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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 5]
buddhi-bhedaḥ para-kṛta utāho te svato 'bhavat bhaṇyatām śrotu-kāmānām gurūṇām kula-nandana
buddhi-bhedaḥ —pollution of the intelligence;  para-kṛtaḥ —done by the enemies;  utāho —or;  te —of you;  svataḥ —by yourself;  abhavat —was;  bhaṇyatām —let it be told;  śrotu-kāmānām —to us, who are very eager to hear about it;  gurūṇām —all your teachers;  kula-nandana —O best of your family.
TRANSLATION
O best of your family, has this pollution of your intelligence been brought about by you or by the enemies? We are all your teachers and are very eager to hear about this. Please tell us the truth.
PURPORT
Prahlāda Mahārāja's teachers were astonished that a small boy could speak such exalted Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Therefore they inquired about the Vaiṣṇavas who stealthily taught it to him, in order that these Vaiṣṇavas might be arrested and killed in the presence of Prahlāda's father, Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच
परः स्वश्चेत्यसद्ग्राहः पुंसां यन्मायया कृतः । विमोहितधियां दृष्टस्तस्मै मगवते नमः ॥११॥
śrī-prahrāda uvāca paraḥ svaś cety asad-grāhaḥ puṁsām yan-māyayā kṛtaḥ vimohita-dhiyām dṛṣṭas tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
śrī-prahrādaḥ uvāca —Prahlāda Mahārāja replied;  paraḥ —an enemy;  svaḥ —a kinsman or friend;  ca —also;  iti —thus;  asat-grāhaḥ —material conception of life;  puṁsām —of persons;  yat —of whom;  māyayā —by