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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 19]
different parts of the Lord, receive the benedictions they desire because the Lord is the original master of all benedictions. If anyone wants a particular benediction, for the Lord to award it is not at all difficult.
TEXT 27
सत्यं दिशत्यर्थितमर्थितो नृणां 
  नैवार्थदो यत्पुनरर्थिता यतः । 
  स्वयं विधत्ते भजतामनिच्छता- 
  मिच्छापिधानं निजपादपञ्चम् ॥२७॥
satyam diśaty arthitam arthito nṛṇām 
  naivārthado yat punar arthitā yataḥ 
  svayam vidhatte bhajatām anicchatām 
  icchāpidhānam nija-pāda-pallavam
satyam —certainly;  diśati —He offers;  arthitam —the object prayed for;  arthitaḥ —being prayed to;  nṛṇām —by the human beings;  na —not;  eva —indeed;  artha-daḥ —the bestower of benedictions;  yat —which;  punaḥ —again;  arthitā —a demand for a benediction;  yataḥ —from which;  svayam —personally;  vidhatte —He gives;  bhajatām —unto those engaged in His service;  anicchatām —although not desiring it;  icchā-pidhānam —which covers all desirable things;  nija-pāda-pallavam —His own lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead fulfills the material desires of a devotee who approaches Him with such motives, but He does not bestow benedictions upon the devotee that will cause him to demand more benedictions again. However, the Lord willingly gives the devotee shelter at His own lotus feet, even though such a person does not aspire for it, and that shelter satisfies all his desires. That is the Supreme Personality's special mercy.
PURPORT
The devotees mentioned in the previous verse approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead with material motives, but this verse explains