विलोकयन्ती निरवद्यमात्मन: पदं ध्रुवं चाव्यभिचारिसद्गुणम् । गन्धर्वसिद्धासुरयक्षचारण- त्रैपिष्टपेयादिषु नान्वविन्दत ॥ १९ ॥
vilokayanti niravadyam atmanah padam dhruvam cavyabhicari-sad-gunam gandharva-siddhasura-yaksa-carana- traipistapeyadisu nanvavindata
- 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
- yaksa
- the Yaksas
- carana
- the inhabitants of Caranaloka
- traipistapeya-adisu
- and among the demigods
- na
- not
- anvavindata
- could accept any one of them
While walking among the Gandharvas, Yaksas, asuras, Siddhas, Caranas and denizens of heaven, Laksmidevi, 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.