सूत उवाच महीपतिस्त्वथ तत्कर्म गर्ह्यं विचिन्तयन्नात्मकृतं सुदुर्मना: । अहो मया नीचमनार्यवत्कृतं निरागसि ब्रह्मणि गूढतेजसि ॥ १ ॥
suta uvaca mahi-patis tv atha tat-karma garhyam vicintayann atma-krtam sudurmanah aho maya nicam anarya-vat krtam niragasi brahmani gudha-tejasi
- sutah uvaca
- Suta Gosvami said
- mahi-patih
- the King
- tu
- but
- atha
- thus (while coming back home)
- tat
- that
- karma
- act
- garhyam
- abominable
- vicintayan
- thus thinking
- atma-krtam
- done by himself
- su-durmanah
- very much depressed
- aho
- alas
- maya
- by me
- nicam
- heinous
- anarya
- uncivilized
- vat
- like
- krtam
- done
- niragasi
- unto one who is faultless
- brahmani
- unto a brahmana
- gudha
- grave
- tejasi
- unto the powerful
Sri Suta Gosvami said: While returning home, the King (Maharaja Pariksit) felt that the act he had committed against the faultless and powerful brahmana was heinous and uncivilized. Consequently he was distressed.