श्रीपरीक्षिदुवाच रजस्तम:स्वभावस्य ब्रह्मन् वृत्रस्य पाप्मन: । नारायणे भगवति कथमासीद् दृढा मति: ॥ १ ॥
sri-pariksid uvaca rajas-tamah-svabhavasya brahman vrtrasya papmanah narayane bhagavati katham asid drdha matih
- sri-pariksit uvaca
- King Pariksit inquired
- rajah
- of the mode of passion
- tamah
- and of the mode of ignorance
- sva-bhavasya
- having a nature
- brahman
- O learned brahmana
- vrtrasya
- of Vrtrasura
- papmanah
- who was supposedly sinful
- narayane
- in Lord Narayana
- bhagavati
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- katham
- how
- asit
- was there
- drdha
- very strong
- matih
- consciousness.
King Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: O learned brahmana, demons are generally sinful, being obsessed with the modes of passion and ignorance. How, then, could Vrtrasura have attained such exalted love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana?