Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.1

sūta uvāca

mahī-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyam

vicintayann ātma-kritam sudurmanāh

aho mayā nīcam anārya-vat kritam

nirāgasi brahmani gūdha-tejasi

SYNONYMS

sūtah uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; mahī-patih — the King; tu — but; atha — thus (while coming back home); tat — that; karma — act; garhyam — abominable; vicintayan — thus thinking; ātma-kritam — done by himself; su-durmanāh — very much depressed; aho — alas; mayā — by me; nīcam — heinous; anārya — uncivilized; vat — like; kritam — done; nirāgasi — unto one who is faultless; brahmani — unto a brāhmana; gūdha — grave; tejasi — unto the powerful.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: While returning home, the King [Mahārāja Parīkshit] felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brāhmana was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed.

PURPORT

The pious King regretted his accidental improper treatment of the powerful brāhmana, 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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