त्वं वासुदेवो भगवानवतीर्णो जगत्पति: । इति प्रस्तोभितो बालैर्मेन आत्मानमच्युतम् ॥ २ ॥
tvaṁ vāsudevo bhagavān avatīṛno jagat-patiḥ iti prastobhito bālair mena ātmānam acyutam
- 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
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.