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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.17
SYNONYMS
dhanvantaram -- the incarnation of Godhead named Dhanvantari; dvadasamam -- the twelfth in the line; trayodasamam -- the thirteenth in the line; eva -- certainly; ca -- and; apayayat -- gave to drink; suran -- the demigods; anyan -- others; mohinya -- by charming beauty; mohayan -- alluring; striya -- in the form of a woman.
TRANSLATION
In the twelfth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth He allured the atheists by the charming beauty of a woman and gave nectar to the demigods to drink.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness