Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3

Sanskrit:

दूतं च प्राहिणोन्मन्द: कृष्णायाव्यक्तवर्त्मने ।द्वारकायां यथा बालो नृपो बालकृतोऽबुध: ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

dūtaṁ ca prāhiṇon mandaḥkṛṣṇāyāvyakta-vartmanedvārakāyāṁ yathā bālonṛpo bāla-kṛto ’budhaḥ

Translation:

Thus slow-witted King Pauṇḍraka sent a messenger to the inscrutable Lord Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā. Pauṇḍraka was acting just like an unintelligent child whom other children are pretending is a king.

Purport:

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the reason Śukadeva Gosvāmī here mentions for the second time that Pauṇḍraka sent a message to Lord Kṛṣṇa is that the great sage is astonished at Pauṇḍraka’s extreme foolishness.