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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 8]
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;  amaṅgalaḥ —a little inauspicious in some other detail;  su-maṅgalaḥ —auspicious in every respect;  kaśca —someone;  na —not;  kārikṣate —desires;  hi —indeed;  mām —me.
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.
TEXT 23
एवं विमृश्यान्यभिचारिसद्गुणै- 
    वरं निजैकाश्रयतयागुणाश्रयम् । 
    वत्रे वरं सर्वगुणैरपेक्षितं 
    रमा मुकुन्दं निरपेक्षमीप्सितम् ॥२३॥
evam vimṛśyāvyabhicāri-sad-guṇair  
 varam nijaikāśrayatayāguṇāśrayam  
 vavre varam sarva-guṇair apekṣitam  
 ramā mukundam nirapekṣam īpsitam
evam —in this way;  vimṛśya —after full deliberation;  avyabhicāri-sat-guṇaiḥ —with extraordinary transcendental qualities;  varam —superior;  nija-eka-āśrayatayā —because of possessing all good qualities without depending on others;  aguṇa-āśrayam —the reservoir of all transcendental qualities;  vavre —accepted;  varam —as a bridegroom;  sarva-guṇaiḥ —with all transcendental qualities;  apekṣitam —qualified;  ramā —the goddess of fortune;  mukundam —unto Mukunda;  nirapekṣam —although He did not wait for her;  īpsitam —the most desirable.