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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.39
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 39
- prīto 'ham astu bhadraṁ te
- lokānāṁ vijayecchayā
- yad astauṣīr guṇamayaṁ
- nirguṇaṁ mānuvarṇayan
prītaḥpleased — pleased; ahamMyself — Myself; astulet it be so — let it be so; bhadramall benediction — all benediction; teunto you — unto you; lokānāmof the planets — of the planets; vijayafor glorification — for glorification; icchayāby your desire — by your desire; yatthat which — that which; astauṣīḥyou prayed for — you prayed for; guṇadescribing all transcendental qualities-mayamdescribing all transcendental qualities — describing all transcendental qualities; nirguṇamalthough I am free from all material qualities — although I am free from all material qualities; māMe — Me; anuvarṇayannicely describing — 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.
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.