CHAPTER NINETEEN
Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
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सूत उवाच
महीपतिस्त्वथ तत्कर्म गर्ह विचिन्तयन्नात्मकृतं सुदुर्मनाः । अहो मया नीचमनार्यवत्कृतं निरागसि ब्रह्मणि गूढतेजसि ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca
mahī-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyam vicintayann ātma-kṛtam sudurmanāḥ aho mayā nīcam anārya-vat kṛtam nirāgasi brahmaṇi gūḍha-tejasi
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;  sudurmanāḥ —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 Parākṣit] 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
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