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Godhead, which is compared to the wheel of His chariot; sva-gana—own
kinsmen; swhrt—and friends; bandhubhyah—relatives; parivarjitah—
deprived of; saranam—as shelter; ca—and; md—me: upasdditah—
having obtained; mém—me; eva—alone; ma@ta-pitarau—father and
mother; bhrdatr-jidtin—brothers and kinsmen; yauthikan—belonging to
the herd; ca—also; eva—certainly; upeyaya—having gotten; na—not;
anyam—anyone else; karicana—some person; veda—it knows; mayi—
in me; ati—very great; visrabdhah—having faith; ca—and: atah eva—
therefore; maya—by me; mat-pardyanasya—of one who is so depen-
dent upon me; posana-palana-prinana-lalanam—raising. maintaining.
petting and protecting; anasiyunad—who am without any grudge:
anustheyam—to be executed; saranya—the one who has taken shelter:
upeksa—of neglecting; dosa-vidusa —who knows the fault.
TRANSLATION

The great King Maharaja Bharata began to think: Alas, this help-
less young deer, by the force of time, an agent of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, has now lost its relatives and friends and has
taken shelter of me. It does not know anyone but me, as I have
become its father, mother, brother and relatives. This deer is
thinking in this way, and it has full faith in me. It does not know
anyone but me; therefore I should not be envious and think that
for the deer my own welfare will be destroyed. I should certainly
raise, protect, gratify and fondle it. When it has taken shelter with
me, how can I neglect it? Even though the deer is disturbing my
spiritual life, I realize that a helpless person who has taken shelter
cannot be neglected. That would be a great fault.

PURPORT

When a person is advanced in spiritual consciousness or Krsna con-
sciousness, he naturally becomes very sympathetic toward all living en-
tities suffering in the material world. Naturally such an advanced person
thinks of the suffering of the people in general. However. if one does not
know of the material sufferings of fallen souls and becomes sympathetic
because of bodily comforts, as in the case of Bharata Maharaja. such sym-
pathy or compassion is the cause of one’s downfall. If one is actually
