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thus pollute it. When I chastised the deer by pushing it away, it
would immediately become fearful and sit down motionless, ex-
actly like the son of a saintly person. Thus it would stop its play.
PURPORT

Bharata Maharaja was constantly thinking of the activities of the deer,
forgetting that such meditation and diversion of attention was killing his
progress in spiritual achievement.

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af rrp UAT TA TTA TA Tar AAT NTS Tha PATTER
Sma MH guid aT a ata: Faelge
fersrat aatea al rata Saat SUA 3H

kim va are dcaritam tapas tapasvinydnaya yad iyam avanih
savinaya-krsna-sdra-tanaya-tanutara-subhaga-sivatamakhara-khura-
pada-panktibhir dravina-vidhuraturasya krpanasya mama dravina-
padavim siicayanty Gtmanam ca sarvatah krta-kautukam dvijanadm
svargapavarga-kamanam deva-yajanam karoti.

kim vaé—what; are—oh; Gcaritam—practiced; tapah—penance;
tapasvinya—by the most fortunate; anaya—this planet earth: yat—
since: tyam—this; avanih—earth: sa-vinaya—very mild and well-
behaved: krsna-sdra-tanaya—of the calf of the black deer; tanutara—
small; subhaga—beautiful; siva-tama—most auspicious; akhara—soft;
khura—of the hooves; pada-panktibhih—by the series of the marks:
dravina-vidhura-dturasya—who is very aggrieved because of loss of
wealth; krpanasya—a most unhappy creature; mama—for me: dra-
vina-padavim—the way to achieve that wealth; sticayanti—indicating:
dtmanam—her own personal body: ca—and: sarvatah—on all sides;
krta-kautukam—ornamented; dvijanam—of the braéhmanas; svarga-
apavarga-kamdndm—who are desirous of achieving heavenly planets or
