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ŚB 6.17.39

Devanagari

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
वृत्रस्यासुरजातेश्च कारणं भगवन्मते: ॥ ३९ ॥

Text

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṁ
yan māṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi
vṛtrasyāsura-jāteś ca
kāraṇaṁ bhagavan-mateḥ

Synonyms

etat — this; te — unto you; sarvam — all; ākhyātam — explained; yat — which; mām — me; tvam — you; paripṛcchasi — asked; vṛtrasya — of Vṛtrāsura; asura-jāteḥ — whose birth was in a species of asuras; ca — and; kāraṇam — the cause; bhagavat-mateḥ — of exalted intelligence in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Translation

My dear King Parīkṣit, you inquired from me how Vṛtrāsura, a great devotee, took birth in a demoniac family. Thus I have tried to explain to you everything about this.