Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.6

vritras tu sa katham pāpah

sarva-lokopatāpanah

ittham dridha-matih krishna

āsīt sańgrāma ulbane

SYNONYMS

vritrah — Vritrāsura; tu — but; sah — he; katham — how; pāpah — although sinful (getting the body of a demon); sarva-loka — of all the three worlds; upatāpanah — the cause of suffering; ittham — such; dridha-matih — firmly fixed intelligence; krishne — in Krishna; āsīt — there was; sańgrāme ulbane — in the great blazing fire of battle.

TRANSLATION

Vritrāsura was situated in the blazing fire of battle and was an infamous, sinful demon, always engaged in giving troubles and anxieties to others. How could such a demon become so greatly Krishna conscious?

PURPORT

It has been described that a nārāyana-parāyana, a pure devotee, is rarely found even among millions and millions of persons. Therefore Parīkshit Mahārāja was surprised that Vritrāsura, whose purpose was to give trouble and anxiety to others, was one of these devotees, even on a battlefield. What was the reason for Vritrāsura's advancement?

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