Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.19.1

suta uvaca

mahi-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyam

vicintayann atma-krtam sudurmanah

aho maya nicam anarya-vat krtam

niragasi brahmani gudha-tejasi

SYNONYMS

sutah uvaca -- Suta Gosvami said; mahi-patih -- the King; tu -- but; atha -- thus (while coming back home); tat -- that; karma -- act; garhyam -- abominable; vicintayan -- thus thinking; atma-krtam -- done by himself; su-durmanah -- very much depressed; aho -- alas; maya -- by me; nicam -- heinous; anarya -- uncivilized; vat -- like; krtam -- done; niragasi -- unto one who is faultless; brahmani -- unto a brahmana; gudha -- grave; tejasi -- unto the powerful.

TRANSLATION

Sri Suta Gosvami said: While returning home, the King [Maharaja Pariksit] felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brahmana was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed.

PURPORT

The pious King regretted his accidental improper treatment of the powerful brahmana, who was faultless. Such repentance is natural for a good man like the King, and such repentance delivers a devotee from all kinds of sins accidentally committed. The devotees are naturally faultless. Accidental sins committed by a devotee are sincerely regretted, and by the grace of the Lord all sins unwillingly committed by a devotee are burnt in the fire of repentance.

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