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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 12]
Therefore the word  bhāva-gambhīram  is used here. The illusory, material energy is represented by Durgādevī, who is the wife of Giriśa, or Lord Śiva. Durgādevī could not captivate Lord Śiva's mind, but now that Lord Śiva wanted to see Lord Viṣṇu's feminine form, Lord Viṣṇu, by His mystic power, would assume a form that would captivate even Lord Śiva. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu was grave and at the same time was smiling.
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श्रीभगवानुवाच
कौतूहलाय दैत्यानां योषिद्वेषो मया धृतः । पश्यता सुरकार्याणि गते पीयूषमाजने ॥१५॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca kautūhalāya daityānām yoṣid-veṣo mayā dhṛtaḥ paśyatā sura-kāryāṇi gate pīyūṣa-bhājane
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;  kautūhalāya —for the bewildering;  daityānām —of the demons;  yoṣit-veṣaḥ —the form of a beautiful woman;  mayā —by Me;  dhṛtaḥ —assumed;  paśyatā —seeing that it is necessary for Me;  sura-kāryāṇi —for executing the interests of the demigods;  gate —having been taken away;  pīyūṣa-bhājane —the jug of nectar.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: When the demons took away the jug of nectar, I assumed the form of a beautiful woman to bewilder them by directly cheating them and thus to act in the interest of the demigods.
PURPORT
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead assumed the form of the beautiful woman Mohinī-mūrti, the demons were certainly captivated, but the demigods present were not. In other words, those who maintain a demoniac mentality are bewildered by the beauty of a woman, but those