Beholding him, he respectfully rose and with hesitating speech exclaimed repeatedly "Glory unto Vishnu" and said,—"O thou who removest the affliction of thy followers, O Keshava, do thou be propitious unto me. Do thou again purify me, O eternal god, with thy sight". The Deity replied,—"I am propitiated with thee for thy unshaken devotion unto me. Ask of me, Prahlāda, whatever thou wishest". Prahlāda said,—"My faith in thee may never suffer decrease in all the thousand births through which I may be doomed to pass.

In plain words: Prahlada stands up in awe and, stammering, keeps saying "Glory to Vishnu." He asks Keshava (Vishnu) to bless and purify him. Vishnu says he is pleased with Prahlada's steady love and offers him any wish. Prahlada asks only that his faith never grow weaker, through all his future lives.