drishtva -- observing; strinam -- of their wives; bhagavati -- for the Supreme Personality of Godhead; krishne -- Sri Krishna; bhaktim -- the pure devotion; alaukikim -- transcendental to this world; atmanam -- themselves; ca -- and; taya -- of that; hinam -- devoid; anutaptah -- lamenting; vyagarhayan -- they condemned.

Taking note of their wives' pure, transcendental devotion for Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and seeing their own lack of devotion, the brahmanas felt most sorrowful and began to condemn themselves.