ’haṁ te ’surottama
prītaḥ
pleased
varaṁ vṛṇīṣvābhimataṁ
kāma-pūro ’smy ahaṁ nṛṇām
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
kāma-pūraḥ
who fulfills everyone’s desire
asmi
am
aham
I
nṛṇām
of all men.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Prahlāda, 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 prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that if one pleases the Vaiṣṇava spiritual master, all of one’s desires will be fulfilled.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord said: O Prahlāda, most gentle devotee! Best in the family of the demons! Good fortune unto you. I am pleased with you. Please ask for a cherished benediction. I am full of the desires of men. Please ask for a benediction. What reservation can there be in the Lord who has affection for his servant and is the pinnacle of generosity? I am full of men’s aspirations, one of which you can ask from me. I exist as a river of all goals of human endeavors, and I possess liberation as one of those. It should be understood that the jīvas of whom Prahlāda was thinking would be liberated at that time, but because of the infinite number of jīvas, the universe would then become full of other jīvas.
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