Shloka 107
दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः
मायया मोहयित्वा तान् विष्णुः स्त्रीरूपम् आस्थितः दानवेभ्यस् तद् आदाय देवेभ्यः प्रददौ विभुः
māyayā mohayitvā tān viṣṇuḥ strīrūpam āsthitaḥ dānavebhyas tad ādāya devebhyaḥ pradadau vibhuḥ
Les ayant égarés par sa propre māyā, Viṣṇu prit une forme de femme ; il retira cet amṛta aux Dānavas et, le Seigneur omniprésent, le donna aux Devas.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents Mohinī (Vishnu’s woman-form) as a deliberate manifestation of divine māyā used to protect dharma—ensuring amṛta goes to the Devas rather than the Dānavas.
Parāśara depicts māyā not as mere illusion but as Vishnu’s sovereign power to regulate events in the cosmos—bewildering the unrighteous and securing the intended moral order.
Vishnu is shown as Vibhu—the all-pervading Supreme—who actively intervenes through form and strategy to uphold cosmic balance, revealing His supremacy over both Devas and Dānavas.