Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.19

vilokayanti niravadyam atmanah

padam dhruvam cavyabhicari-sad-gunam

gandharva-siddhasura-yaksha-carana-

traipishtapeyadishu nanvavindata

SYNONYMS

vilokayanti -- observing, examining; niravadyam -- without any fault; atmanah -- for herself; padam -- position; dhruvam -- eternal; ca -- also; avyabhicari-sat-gunam -- without any change of qualities; gandharva -- among the inhabitants of Gandharvaloka; siddha -- the inhabitants of Siddhaloka; asura -- the demons; yaksha -- the Yakshas; carana -- the inhabitants of Caranaloka; traipishtapeya-adishu -- and among the demigods; na -- not; anvavindata -- could accept any one of them.

TRANSLATION

While walking among the Gandharvas, Yakshas, asuras, Siddhas, Caranas and denizens of heaven, Lakshmidevi, the goddess of fortune, was scrutinizingly examining them, but she could not find anyone naturally endowed with all good qualities. None of them was devoid of faults, and therefore she could not take shelter of any of them.

PURPORT

The goddess of fortune, Lakshmidevi, having been generated from the ocean of milk, was the daughter of the ocean. Thus she was allowed to select her own husband in a svayamvara ceremony. She examined every one of the candidates, but she could not find anyone suitably qualified to be her shelter. In other words, Narayana, the natural husband of Lakshmi, cannot be superseded by anyone in this material world.

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