Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 74: The Deliverance of Śiśupāla at the Rājasūya Sacrifice

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.74.31

īśo duratyayaḥ kāla

iti satyavatī srutiḥ

vṛddhānām api yad buddhir

bāla-vākyair vibhidyate

SYNONYMS

īśaḥ — the supreme controller; duratyayaḥ — unavoidable; kālaḥ — time; iti — thus; satya-vatī — truthful; srutiḥ — the revealed statement of the Vedas; vṛddhānām — of elder authorities; api — even; yatsince; buddhiḥ — the intelligence; bāla — of a boy; vākyaiḥ — by the words; vibhidyate — is diverted.

TRANSLATION

[Śiśupāla said:] The statement of the Vedas that time is the unavoidable controller of all has indeed been proven true, since the intelligence of wise elders has now become diverted by the words of a mere boy.

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