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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 8]
can be transferred. If our attachment is transferred to the Lord's service, we progress. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī prayed to the Lord that he would be as naturally attracted to the Lord's service as young men and young women are naturally attracted to each other. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited such attachment to the Lord when He jumped into the ocean or cried at night in separation. However, if our attachment is diverted to material things instead of to the Lord, we will fall down from the spiritual platform.
TEXT 16
अपि बत स वै कृपण एणबालको मृतदरिणीसुतोऽहो ममानार्यस्य शठकिरातमतेर- कृतसुकृतस्य कृतविस्रम्भ आत्मप्रत्ययेन तदविगणयन् सुजन इवागमिष्यति ॥१६॥
api bata sa vai kṛpaṇa eṇa-bālako mṛta-hariṇī-suto 'ho mamānāryasya śaṭha-kirāta-mater akṛta-sukṛtasya kṛta-visrambha ātma-pratyayena tad avigaṇayan sujana ivāgamiṣyati.
api—indeed; bata—alas; saḥ—that calf; vai—certainly; kṛpaṇaḥ—  aggrieved;  eṇa-bālakaḥ—the deer child; mṛta-hariṇī-sutaḥ—the calf of  the dead doe;  aho—oh; mama—of me; anāryasya—the most ill-  behaved;  śaṭha—of a cheater; kirāta—or of an uncivilized aborigine;   mateḥ—whose mind is that; akṛta-sukṛtasya—who has no pious ac-  tivities;  kṛta-visrambhaḥ—putting all faith; ātma-pratyayena—by  assuming me to be like himself;  tat avigaṇayan—without thinking of all  these things;  su-janaḥ iva—like a perfect gentle person; agamiṣyati—  will he again return.
TRANSLATION
Bharata Mahārāja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty. The deer has put its faith in me, just as a good man who has a natural interest in good behavior forgets the misbehavior of a cunning friend and puts his faith in him. Although I have proved faithless, will this deer return and place its faith in me?