206 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 17

yatra kva vabhadram abhiid amusya kim
ko vartha apto ’bhajatam sva-dharmatah

(Bhag. 1.5.17)

Once one is advanced in devotional service, his spiritual assets are never
lost under any circumstances. Whatever spiritual advancement he has
achieved continues. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita. Even if a
bhakti-yogi falls, he takes birth in a rich family or family of brah-
manas, in which he again starts devotional activities from the point
where he left off. Although Vrtrasura was known as an asura, or demon,
he did not lose his consciousness of Krsna or devotional service.

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aad aad Fat a ohtueate |
TAA AT | ATIeMA? 1881

etat te sarvam akhydtam

yan mam tvam pariprechasi
urtrasydsura-jates ca

karanam bhagavan-mateh

etat—this; te—unto you; sarvam—all; dkhydtam—explained; yat—
which; ma@m—me; tvam—you; pariprechasi—asked; vrtrasya—of
Vrtrasura; asura-jateh—whose birth was in a species of asuras; ca—
and; karanam—the cause; bhagavat-mateh—of exalted intelligence in
Krsna consciousness.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Pariksit, you inquired from me how Vrtrasura, a
great devotee, took birth in ademoniac family. Thus I have tried to
explain to you everything about this.

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efacratd got = faakataeraa: |
Aree d MPAA FT THMSTEATA |v oll
