aho śrī-mada-māhātmyaḿ

gopānāḿ kānanaukasām

kṛṣṇaḿ martyam upāśritya

ye cakrur deva-helanam

aho -- just see; sri -- because of opulence; mada -- of intoxication; mahatmyam -- the great extent; gopanam -- of the cowherds; kanana -- in the forest; okasam -- who dwell; krishnam -- Krishna; martyam -- an ordinary human; upasritya -- taking shelter of; ye -- who; cakruh -- have committed; deva -- against the demigods; helanam -- offense.


Texto

[Indra said:] Just see how these cowherd men living in the forest have become so greatly intoxicated by their prosperity! They have surrendered to an ordinary human being, Krishna, and thus they have offended the gods.

Significado

Of course, Indra was really saying that the cowherd men had offended him, Indra, by taking shelter of Krishna, whom Indra considered to be martya, a mortal. This was certainly a gross miscalculation on Indra's part.