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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 19]
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.
TEXT 2
धुवं ततो मे कृतदेवहलनाद् 
  दुरत्ययं व्यसनं नातिदीर्घात् । 
  तदस्तु कामं ह्यधनिष्कृताय मे 
  यथा न कुर्यां पुनरेवमद्भा ॥ २ ॥
dhruvam tato me kṛta-deva-helanād 
  duratyayam vyasanam nāti-dīrghāt 
  tad astu kāmam hy agha-niṣkṛtāya me 
  yathā na kuryām punar evam addhā
dhruvam—sure and certain; tataḥ—therefore; me—my; kṛta-deva-helanāt—  
  because of disobeying the orders of the Lord;  duratyayam—very difficult;  
 vyasanam—calamity; na—not; ati—greatly; dīrghāt—far off; tat—that; astu—  
  let it be;  kāmam—desire without reservations; hi—certainly; agha—sins;  
 niṣkṛtāya—for getting free; me—my; yathā—so that; na—never; kuryām—  
  shall I do it;  punaḥ—again; evam—as I have done; addhā—directly.
TRANSLATION
[King Parīkṣit thought:] Due to my neglecting the injunctions of the Supreme Lord I must certainly expect some difficulty to overcome me in the near future. I now desire without reservation that the calamity come now, for in this way I may be freed of the sinful action and not commit such an offense again.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord enjoins that  brāhmaṇas  and cows must be given all protection. The Lord is Himself very much inclined to do good to  brāhmaṇas  and cows ( go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca ). Mahārāja Parīkṣit knew all this, and thus he concluded that his insulting a powerful  brāhmaṇa  was