292 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 8
api svid asau bhagavan udu-patir enar mrga-pati-bhayan mrta-
mataram mrga-balakam svasrama-paribhrastam anukampayéa krpana-
Jana-vatsalah paripati.

api svit—can it be: asau—that: bhagavan—most powerful: udu-
patih—the moon; enam—this: mrga-pati-bhayat—because of fear of
the lion: mrta-mataram—who lost its mother; mrga-balakam—the son
of a deer; sva-dsrama-paribhrastam—who strayed from its dsrama;
anukampayaé—out of compassion: krpana-jana-vatsalah—(the moon)
who is very kind to the unhappy men: paripati—now is protecting it.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Bharata continued to speak like a madman. Seeing
above his head the dark marks on the rising moon, which
resembled a deer, he said: Can it be that the moon, who is so kind
to an unhappy man, might also be kind upon my deer, knowing
that it has strayed from home and has become motherless? This
moon has given the deer shelter near itself just to protect it from
the fearful attacks of a lion.

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kim vatmaja-vislesa-jvara-dava-dahana-sikhabhir upatapyamana-
hrdaya-sthala-nalinikam mam upasrta-mrgi-tanayam Ssisira-
Santdnuraga-gunita-nija-vadana-salilamrtamaya-gabhastibhih
svadhayatiti ca.

kim vaé—or it may be: atma-ja—from the son: vislesa—because of
separation: jvara—the heat: dava-dahana—of the forest fire:
sikhabhih—by the flames: upatapyamana—being burned: hrdaya—the
heart: sthala-nalinikam—compared to a red lotus Hower: m@ém—unto
me: upasrta-mrgi-tanayam—to whom the son of the deer was so sub-
