वत्स प्रह्राद भद्रं ते सत्यं कथय मा मृषा । बालानति कुतस्तुभ्यमेष बुद्धिविपर्यय: ॥ ९ ॥
vatsa prahrada bhadram te satyam kathaya ma mrsa balan ati kutas tubhyam esa buddhi-viparyayah
- vatsa
- O dear son
- prahrada
- Prahlada
- bhadram te
- all blessings and good fortune unto you
- satyam
- the truth
- kathaya
- speak
- ma
- do not
- mrsa
- a lie
- balan ati
- passing over the other demon boys
- kutah
- from where
- tubhyam
- unto you
- esah
- this
- buddhi
- of the intelligence
- viparyayah
- pollution.
Dear son Prahlada, all peace and good fortune unto you. Kindly do not speak lies; just reply with the truth. These boys you see are not like you, for they do not speak in a deviant way. How have you learned these instructions? How has your intelligence been spoiled in this way?