290 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10
yadi dasyasi me kdman
varams tvam varadarsabha
kamanam hrdy asamroham
bhavatas tu vrne varam
yadi—if; ddasyasi—want to give; me—me; kaman—anything
desirable; varan—as Your benediction; tvam—You; varada-rsabha—O
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can give any benediction;
kamanam—of all desires for material happiness; hrdi—within the core
of my heart; asariroham—no growth; bhavatah—from You; tu—then;
vrne—I pray for; varam—such a benediction.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, best of the givers of benediction, if You at all want to
bestow a desirable benediction upon me, then I pray from Your
Lordship that within the core of my heart there be no material
desires.
PURPORT
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us how to pray for benedictions
from the Lord. He said:
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi
“O my Lord, I do not want from You any amount of wealth, nor many
followers, nor a beautiful wife, for these are all materialistic desires. But
if | have to ask You for any benediction, I pray that in whatever forms of
life 1 may take my birth, under any circumstances, I will not be bereft of
Your transcendental devotional service.” Devotees are always on the
positive platform, in contrast to the Mayavadis, who want to make every-
thing impersonal or void. One cannot remain void (siinyavadi); rather,
one must possess something. Therefore, the devotee, on the positive side,
wants to possess something, and this possession is very nicely described
by Prahlada Maharaja, who says, “If I must take some benediction from
