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    "name":"SB 6.9.18",
    "h1":"SB 6.9.18",
    "label":"Text 18",
    "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.9.18",
    "description":"That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvaṣṭā, covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore he was named Vṛtra, or one who covers everything."
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====== SB 6.9.18 ======

===== Text =====

> yenāvṛtā ime lokās
> tapasā tvāṣṭra-mūrtinā
> sa vai vṛtra iti proktaḥ
> pāpaḥ parama-dāruṇaḥ

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:y:yena]]---by whom; [[synonyms:ā:āvṛtāḥ]]---covered; [[synonyms:i:ime]]---all these; [[synonyms:l:lokāḥ]]---planets; [[synonyms:t:tapasā]]---by the austerity; [[synonyms:t:tvāṣṭra]]-[[synonyms:m:mūrtinā]]---in the form of the son of Tvaṣṭā; [[synonyms:s:saḥ]]---he; [[synonyms:v:vai]]---indeed; [[synonyms:v:vṛtraḥ]]---Vṛtra; [[synonyms:i:iti]]---thus; [[synonyms:p:proktaḥ]]---called; [[synonyms:p:pāpaḥ]]---personified sin; [[synonyms:p:parama]]-[[synonyms:d:dāruṇaḥ]]---very fearful.

===== Translation =====

**That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvaṣṭā, covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore he was named Vṛtra, or one who covers everything.**

===== Purport =====

In the //Vedas// it is said, //sa imāḹ lokān āvṛṇot tad vṛtrasya vṛtratvam:// because the demon covered all the planetary systems, his name was Vṛtrāsura.