# SB 6.17.39 ## Text > etat te sarvam ākhyātaṁ > yan māṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi > vṛtrasyāsura-jāteś ca > kāraṇaṁ 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.**