Canto 1: Creation Chapter 19: The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.1

Canto 1: Creation Chapter 19: The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.1

sūta uvāca

mahī-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyaḿ

vicintayann ātma-kṛtaḿ sudurmanāḥ

aho mayā nīcam anārya-vat kṛtaḿ

nirāgasi brahmaṇi gūḍha-tejasi

SYNONYMS

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

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.