Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवमभ्यर्थितो विष्णुर्भगवान् शूलपाणिना । प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरं गिरिशं प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १४ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
evam abhyarthito viṣṇur
bhagavān śūla-pāṇinā
prahasya bhāva-gambhīraṁ
giriśaṁ pratyabhāṣata
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
evam
—
in this way
;
abhyarthitaḥ
—
being requested
;
viṣṇuḥ bhagavān
—
Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
śūla
—
pāṇinā — by Lord Śiva, who carries a trident in his hand
;
prahasya
—
laughing
;
bhāva
—
gambhīram — with serious gravity
;
giriśam
—
unto Lord Śiva
;
pratyabhāṣata
—
replied .
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Lord Viṣṇu was thus requested by Lord Śiva, who carries a trident in his hand, He smiled with gravity and replied to Lord Śiva as follows.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Lord Viṣṇu was thus requested by Lord Śiva, holder of the trident, he smiled and replied to Lord Śiva with mysterious words.
The Lord smiled. “If you desire to see the form of Mohinī in order to announce to the people your own power of yoga, all this will certainly be revealed to you.” He then spoke words which even Śiva could not understand.
Purport
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is known as Yogeśvara.
Yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
. Mystic
yogīs
want to acquire some power by practicing the
yoga
system, but Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is known as the Supreme Lord of all mystic power. Lord Śiva wanted to see the Mohinī-mūrti, which was captivating the entire world, and Lord Viṣṇu was gravely thinking of how to captivate Lord Śiva also. Therefore the word
bhāva-gambhīram
is used here. The illusory, material energy is represented by Durgādevī, who is the wife of Girīśa, 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.