Knowing the minds of the trees who wanted to worship his own lotus feet, Krsna, glancing at the trees, spoke to Balarama about their glories as great devotees. "Holding on their heads gifts of fruits and flowers, they are bowing down to your lotus feet with devotion. Why? They bow to purify themselves of offenses, which had caused them to take birth as trees." "Because we have committed such great offenses, we have become trees and cannot approach Krsna." Krsna in this way interprets the trees’words, stemming from their attraction to Krsna. However, since Brahma prayed to be born as a tree in Vraja, the trees there could not have been born there as a result of offenses.

Aho indicates joy or astonishment. O best of the devatās! Though they are trees (amī), taking presentations of flowers and fruits in the tips of their branches (or on their heads), as worthy offerings, they bow to your lotus feet, which are worshipped by Brahmā and liberated souls. How can trees have consciousness? They have taken birth as trees in Vṛndāvana in order to destroy darkness of those who see or hear about this incident. Or, taking birth as trees, they destroy the suffering caused by attachment to your association (and now being separated) by bowing down. This would refer to nitya-siddhas. For sādhana-siddhas they take birth as trees to destroy their suffering of not having attained you yet, as in the prayers of Brahmā. Kṛṣṇa desired to wander freely everywhere to give happiness to all.

Aho indicates joy or astonishment. O best of the devatās! Though they are trees (amī), taking presentations of flowers (sumanaḥ) and fruits in the tips of their branches (or on their heads), as worthy offerings they bow to your lotus feet, which are worshipped by Brahmā and liberated souls. By using the word sumanaḥ (also meaning good natured) it is suggested that the plants have feelings of love. They are worshipped by the devatās having a predominance of sattva. They have taken birth as trees in order to remove ignorance. Or, O brother (aho)! The trees are worship by those having no death (amara), the best of the devatās (deva-vara) like Brahmā. Even those who are liberated are ignorant, since they are deprived of prema when they merge in Brahman. (Thus they also worship the trees which have the opportunity for service to Kṛṣṇa.) Using their branches as their heads, the trees bring offerings with devotion to the world. They have taken birth as trees to remove ignorance, their bad karma. This is a prayer so that all the plants can be liberated from their ignorant condition. The plants cannot approach you like the animals and birds, which are mobile. Or they bow down with their branches to remove their (ātṁanaḥ) lamentable condition (tamas)--you gave them birth as trees. Therefore they should always have your association.