एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
वृत्रस्यासुरजातेश्च कारणं भगवन्मतेः ॥३९॥

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

 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.


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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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