श्रीनारद उवाच नातिचित्रमिदं विप्रा वसुदेवो बुभुत्सया । कृष्णं मत्वार्भकं यन्न: पृच्छति श्रेय आत्मन: ॥ ३० ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca nāti-citram idaṁ viprā vasudevo bubhutsayā kṛṣṇam matvārbhakaṁ yan naḥ pṛcchati śreya ātmanaḥ
- śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Nārada said
- na
- not
- ati
- very
- citram
- wonderful
- idam
- this
- viprāḥ
- O brāhmaṇas
- vasudevaḥ
- Vasudeva
- bubhutsayā
- with the desire of learning
- kṛṣṇam
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- matvā
- thinking
- arbhakam
- a boy
- yat
- the fact that
- naḥ
- from us
- pṛcchati
- he asks
- śreyaḥ
- about the highest good
- ātmanaḥ
- for himself
Śrī Nārada Muni said: O brāhmaṇas, it is not so amazing that in his eagerness to know, Vasudeva has asked us about his ultimate benefit, for he considers Kṛṣṇa a mere boy.