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Vṛtrāsura's Glorious Death
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विनैकमुत्पत्तित्यस्थितोश्वरं
सर्वज्ञमाघं पुरुषं सनातनम् ॥ ७ ॥
yuyutsatām kutracid ātatāyinām
jayaḥ sadaikatra na vai parātmanām
vinaikam utpatti-laya-sthitīśvaram
sarvajñam ādyam puruṣam sanātanam
yuyutsatām —of those who are belligerent;  kutracit —sometimes;  ātatāyinām —armed with weapons;  jayaḥ —victory;  sadā —always;  ekatra —in one place;  na —not;  vai —indeed;  para-ātmanām —of the subordinate living entities, who work only under the direction of the Supersoul;  vinā —except;  ekam —one;  utpatti —of the creation;  laya —annihilation;  sthiti —and maintenance;  īśvaram —the controller;  sarva-jñam —who knows everything (past, present and future);  ādyam —the original;  puruṣam —enjoyer;  sanātanam —eternal.
TRANSLATION
Vṛtrāsura continued: O Indra, no one is guaranteed of being always victorious but the original enjoyer, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavān. He is the cause of creation, maintenance and annihilation, and He knows everything. Being dependent and being obliged to accept material bodies, belligerent subordinates are sometimes victorious and sometimes defeated.
PURPORT
The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15):
sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo
mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” When two parties fight, the fighting actually goes on under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is Paramātmā, the Supersoul. Elsewhere in the  Gītā  (3.27) the Lord says: