Text 7] The Character of Bharata Maharaja 273

tat-prasava—from untimely discharge of that (baby deer): utsar-
pana—from jumping across the river; bhaya—and from fear; kheda—
by exhaustion; adturd—afHlicted:; sva-ganena—from the flock of deer:
viyujyamand —being separated; kasyafcit—in some; daryam—cave of
a mountain; krsna-sdrasati—the black doe; nipapdta—fell down:
atha—therefore; ca—and; mamdara—died.

TRANSLATION

Being separated from its flock and distressed by its miscarriage,
the black doe, having crossed the river, was very much distressed.
Indeed, it fell down in a cave and died immediately.

TEXT 7

q ea Sit | alaamearahhendas aah
TET cath ae aateeMaIAT I 9 II

tari tv ena-kunakam krpanarn srotasanihyamanam
abhiviksyapaviddharh bandhur ivanukampayéa rajarsir bharata adaya

mrta-mataram ity dsrama-padam anayat.

tam—that; tu—but; ena-kunakam—the deer calf; krpanam—help-
less; srotasa—by the waves; anithyamdnam—floating: abhiviksya—
seeing; apaviddham—removed from its own kind: bandhuh iva—just
like a friend; anukampaya—with compassion: rdja-rsih bharatah—the
great, saintly King Bharata: Gdaya—taking: mrta-mdtaram—who lost
its mother; iti—thus thinking: dsrama-padam—to the asrama;
anayat—brought.

TRANSLATION

The great King Bharata, while sitting on the bank of the river,
saw the small deer, bereft of its mother, floating down the river.
Seeing this, he felt great compassion. Like a sincere friend, he
lifted the infant deer from the waves, and, knowing it to be
motherless, brought it to his asrama.
