Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 9: The Lord Incarnates as Mohinī-Mūrti |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.27
pīta-prāye 'mṛte devair
bhagavān loka-bhāvanaḥ
paśyatām asurendrāṇāḿ
svaḿ rūpaḿ jagṛhe hariḥ
SYNONYMS
pīta-prāye — when almost finished being drunk; amṛte — the nectar; devaiḥ — by the demigods; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Mohinī-mūrti; loka-bhāvanaḥ — the maintainer and well-wisher of the three worlds; paśyatām — in the presence of; asura-indrāṇām — all the demons, with their chiefs; svam — own; rūpam — form; jagṛhe — manifested; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the best friend and well-wisher of the three worlds. Thus when the demigods had almost finished drinking the nectar, the Lord, in the presence of all the demons, disclosed His original form.
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