iti te bhagavad-yācñāḿ
śṛṇvanto 'pi na śuśruvuḥ
kṣudrāśā bhūri-karmāṇo
bāliśā vṛddha-māninaḥ
iti -- thus; te -- they, the brahmanas; bhagavat -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yacnam -- the supplication; srinvantah -- hearing; api -- although; na susruvuh -- they did not hear; kshudra-asah -- full of petty desire; bhuri-karmanah -- entangled in elaborate ritualistic activities; balisah -- childish fools; vriddha-maninah -- presuming themselves to be wise men.
The brahmanas 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.
These childish brahmanas were full of petty desires, such as the desire to attain to material heaven, and therefore they could not recognize the golden transcendental opportunity offered them by the arrival of Krishna's personal boyfriends. Presently, throughout the world, people are madly pursuing material advancement and thus cannot hear the message of the Supreme Lord Krishna that is being broadcast through the missionary activities of the Krishna consciousness movement. Times have hardly changed, and proud, materialistic priests are still prevalent on the earth.
