Text 22] The Character of Bharata Maharaja 289

prema-sarmrambhena—because of anger due to love; cakita-cakitah—
with fear; Ggatya—coming; prsat—like drops of water: aparusa—very
soft; visana—of the horns: agrena—by the point: luthati—touches my
body.

TRANSLATION

Alas, the small deer, while playing with me and seeing me
feigning meditation with closed eyes, would circumambulate me
due to anger arising from love, and it would fearfully touch me
with the points of its soft horns, which felt like drops of water.

PURPORT

Now King Bharata considers his meditation false. While er'gaged in
meditation, he was actually thinking of his deer, and he would feel great
pleasure when the animal pricked him with the points of its horns.
Feigning meditation, the King would actually think of the animal. and
this was but a sign of his downfall.

TEXT 22

oeanfcaefare afeft afta aatnreeat atadta: | areata
MAHALITAARUTHSTT AEA |! 22 Il

asadita-havisi barhisi disite mayopalabdho bhita-bhitah sapady
uparata-rasa rsi-kumaravad avahita-karana-kalapa aste.

dsadita—placed: havisi—all the ingredients to be offered in the
sacrifice; barhisi—on the kusa grass: désite—when polluted: maya
upalabdhah—being scolded by me: bhita-bhitah—in great fear:
sapadi—immediately: uparata-rasah —stopped its playing: rsi-kumara-
vat—exactly like the son or disciple of a saintly person: avahita—com-
pletely restrained: karana-kalapah—all the senses: dste—sits.

TRANSLATION

When I placed all the sacrificial ingredients on the kusa grass,
the deer, when playing, would touch the grass with its teeth and
