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The Character of Bharata Mahārāja
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show of worship will not be of any benefit. The fact that Bharata Mahārāja had to get up at intervals to look for the deer was simply a sign that he had fallen down from the spiritual platform.
TEXT 15
अन्यदा भृशमुद्विग्रमना नष्टद्रविण इव कृपणः सकरुणमतितर्षेण हरिणकुणक विरहविह्वलहृदयसन्तापस्तमेवानुशोचन् किल कश्मलं महदभिरम्भित इति होवाच ॥ १५॥
anyadā bhṛśam udvigna-manā naṣṭa-draviṇa iva kṛpaṇaḥ sakaruṇam ati-tarṣeṇa hariṇa-kuṇaka-viraha-vihvala-hṛdaya-santāpas tam evānuśocan kila kaśmalaṁ mahad abhirambhita iti hovāca.
anyadā—sometimes (not seeing the calf); bhṛśam—very much; ud- vigna-manāḥ—his mind full of anxiety; naṣṭa-draviṇaḥ—who has lost his riches; iva—like; kṛpaṇaḥ—a miserly man; sa-karuṇam— piteously; ati-tarṣeṇa—with great anxiety; hariṇa-kuṇaka—from the calf of the deer; viraha—by separation; vihvala—agitated; hṛdaya—in mind or heart; santāpaḥ—whose affliction; tam—that calf; eva—only: anuśocan—continuously thinking of; kila—certainly; kaśmalam—illu- sion; mahat—very great; abhirambhitaḥ—obtained; iti—thus: ha— certainly; uvāca—said.
TRANSLATION
If Bharata Mahārāja sometimes could not see the deer, his mind would be very agitated. He would become like a miser, who, having obtained some riches, had lost them and had then become very unhappy. When the deer was gone, he would be filled with anxiety and would lament due to separation. Thus he would become illusioned and speak as follows.
PURPORT
If a poor man loses some money or gold, he at once becomes very agi- tated. Similarly, the mind of Mahārāja Bharata would become agitated when he did not see the deer. This is an example of how our attachment