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  "name":"SB 8.9.27",
  "h1":"SB 8.9.27",
  "label":"Text 27",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.9.27",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 8.9.27

Text

pīta-prāye 'mṛte devair
bhagavān loka-bhāvanaḥ
paśyatām asurendrāṇāṁ
svaṁ rūpaṁ 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.