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!'


Text

Everyone except Kaṁsa rejoiced at the wonderful feat Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma had performed. The exalted brāhmaṇas and great saints exclaimed, “Excellent! Excellent!”

Purport

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.