Text 43]
The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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tad brūhi me mahā-yogin param kautūhalam guro nūnam etad dharer eva māyā bhavati nānyathā
tat brūhi—therefore please explain that; me—unto me; mahā-yogin—O great yogī; param—very much; kautūhalam—curiosity; guro—O my lord, my spiritual master; nūnam—otherwise; etat—this incident; hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva—indeed; māyā—the illusion; bhavati—becomes; na anyathā—nothing more.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa has many potencies:  parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate  (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8). The description of Aghāsura was disclosed after one year. Some act of Kṛṣṇa's potency must have been involved. Therefore Mahārāja Parikṣit was very curious to know about this, and he requested Śukadeva Gosvāmī to explain it.
TEXT 43
वयं धन्यतमा लोके गुरोऽपि क्षत्रबन्धवः । यत् पिबामो मुहुस्त्वत्तः पुण्यं कृष्णकथामृतम् ॥४३॥
vayam dhanyatamā loke guro 'pi kṣatra-bandhavaḥ vayam pibāmo muhus tvattaḥ puṇyam kṛṣṇa-kathāmṛtam
vayam—we are; dhanya-tamāḥ—most glorified; loke—in this world; guro—O my lord, my spiritual master; api—although; kṣatra-bandhavaḥ—the lowest of the kṣatriyas (because we did not act like kṣatriyas); vayam—we are; pibāmaḥ—drinking; muhuḥ—always; tvattaḥ—from you; puṇyam—pious; kṛṣṇa-kathā-amṛtam—the nectar of kṛṣṇa-kathā.