isah -- the supreme controller; duratyayah -- unavoidable; kalah -- time; iti -- thus; satya-vati -- truthful; srutih -- the revealed statement of the Vedas; vriddhanam -- of elder authorities; api -- even; yat -- since; buddhih -- the intelligence; bala -- of a boy; vakyaih -- by the words; vibhidyate -- is diverted.

[Sisupala said:] The statement of the Vedas that time is the unavoidable controller of all has indeed been proven true, since the intelligence of wise elders has now become diverted by the words of a mere boy.