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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 9]
forest and always thought of Kṛṣṇa. Then he was given the chance to take birth in a very good  brāhmaṇa  family.
TEXT 3
तत्रापि स्वजनसङ्गाच्च भृशमुद्विजमानो भगवतः कर्मवन्धविध्वंसनश्रवणसरण- गुणविवरणचरणारविन्दयुगलं मनसा विदधदात्मनः प्रतिधातमाशङ्कमानो भगवदनुग्रहेणानुस्मृतस्वपूर्वजन्मावलिरात्मानमुन्मत्तजडान्धवधिरस्वरूपेण दर्शया- मास लोकस्य ॥ ३ ॥
tatrāpi svajana-saṅgāc ca bhṛśam udvijamāno bhagavataḥ karma- bandha-vidhvaṁsana-śravaṇa-smaraṇa-guṇa-vivaraṇa- caraṇāravinda-yugalam manasā vidadhad ātmanaḥ pratighātam āśaṅkamāno bhagavad-anugraheṇānusmṛta-sva-pūrva-janmāvalir ātmānam unmatta-jaḍāndha-badhira-svarūpeṇa darśayām āsa lokasya.
tatra api —in that  brāhmaṇa  birth also;  sva-jana-saṅgāt —from asso- ciation with relatives and friends;  ca —and;  bhṛśam —greatly;  udvi- jamānaḥ —being always afraid that he would fall down again;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  karma-bandha — the bondage of the reactions of fruitive activities;  vidhvaṁsana —which vanquishes;  śravaṇa —hearing;  smaraṇa —remembering;  guṇa- vivaraṇa —hearing descriptions of the qualities of the Lord;  caraṇa-ara- vinda —lotus feet;  yugalam —the two;  manasā —with the mind;  vidadhat —always thinking of;  ātmanaḥ —of his soul;  pratighātam — obstruction on the path of devotional service;  āśaṅkamānaḥ —always fearing;  bhagavat-anugraheṇa —by the special mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  anusmṛta —remembered;  sva-pūrva —his own previous;  janma-āvaliḥ —string of births;  ātmānam —himself;  un- matta —mad;  jaḍa —dull;  andha —blind;  badhira —and deaf;  sva- rūpeṇa —with these features;  darśayām āsa —he exhibited;  lokasya —to people in general.
TRANSLATION
Due to his being especially gifted with the Lord's mercy, Bharata Mahārāja could remember the incidents of his past life. Although he received the body of a  brāhmaṇa , he was still very much afraid