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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 12]
declaring that one can glorify the Lord by nine kinds of devotional service, beginning with  śravaṇam kīrtanam .
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श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच
वृषध्वजो निशम्येदं योषिद्रूपेण दानवान् ।
मोहयित्वा सुरगणान्हरिः सोममपाययत् ॥ १ ॥
वृषमारुह्य गिरिशः सर्वभूतगणैर्वृतः ।
सह देव्या ययौ द्रष्टुं यत्रास्ते मधुमुदनः ॥ २ ॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇīr uvāca vṛṣa-dhvajo niśamyedam yoṣid-rūpeṇa dānavān mohayitvā sura-gaṇān hariḥ somam apāyayat
vṛṣam āruhya giriśaḥ sarva-bhūta-gaṇair vṛtaḥ saha devyā yayau draṣṭum yatrāste madhusūdanaḥ
śrī-bādarāyaṇīḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; vṛṣa-dhvajaḥ—Lord Śiva, who is carried by a bull; niśamya—hearing; idam—this (news); yoṣit-rūpeṇa—by assuming the form of a woman; dānavān—the demons; mohayitvā—enchanting; sura-gaṇān—unto the demigods; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; somam—nectar; apāyayat—caused to drink; vṛṣam—the bull; āruhya—mounting; giriśaḥ—Lord Śiva; sarva—all; bhūta-gaṇaiḥ—by the ghosts; vṛtaḥ—surrounded; saha devyā—with Umā; yayau—went; draṣṭum—to see; yatra—where; āste—stays; madhusūdanaḥ—Lord Viṣṇu.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, in the form of a woman, captivated the demons and enabled the demigods to drink the nectar. After hearing of these pastimes,