Bhagavata Purana 8.19.18
Srimad Bhagavatam · 19 · Verse 18
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Sanskrit Original
श्रीबलिरुवाच अहो ब्राह्मणदायाद वाचस्ते वृद्धसम्मता: । त्वं बालो बालिशमति: स्वार्थं प्रत्यबुधो यथा ॥ १८ ॥
śrī-balir uvāca aho brāhmaṇa-dāyāda vācas te vṛddha-sammatāḥ tvaṁ bālo bāliśa-matiḥ svārthaṁ praty abudho yathā
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Bali Mahārāja said: O son of a brāhmaṇa, 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.