Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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athāha pauṇḍrakaṁ śaurir
bho bho pauṇḍraka yad bhavān
dūta-vākyena mām āha
tāny astraṇy utsṛjāmi te

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

Lord Kṛṣṇa then addressed Pauṇḍraka: My dear Pauṇḍraka, the very weapons you spoke of through your messenger, I now release unto you.

PURPORT

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes as follows in Kṛṣṇa:

“At this time Lord Kṛṣṇa told Pauṇḍraka, ‘Pauṇḍraka, you requested Me to give up the symbols of Lord Viṣṇu, specifically My disc. Now I will give it up to you. Be careful! You falsely declare yourself to be Vāsudeva, imitating Me. Therefore no one is a greater fool than you.’ From this statement of Kṛṣṇa’s it is clear that any rascal who advertises himself as God is the greatest fool in human society.”



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