Text 7] Vrtrasura’s Glorious Death 221
Rraqirsatadtai
aaa «= ged AAA UN 9 Il
yuyutsatam kutracid atatayinam
Jayah sadaikatra na vai paratmandm
vinaikam utpatti-laya-sthitisvaram
sarvajiam ddyam purusam sanatanam
yuyutsatam—of those who are belligerent; kutracit—sometimes;
Gtatayinam—armed with weapons; jayah—victory; sada—always;
ekatra—in one place; na—not; vai—indeed; para-dtmandm—of the
subordinate living entities, who work only under the direction of the
Supersoul; vind—except; ekam—one; utpatti—of the creation; laya—
annihilation; sthiti—and maintenance; isvaram—the controller; sarva-
jiam—who knows everything (past, present and future); ddyam—the
original; purusam—enjoyer; sandtanam—eternal.
TRANSLATION
Vrtrasura continued: O Indra, no one is guaranteed of being al-
ways victorious but the original enjoyer, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Bhagavan. 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-gita (15.15):
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jianam apohanam ca
“Tam seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance,
knowledge and forgetfulness.” When two parties fight, the fighting ac-
tually goes on under the direction of the Supreme Personality of God-
head, who is Paramatma, the Supersoul. Elsewhere in the Gita (3.27) the
Lord says:
