Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 9: The Lord Incarnates as Mohini-Murti. Text 27

पीतप्रायेऽमृते देवैर्भगवान् लोकभावनः ।
पश्यतामसुरेन्द्राणां स्वं रूपं जगृहे हरिः ॥२७॥

pÄ«ta-prÄye 'má¹›te devair
bhagavÄn loka-bhÄvanaḥ
paÅ›yatÄm asurendrÄṇÄá¹
svaṠrūpaṠjagṛhe hariḥ

 pÄ«ta-prÄye - when almost finished being drunk; amá¹›te - the nectar; devaiḥ - by the demigods; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead as MohinÄ«-mÅ«rti; loka-bhÄvanaḥ - the maintainer and well-wisher of the three worlds; paÅ›yatÄm - in the presence of; asura-indrÄṇÄm - all the demons, with their chiefs; svam - own; rÅ«pam - form; jagá¹›he - manifested; hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


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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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