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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
TEXT 23
नान्यं ततः पद्मपलाशलोचनाद् 
  दुःखच्छिदं ते मृगयामि कंचन । 
  यो मृग्यते हस्तगृहीतपद्मया 
  श्रियेतरैरङ्ग विमृग्यमाणया ॥२३॥
nānyam tataḥ padma-palāśa-locanād 
  duḥkha-cchidam te mṛgayāmi kañcana 
  yo mṛgyate hasta-gṛhīta-padmayā 
  śriyetarair aṅga vimṛgyamāṇayā
na anyam —no others;  tataḥ —therefore;  padma-palāśa-locanāt —from the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead;  duḥkha-chidam —one who can mitigate others' difficulties;  te —your;  mṛgayāmi —I am searching after;  kañcana —anyone else;  yaḥ —who;  mṛgyate —searches;  hasta-gṛhīta-padmayā —taking a lotus flower in the hand;  śriyā —the goddess of fortune;  itaraiḥ —by others;  aṅga —my dear boy;  vimṛgyamāṇayā —one who is worshiped.
TRANSLATION
My dear Dhruva, as far as I am concerned, I do not find anyone who can mitigate your distressed condition but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose eyes are like lotus petals. Many demigods such as Lord Brahmā and others seek the pleasure of the goddess of fortune, but the goddess of fortune herself, with a lotus flower in her hand, is always ready to render service to the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
Sunīti pointed out herewith that the benediction received from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that received from the demigods are not on an equal level. Foolish persons say that no matter whom one worships one will get the same result, but actually that is not a fact. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is also said that benedictions received from the