brahman vrtrasya papmanah
sri-pariksit uvaca-King Pariksit inquired; rajah-of the mode of passion; tamah-and of the mode of ignorance; sva-bhavasya-having a nature; brahman-O learned brahmana; vrtrasya-of Vrtrasura; papmanah-who was supposedly sinful; narayane-in Lord Narayana; bhagavati-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; katham-how; asit-was there; drdha-very strong; matih-consciousness.