श्रीबलिरुवाच अहो ब्राह्मणदायाद वाचस्ते वृद्धसम्मता: । त्वं बालो बालिशमति: स्वार्थं प्रत्यबुधो यथा ॥ १८ ॥
sri-balir uvaca aho brahmana-dayada vacas te vrddha-sammatah tvam balo balisa-matih svartham praty abudho yatha
- sri-balih uvaca
- Bali Maharaja said
- aho
- alas
- brahmana-dayada
- O son of a brahmana
- vacah
- the words
- te
- of You
- vrddha-sammatah
- are certainly acceptable to learned and elderly persons
- tvam
- You
- balah
- a boy
- balisa-matih
- without sufficient knowledge
- sva-artham
- self-interest
- prati
- toward
- abudhah
- not knowing sufficiently
- yatha
- as it should have been.
Bali Maharaja said: O son of a brahmana, Your instructions are as good as those of learned and elderly persons. Nonetheless, You are a boy, and Your intelligence is insufficient. Thus You are not very prudent in regard to Your self-interest.