Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 7: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.7.26

śrī-yadur uvāca

kuto buddhir iyaḿ brahmann

akartuḥ su-viśāradā

yām āsādya bhavāl lokaḿ

vidvāḿś carati bāla-vat

SYNONYMS

śrī-yaduḥ uvāca — King Yadu said; kutaḥ — from where; buddhiḥ — intelligence; iyam — this; brahmanO brāhmaṇa; akartuḥ — of one not engaged in any work; su-viśāradā — very broad; yām — which; āsādya — having acquired; bhavān — you; lokam — the world; vidvānin full knowledge; carati — travel; bāla-vat — like a child.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Yadu said: O brāhmaṇa, I see that you are not engaged in any practical religious activity, and yet you have acquired a most expert understanding of all things and all people within this world. Kindly tell me, sir, how did you acquire this extraordinary intelligence, and why are you traveling freely throughout the world behaving as if you were a child?

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