Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.74.32
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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pātra - vidām
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of knowers of worthy candidates
Compound: pātra (vessel, fit recipient) + vid (knower). Pātra is the Vedic word for one fit to receive an offering. Śiśupāla flatters the assembly as pātra-vid, the experts on fitness — but it is precisely they who have already silently agreed with Sahadeva.
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sadasaḥ - patayaḥ
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O leaders of the assembly
Vocative — Śiśupāla addresses the same sadasaḥ-patīn whom Yudhiṣṭhira honored in verse 17. He is trying to pry them away from the same conclusion they had already reached.
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sammataḥ
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chosen, agreed upon
From sam + √man (to think together). Sammati = consensus. Śiśupāla disputes the very sammati that has just formed — knowing that consensus is what makes agra-pūjā binding.
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bāla - bhāṣitam
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the statements of a boy
Compound: bāla (boy) + bhāṣita (what is spoken). The dismissive phrase. Gauḍīyas: nothing reveals the demon faster than dismissing a devotee's words by reference to their age, station, or background instead of by reference to their content.
"O leaders of the assembly, do not accept the words of a child by which Krsna was selected as the first worshipped." However another meaning by the skill of Sarasvati is "Duryodhana and other members of the opposition, do not regard these as a child’s words. They are actually the words of the veda."
“Who has such intelligence?” You do. Do not give regard to the words of Sahadeva, a boy. Now you should reverse the worship since you are the best knowers of who is qualified, not this boy. From his words, Kṛṣṇa had been accepted for worship. He uses the name Kṛṣṇa directly to criticize him. The real meaning of his words is “The Vedas are true, but do not give regard to my foolish (bālasya) words since you are knowers of who is qualified for worship, since Kṛṣṇa, para -brahman in human form, is accepted for worship.”
- Where am I being asked to trust 'authority' against what my heart already knows?
- What discernment helps me tell good authority from manipulative appeal?
When the head of a household says 'do not listen to the youngest', the eldest sometimes hears it as wisdom. Śiśupāla flatters the sabha-leaders — you are the knowers; ignore the boy — hoping to recruit the seniors against Sahadeva. The seniors are silent, which is its own answer.
My note
Source: vedabase.io