Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.22

kvacic cirāyur na hi śīla-mańgalaḿ

kvacit tad apy asti na vedyam āyuṣaḥ

yatrobhayaḿ kutra ca so 'py amańgalaḥ

sumańgalaḥ kaśca na kāńkṣate hi mām

SYNONYMS

kvacit — someone; cira-āyuḥ — has a long duration of life; na — not; hi — indeed; śīla-mańgalam — good behavior or auspiciousness; kvacit — someone; tat api — although possessing good behavior; asti — is; na — not; vedyam āyuṣaḥ — aware of the duration of life; yatra ubhayam — if there are both (behavior and auspiciousness); kutra — somewhere; ca — also; saḥ — that person; api — although; amańgalaḥa little inauspicious in some other detail; su-mańgalaḥ — auspicious in every respect; kaśca — someone; na — not; kāńkṣate — desires; hi — indeed; māmme.

TRANSLATION

Someone may have longevity but not have auspiciousness or good behavior. Someone may have both auspiciousness and good behavior, but the duration of his life is not fixed. Although such demigods as Lord Śiva have eternal life, they have inauspicious habits like living in crematoriums. And even if others are well qualified in all respects, they are not devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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