धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च । अपाययत्सुरानन्यान्मोहिन्या मोहयन् स्त्रिया ॥ १७ ॥
dhanvantaram dvadasamam trayodasamam eva ca apayayat suran anyan mohinya mohayan striya
- 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.
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.