Shloka 4
Mohinī-mūrti Distributes Amṛta; Rāhu is Severed; Results Differ by Shelter
न वयं त्वामरैर्दैत्यै: सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणै: । नास्पृष्टपूर्वां जानीमो लोकेशैश्च कुतो नृभि: ॥ ४ ॥
na vayaṁ tvāmarair daityaiḥ siddha-gandharva-cāraṇaiḥ nāspṛṣṭa-pūrvāṁ jānīmo lokeśaiś ca kuto nṛbhiḥ
न वयं त्वां अमरैर्दैत्यैः सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणैः, लोकेशैश्च कुतो नृभिः, नास्पृष्टपूर्वां जानीमः; न तु तव स्वरूपं न विद्मः।
Even the asuras observed the etiquette that no one should address a married woman with lust. The great analyst Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, mātṛvat para-dāreṣu: one should consider another’s wife to be one’s mother. The asuras, the demons, took it for granted that the beautiful young woman, Mohinī-mūrti, who had arrived before them, was certainly not married. Therefore they assumed that no one in the world, including the demigods, the Gandharvas, the Cāraṇas and the Siddhas, had ever touched Her. The demons knew that the young girl was unmarried, and therefore they dared to address Her. They supposed that the young girl, Mohinī-mūrti, had come there to find a husband among all those present (the Daityas, the demigods, the Gandharvas and so on).
FAQs
Mohinī is Lord Viṣṇu’s enchanting female incarnation, who appears during the churning of the ocean to accomplish the Lord’s purpose—especially to protect the devas and manage the distribution of nectar.
Because Mohinī-mūrti is an extraordinary, unprecedented manifestation of the Lord’s māyā-śakti—so unique that even celestial beings and world-rulers do not recognize her.
It teaches humility: reality and divine arrangement can be beyond our prior experience, so one should remain receptive, prayerful, and aligned with dharma when faced with the unexpected.