Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.3

dūtaḿ ca prāhiṇon mandaḥ

kṛṣṇāyāvyakta-vartmane

dvārakāyāḿ yathā bālo

nṛpo bāla-kṛto 'budhaḥ

SYNONYMS

dūtam — a messenger; ca — and; prāhiṇot — he sent; mandaḥ — slow-witted; kṛṣṇāya — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; avyakta — inscrutable; vartmane — whose path; dvārakāyām — at Dvārakā; yathā — as; bālaḥ — a boy; nṛpaḥ — king; bāla — by children; kṛtaḥ — made; abudhaḥ — unintelligent.

TRANSLATION

Thus slow-witted King Pauṇḍraka sent a messenger to the inscrutable Lord Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā. Pauṇḍraka was acting just like an unintelligent child whom other children are pretending is a king.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the reason Śukadeva Gosvāmī here mentions for the second time that Pauṇḍraka sent a message to Lord Kṛṣṇa is that the great sage is astonished at Pauṇḍraka's extreme foolishness.

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