भवतामपि भूयान्मे यदि श्रद्दधते वच: । वैशारदी धी: श्रद्धात: स्त्रीबालानां च मे यथा ॥ १७ ॥
bhavatam api bhuyan me yadi sraddadhate vacah vaisaradi dhih sraddhatah stri-balanam ca me yatha
- bhavatam
- of yourselves
- api
- also
- bhuyat
- it may be
- me
- of me
- yadi
- if
- sraddadhate
- you believe in
- vacah
- the words
- vaisaradi
- of the most expert, or in relation with the Supreme Lord
- dhih
- intelligence
- sraddhatah
- because of firm faith
- stri
- of women
- balanam
- of small boys
- ca
- also
- me
- of me
- yatha
- just as.
Prahlada Maharaja continued: My dear friends, if you can place your faith in my words, simply by that faith you can also understand transcendental knowledge, just like me, although you are small children. Similarly, a woman can also understand transcendental knowledge and know what is spirit and what is matter.