athÄnusmá¹›tya viprÄs te
anvatapyan ká¹›tÄgasaḥ
yad viÅ›veÅ›varayor yÄcñÄm
ahanma ná¹›-viá¸ambayoḥ
atha - then; anusmá¹›tya - coming to their senses; viprÄḥ - the brÄhmaṇas; te - they; anvatapyan - felt great remorse; ká¹›ta-agasaḥ - having committed sinful offenses; yat - because; viÅ›va-Ä«Å›varayoḥ - of the two Lords of the universe, Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma; yÄcñÄm - the humble supplication; ahanma - we transgressed; nr-viá¸ambayoḥ - of those who were deceptively appearing as human beings.
The brÄhmaṇas then came to their senses and began to feel great remorse. They thought, “We have sinned, for we have denied the request of the two Lords of the universe, who deceptively appeared as ordinary human beings.â€
Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord BalarÄma did not try to deceive the brÄhmaṇas: They straightforwardly requested food from them. Rather, the brÄhmaṇas deceived themselves, as indicated by the Sanskrit word ná¹›-viá¸ambayoḥ, which means that Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma are bewildering for an ordinary human being who considers Them also to be human. Still, because the wives of the brÄhmaṇas were great devotees of the Lord, the foolish brÄhmaṇas received spiritual benefit and finally came to their senses.
