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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 8]
thus pollute it. When I chastised the deer by pushing it away, it would immediately become fearful and sit down motionless, exactly like the son of a saintly person. Thus it would stop its play.
PURPORT
Bharata Mahārāja was constantly thinking of the activities of the deer, forgetting that such meditation and diversion of attention was killing his progress in spiritual achievement.
TEXT 23
किं वा अरे आचरितं तपस्तपस्विन्यानया यदियमवनिः सविनयकृष्णसारतनयतनुतरसुभगशिवतमाखरखुरपदपङ्क्तिमिर्द्रविण विधुरातुरस कृष्णस्य मम द्रविणपदवीं क्षयन्त्यात्मानं च सर्वतः कृतकौतुकं द्विजानां स्वर्गपवर्गकामानां देवयजनं करोति॥२३॥
kim vā are ācaritam tapas tapasvinyānayā yad iyam avaniḥ savinaya-kṛṣṇa-sāra-tanaya-tanutara-subhaga-śivatamākhara-khura- pada-paṅktibhir draviṇa-vidhurāturasya kṛpaṇasya mama draviṇa- padavīm sūcayanty ātmānam ca sarvataḥ kṛta-kautukam dvijānām svargāpavarga-kāmānām deva-yajanam karoti.
kim vā—what; are—oh; ācaritam—practiced; tapaḥ—penance; tapasvinyā—by the most fortunate; anayā—this planet earth; yat— since; iyam—this; avaniḥ—earth; sa-vinaya—very mild and well- behaved; kṛṣṇa-sāra-tanaya—of the calf of the black deer; tanutara— small; subhaga—beautiful; śiva-tama—most auspicious; akhara—soft; khura—of the hooves; pada-paṅktibhiḥ—by the series of the marks; draviṇa-vidhura-āturasya—who is very aggrieved because of loss of wealth; kṛpaṇasya—a most unhappy creature; mama—for me; dra- viṇa-padavīm—the way to achieve that wealth; sūcayanti—indicating; ātmānam—her own personal body; ca—and; sarvataḥ—on all sides; kṛta-kautukam—ornamented; dvijānām—of the brāhmaṇas; svarga- apavarga-kāmānām—who are desirous of achieving heavenly planets or