Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.2

tvaḿ vāsudevo bhagavān

avatīṛno jagat-patiḥ

iti prastobhito bālair

mena ātmānam acyutam

SYNONYMS

tvam — you; vāsudevaḥ — Vāsudeva; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; avatīrṇaḥ — descended; jagat — of the universe; patiḥ — the master; iti — thus; prastobhitaḥ — emboldened with flattery; bālaiḥ — by childish men; mene — he imagined; ātmānam — himself; acyutam — the infallible Lord.

TRANSLATION

Pauṇḍraka was emboldened by the flattery of childish men, who told him, "You are Vāsudeva, the Supreme Lord and master of the universe, who have now descended to the earth." Thus he imagined himself to be the infallible Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

Pauṇḍraka foolishly accepted the flattery of ignorant persons.

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