286 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 8

Dhanvantari’s hand and began to run away, and the demigods, being
very morose, took shelter of Visnu. After the demons snatched the jug
from Dhanvantari, they began to fight among themselves. Lord Visnu
solaced the demigods, who therefore did not fight, but remained silent.
While the fighting was going on among the demons, the Lord Himself
appeared as the incarnation Mohini, the most beautiful woman in the
universe.

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Sri-Suka uvdca
pite gare ursdrikena
pritas te ’mara-danavah
mamanthus tarasé sindhum
havirdhani tato *bhavat

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; pite—was drunk;
gare—when the poison; vrsa-arikena—by Lord Siva, who sits on a bull;
pritah—being pleased; te—all of them; amara—the demigods;
danavah—and the demons; mamanthuh—again began to churn;
tarasd—with great force; sindhum—the ocean of milk; havirdhadni—the
surabhi cow, who is the source of clarified butter; tatah—from that
churning; abhavat—was generated.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Upon Lord Siva’s drinking the
poison, both the demigods and the demons, being very pleased,
began to churn the ocean with renewed vigor. As a result of this,
there appeared a cow known as surabhi.

PURPORT

The surabhi cow is described as havirdhani, the source of butter. But-
ter, when clarified by melting, produces ghee, or clarified butter, which
