Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 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; paśyatāmin 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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