22 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 9
PURPORT
Since Rahu had become immortal, Lord Brahma accepted him as one
of the grahas, or planets, like the moon and the sun. Rahu, however,
being an eternal enemy of the moon and sun, attacks them periodically
during the nights of the full moon and the dark moon.
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pita-praye ’mrte devair
bhagavan loka-bhavanah
pasyatam asurendranam
svam riipam jagrhe harih
pita-praye—when almost finished being drunk; amrte—the nectar;
devaih—by the demigods; bhagavén—the Supreme Personality of God-
head as Mohini-marti; loka-bhavanah—the maintainer and well-wisher
of the three worlds; pasyatam—in the presence of; asura-indranam—
all the demons, with their chiefs; syam—own; ripam—form; jagrhe—
manifested; harih—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.
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