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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.1
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- sūta uvāca
- mahī-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyaṁ
- vicintayann ātma-kṛtaṁ sudurmanāḥ
- aho mayā nīcam anārya-vat kṛtaṁ
- nirāgasi brahmaṇi gūḍha-tejasi
sūtaḥSūta Gosvāmī said uvācaSūta Gosvāmī said — Sūta Gosvāmī said; mahīthe King-patiḥthe King — the King; tubut — but; athathus (while coming back home) — thus (while coming back home); tatthat — that; karmaact — act; garhyamabominable — abominable; vicintayanthus thinking — thus thinking; ātmadone by himself-kṛtamdone by himself — done by himself; suvery much depressed-durmanāḥvery much depressed — very much depressed; ahoalas — alas; mayāby me — by me; nīcamheinous — heinous; anāryauncivilized — uncivilized; vatlike — like; kṛtamdone — done; nirāgasiunto one who is faultless — unto one who is faultless; brahmaṇiunto a brāhmaṇa — unto a brāhmaṇa; gūḍhagrave — grave; tejasiunto the powerful — unto the powerful.
Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said: While returning home, the King [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brāhmaṇa was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed.
The pious King regretted his accidental improper treatment of the powerful brāhmaṇa, 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.