janāḥ prajahṛṣuḥ sarve
karmaṇā rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
ṛte kaṁsaṁ vipra-mukhyāḥ
sādhavaḥ sādhu sādhv iti
janāḥ - the people; prajahṛṣuḥ - rejoiced; sarve - all; karmaṇā - at the deed; rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ - of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; ṛte - except; kaṁsam - Kaṁsa; vipra - of the brāhmaṇas; mukhyāḥ - the best; sādhavaḥ - the saintly persons; sādhu sādhu iti - (exclaimed) 'Excellent! Excellent!'
It is understood that as the best of the brāhmaṇas and saints were exclaiming “Excellent! Excellent!” the worst of the brāhmaṇas, namely Kaṁsa’s priests, were seriously grieving.