tad brÅ«hi me mahÄ-yogin
paraṠkautūhalaṠguro
nūnam etad dharer eva
mÄyÄ bhavati nÄnyathÄ
tat brÅ«hi - therefore please explain that; me - unto me; mahÄ-yogin - O great yogÄ«; param - very much; kautÅ«halam - curiosity; guro - O my lord, my spiritual master; nÅ«nam - otherwise; etat - this incident; hareḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva - indeed; mÄyÄ - the illusion; bhavati - becomes; na anyathÄ - nothing more.
O greatest yogī, my spiritual master, kindly describe why this happened. I am very much curious to know about it. I think that it was nothing but another illusion due to Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa has many potencies: parÄsya Å›aktir vividhaiva Å›rÅ«yate (ÅšvetÄÅ›vatara Upaniá¹£ad 6.8). The description of AghÄsura was disclosed after one year. Some act of Kṛṣṇa’s potency must have been involved. Therefore MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it was very curious to know about this, and he requested Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« to explain it.
