Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 23 Text 9 – April 28, 2021

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Canto 10 Chapter 23 Text 9

iti te bhagavad-yācñāṁ
śṛṇvanto ’pi na śuśruvuḥ
kṣudrāśā bhūri-karmāṇo
bāliśā vṛddha-māninaḥ

TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇas heard this supplication from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet they refused to pay heed. Indeed, they were full of petty desires and entangled in elaborate rituals. Though presuming themselves advanced in Vedic learning, they were actually inexperienced fools.