वृत्रस्तु स कथं पाप: सर्वलोकोपतापन: । इत्थं दृढमति: कृष्ण आसीत्सङ्ग्राम उल्बणे ॥ ६ ॥
vrtras tu sa katham papah sarva-lokopatapanah ittham drdha-matih krsna asit sangrama ulbane
- vrtrah
- Vrtrasura
- tu
- but
- sah
- he
- katham
- how
- papah
- although sinful (getting the body of a demon)
- sarva-loka
- of all the three worlds
- upatapanah
- the cause of suffering
- ittham
- such
- drdha-matih
- firmly fixed intelligence
- krsne
- in Krsna
- asit
- there was
- sangrame ulbane
- in the great blazing fire of battle.
Vrtrasura 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 Krsna conscious?