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The Forest of Enjoyment
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TEXT 43
यो दुस्त्यजान्दारमुतान् सुहृद्राज्यं हृदिस्पृशः ।
जहौ युवैव मलवदुत्तमश्लोकलालसः ॥४३॥
yo dustyajān dāra-sutān suhṛd rājyam hṛdi-spṛśah jahau yuvaiva malavad uttamaśloka-lālasah
yaḥ —the same Jaḍa Bharata who was formerly Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Rṣabhadeva;  dustyajān —very difficult to give up;  dāra-sutān —the wife and children or the most opulent family life;  suhṛt —friends and well-wishers;  rājyam —a kingdom that extended all over the world;  hṛdi-spṛśah —that which is situated within the core of one's heart;  jahau —he gave up;  yuvā eva —even as a young man;  mala-vat —like stool;  uttama-śloka-lālasah —who was so fond of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Uttamaśloka.
TRANSLATION
While in the prime of life, the great Mahārāja Bharata gave up everything because he was fond of serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Uttamaśloka. He gave up his beautiful wife, nice children, great friends and an enormous empire. Although these things were very difficult to give up, Mahārāja Bharata was so exalted that he gave them up just as one gives up stool after evacuating. Such was the greatness of His Majesty.
PURPORT
The name of God is Kṛṣṇa, because He is so attractive that the pure devotee can give up everything within this material world on His behalf. Mahārāja Bharata was an ideal king, instructor and emperor of the world. He possessed all the opulences of the material world, but Kṛṣṇa is so attractive that He attracted Mahārāja Bharata from all his material possessions. Yet somehow or other, the King became affectionate to a little deer and, falling from his position, had to accept the body of a deer in