sÄntvayan Å›lakṣṇayÄ vÄcÄ
há¹›dayena vidÅ«yatÄ
preyasyÄḥ sneha-saá¹rambha-
liá¹…gam Ätmani nÄbhyagÄt
sÄntvayan - pacifying; Å›lakṣṇayÄ - by sweet; vÄcÄ - words; há¹›dayena - with a heart; vidÅ«yatÄ - regretting very much; preyasyÄḥ - of his beloved; sneha - from affection; saá¹rambha - of anger; liá¹…gam - symptom; Ätmani - in her heart; na - did not; abhyagÄt - arouse.
The King very much regretted having left his Queen and having gone to the forest to execute sinful activities. When a person regrets his sinful activities, the abandoning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and good intelligence, his path of deliverance from the path of material clutches is opened. As stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (5.5.5), parÄbhavas tÄvad abodha-jÄto yÄvan na jijñÄsata Ätma-tattvam. When a person loses his Kṛṣṇa consciousness and loses interest in self-realization, he must engage in sinful activities. All one’s activities in a life devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply lead to defeat and misuse of one’s life. Naturally one who comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness regrets his previous sinful activities in the human form. Only by this process can one be delivered from the clutches of nescience or ignorance in materialistic life.