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The Character of Bharata Mahārāja
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tat-prasava —from untimely discharge of that (baby deer);  utsar-paṇa —from jumping across the river;  bhaya —and from fear;  kheda —by exhaustion;  āturā —afflicted;  sva-gaṇena —from the flock of deer;  viyujyamānā —being separated;  kasyāñcit —in some;  daryām —cave of a mountain;  kṛṣṇa-sārasatī —the black doe;  nipapāta —fell down;  atha —therefore;  ca —and;  mamāra —died.
TRANSLATION
Being separated from its flock and distressed by its miscarriage, the black doe, having crossed the river, was very much distressed. Indeed, it fell down in a cave and died immediately.
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तं त्वेणकुणकं कृपणं स्रोतसानूह्यमानमभिवीक्ष्यापविद्धं बन्धुरि- वानुकम्पया राजर्षिर्भरत आदाय मृतमातरमित्याश्रमपदमनयत् ॥ ७ ॥
taṁ tv eṇa-kuṇakaṁ kṛpaṇaṁ srotasānūhyamānam   abhivīkṣyāpaviddhaṁ bandhur ivānukampayā rājarṣir bharata ādāya   mṛta-mātaram ity āśrama-padam anayat.
tam —that;  tu —but;  eṇa-kuṇakam —the deer calf;  kṛpaṇam —help- less;  srotasā —by the waves;  anūhyamānam —floating;  abhivīkṣya — seeing;  apaviddham —removed from its own kind;  bandhuḥ iva —just like a friend;  anukampayā —with compassion;  rāja-ṛṣiḥ bharataḥ —the great, saintly King Bharata;  ādāya —taking;  mṛta-mātaram —who lost its mother;  iti —thus thinking;  āśrama-padam —to the  āśrama ;  anayat —brought.
TRANSLATION
The great King Bharata, while sitting on the bank of the river, saw the small deer, bereft of its mother, floating down the river. Seeing this, he felt great compassion. Like a sincere friend, he lifted the infant deer from the waves, and, knowing it to be motherless, brought it to his  āśrama .