एवमभ्यर्थितो विष्णुर्भगवान् शूलपाणिना ।
प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरं गिरिशं प्रत्यभाषत ॥१४॥
Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
evam abhyarthito viṣṇur
bhagavÄn śūla-pÄṇinÄ
prahasya bhÄva-gambhÄ«raá¹
giriÅ›aá¹ pratyabhÄá¹£ata
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; evam - in this way; abhyarthitaḥ - being requested; viṣṇuḥ bhagavÄn - Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śūla-pÄṇinÄ - by Lord Åšiva, who carries a trident in his hand; prahasya - laughing; bhÄva-gambhÄ«ram - with serious gravity; giriÅ›am - unto Lord Åšiva; pratyabhÄá¹£ata - replied.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: When Lord Viṣṇu was thus requested by Lord Åšiva, who carries a trident in his hand, He smiled with gravity and replied to Lord Åšiva as follows.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is known as YogeÅ›vara. Yatra yogeÅ›varaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ. Mystic yogÄ«s want to acquire some power by practicing the yoga system, but Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is known as the Supreme Lord of all mystic power. Lord Åšiva wanted to see the MohinÄ«-mÅ«rti, which was captivating the entire world, and Lord Viṣṇu was gravely thinking of how to captivate Lord Åšiva also. Therefore the word bhÄva-gambhÄ«ram is used here. The illusory, material energy is represented by DurgÄdevÄ«, who is the wife of GirÄ«Å›a, or Lord Åšiva. DurgÄdevÄ« could not captivate Lord Åšiva’s mind, but now that Lord Åšiva wanted to see Lord Viṣṇu’s feminine form, Lord Viṣṇu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Åšiva. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu was grave and at the same time was smiling.
