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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 12]
so 'haṁ tad draṣṭum icchāmi yat te yoṣid-vapur dhṛtam
avatārāḥ—incarnations; mayā—by me; drṣṭāḥ—have been seen; ramamāṇasya—while You demonstrate Your various pastimes; te—of You; guṇaiḥ—by the manifestations of transcendental qualities; saḥ—Lord Śiva; aham—I; tat—that incarnation; draṣṭum icchāmi—wish to see; yat—which; te—of You; yoṣit-vapuḥ—the body of a woman; dhṛtam—was accepted.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, I have seen all kinds of incarnations You have exhibited by Your transcendental qualities, and now that You have appeared as a beautiful young woman, I wish to see that form of Your Lordship.
PURPORT
When Lord Śiva approached Lord Viṣṇu, Lord Viṣṇu inquired about the purpose for Lord Śiva's coming there. Now Lord Śiva discloses his desire. He wanted to see the recent incarnation of Mohinī-mūrti, which Lord Viṣṇu had assumed to distribute the nectar generated from the churning of the ocean of milk.
TEXT 13
येन सम्मोहिता दैत्याः पायिताश्चामृतं सुराः ।
तद् दिद्ध्वव आयाताः परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥१३॥
yena sammohitā daityāḥ pāyitāś cāmṛtaṁ surāḥ tad didṛkṣava āyātāḥ paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi naḥ
yena—by such an incarnation; sammohitāḥ—were captivated; daityāḥ—the demons; pāyitāḥ—were fed; ca—also; amṛtam—nectar; surāḥ—the demigods; tat—that form; didṛkṣavaḥ—desiring to see; āyātāḥ—we have come here; paraṁ—very much; kautūhalaṁ—great eagerness; hi—indeed; naḥ—of ourselves.