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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 8]
evam aghaṭamāna-manorathākula-hṛdayo mṛga-dārakābhāsena svārabdha-karmaṇā yogārambhaṇato vibhraṁśitaḥ sa yoga-tāpaso bhagavad-ārādhana-lakṣaṇāc ca katham itarathā jāty-antara eṇa-kuṇaka āsaṅgaḥ sākṣān niḥśreyasa-pratipakṣatayā prāk-parityakta-dustyaja-hṛdayābhijātasya tasyaivam antarāya-vihata-yogārambhaṇasya rājarṣer bharatasya tāvan mṛgārbhaka-poṣaṇa-pālana-prīṇana-lālanānuṣaṅgeṇāvigaṇayata ātmānam ahir ivākhu-bilaṁ duratikramaḥ kālaḥ karāla-rabhasa āpadyata.
evam —in that way;  aghaṭamāna —impossible to be achieved;  manaḥ-ratha —by desires, which are like mental chariots;  ākula —aggrieved;  hṛdayaḥ —whose heart;  mṛga-dāraka-ābhāsena —resembling the son of a deer;  sva-ārabdha-karmaṇā —by the bad results of his unseen fruitive actions;  yoga-ārambhaṇataḥ —from the activities of  yoga  performances;  vibhraṁśitaḥ —fallen down;  saḥ —he (Mahārāja Bharata);  yoga-tāpasaḥ —executing the activities of mystic  yoga  and austerities;  bhagavat-ārādhana-lakṣaṇāt —from the activities of devotional service rendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ca —and;  katham —how;  itarathā —else;  jāti-antare —belonging to a different species of life;  eṇa-kuṇake —to the body of a deer calf;  āsaṅgaḥ —so much affectionate attachment;  sākṣāt —directly;  niḥśreyasa —to achieve the ultimate goal of life;  pratipakṣatayā —with the quality of being an obstacle;  prāk —who previously;  parityakta —given up;  dustyaja —although very difficult to give up;  hṛdaya-abhijātasya —his sons, born of his own heart;  tasya —of him;  evam —thus;  antarāya —by that obstacle;  vihata —obstructed;  yoga-ārambhaṇasya —whose path of executing the mystic  yoga  practices;  rāja-ṛṣeḥ —of the great saintly King;  bharatasya —of Mahārāja Bharata;  tāvat —in that way;  mṛga-arbhaka —the son of a deer;  poṣaṇa —in maintaining;  pālana —in protecting;  prīṇana —in making happy;  lālana —in fondling;  anuṣaṅgeṇa —by constant absorption;  avigaṇayataḥ —neglecting;  ātmānam —his own soul;  ahiḥ iva —like a serpent;  ākhu-bilam —the hole of a mouse;  duratikramaḥ —unsurpassable;  kālaḥ —ultimate death;  karāla —terrible;  rabhasaḥ —having speed;  āpadyata —arrived.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:  My dear King, in this way Bharata Mahārāja was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable desire which was