294 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 8

evam aghatamdana-manorathdkula-hrdayo mrga-ddérakabhdasena
svarabdha-karmana yogarambhanato vibhrarsitah sa yoga-tapaso
bhagavad-daradhana-laksanac ca katham itarathd jaty-antara ena-
kunaka asangah saksan nihsreyasa-pratipaksataya prak-parityakta-
dustyaja-hrdayabhiatasya tasyaivam antardya-vihata-
yogarambhanasya rajarser bharatasya tavan mrgarbhaka-posana-
palana-prinana-ldlandnusarigenaviganayata Gtmanam ahir ivakhu-
bilam duratikramah kdlah kardla-rabhasa apadyata.

evam—in that way: aghatamana—impossible to be achieved:
manah-ratha—by desires, which are like mental chariots: dkula—ag-
grieved: hrdayah—whose heart: mrga-ddraka-abhdsena—resembling
the son of a deer; sva-drabdha-karmana—by the bad results of his un-
seen fruitive actions: yoga-drambhanatah—from the activities of yoga
performances: vibhraméitah—fallen down: sah—he (Maharaja
Bharata): yoga-tapasah—executing the activities of mystic yoga and
austerities: bhagavat-dradhana-laksanat—from the activities of devo-
tional service rendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead: ca—
and: katham—how: itaratha—else: jdti-antare—belonging to a
different species of life: ena-kunake—to the body of a deer calf:
adsangah—so much affectionate attachment: sdksat—directly:
nihsreyasa—to achieve the ultimate goal of life: pratipaksataya —with
the quality of being an obstacle: prak—who previously: parityakta—
given up: dustyaja—although very difficult to give up: hrdaya-abhi-
jatasya —his sons, born of his own heart: tasya—of him: evam—thus;
antardya—by that obstacle: vihata—obstructed: yoga-drambhanasya —
whose path of executing the mystic yoga practices: rdja-rseh—of the
great saintly King: bharatasya—of Maharaja Bharata: tdvat—in that
way: mrga-arbhaka—the son of a deer: posana—in maintaining:
palana—in protecting: prinana—in making happy: lalana—in
fondling: anusarigena—by constant absorption: aviganayatah—
neglecting: Gtmaénam—his own soul: ahih iwa—like a serpent: akhu-
bilam—the hole of a mouse: duratikramah—unsurpassable: kdlah—
ultimate death: kardla—terrible: rabhasah —having speed: dpadyata—
arrived.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, in this way Bharata

Maharaja was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable desire which was
