Verse 1.2.30

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.2.30:

परमेष्ठि-सुत-श्रेष्ठ किन्तु स्व-पितरं हरेः ।
अनुग्रह-पदं विद्धि लक्ष्मी-कान्त-सुतो हि सः ॥ ३० ॥

parameṣṭhi-suta-śreṣṭha kintu sva-pitaraṃ hareḥ |
anugraha-padaṃ viddhi lakṣmī-kānta-suto hi saḥ || 30 ||

O best of the sons of Brahmā, Śrī Nārada, you should know that your father, Śrī Brahmā, is the actual recipient of Śrī Hari’s mercy. He is directly the son of Bhagavān Śrī Lakṣmī-kānta, the husband of the goddess of fortune.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

“O Śrī Nārada, best of the progeny of Brahmā, your father is the son of Bhagavān Śrī Lakṣmī-kānta. (Though Śrī Sanaka and the others are the elder sons of Brahmā and are senior to even Śrī Nārada, their status is tacitly stated here. Besides this, when their unique mood of bhagavad-bhakti is compared to Śrī Nārada’s, then Śrī Nārada’s bhakti is superior.)

“Although the origin of Brahmā is from the lotus navel of Lord Nārāyaṇa and not the womb of Śrī Lakṣmī, still you are considered to be the son of Śrī Lakṣmī as well as Śrī Nārāyaṇa. Thus Devarṣi Nārada, your father Brahmā is certainly the recipient of Śrī Hari’s mercy.”

And, moreover, by using the phrase lakṣmī-kānta-suta, it indicates that all the wealth and prosperity of Brahmājī that is used in wisely wielding his power is in relation to Śrī Lakṣmī.