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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.39
etat te sarvam ākhyātaḿ
yan māḿ tvaḿ paripṛcchasi
vṛtrasyāsura-jāteś ca
kāraṇaḿ 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.
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