दूतं च प्राहिणोन्मन्द: कृष्णायाव्यक्तवर्त्मने । द्वारकायां यथा बालो नृपो बालकृतोऽबुध: ॥ ३ ॥
dūtaṁ ca prāhiṇon mandaḥ kṛṣṇāyāvyakta-vartmane dvārakāyāṁ yathā bālo nṛpo bāla-kṛto ’budhaḥ
- 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
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.