Text 30] The Character of Bharata Maharaja 301

TEXT 30

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AMTAAM SHI MM FIAT PAA
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ity evam nigitdha-nirvedo visrjya mrgim mataram punar bhagavat-
ksetram upasama-sila-muni-gana-dayitam salagramam pulastya-
pulahasramam kalanjarat pratyajagama.

iti—thus; evam—in this way: nigiidha—hidden; nirvedah—com-
pletely unattached to material activities: visryya—giving up: mrgim—
the deer; métaram—its mother; punah —again; bhagavat-ksetram—the
place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped; upasama-sila —completely
detached from all material attachments; muni-gana-dayitam —which is
dear to the great saintly residents: salagramam—the village known as
Salagrama; pulastya-pulaha-dsramam—to the @srama conducted by
such great sages as Pulastya and Pulaha; kalanjarat—from the Kalafjara
Mountain, where he had taken his birth in the womb of a deer: pratya-
Jagéma—he came back.

TRANSLATION
Although Bharata Maharaja received the body of a deer, by con-

stant repentance he became completely detached from all material
things. He did not disclose these things to anyone, but he left his
mother deer in a place known as Kalafjara Mountain, where he was
born. He again went to the forest of Salagrama and to the aérama of

Pulastya and Pulaha.

PURPORT

It is significant that Maharaja Bharata. by the grace of Vasudeva.
remembered his past life. He did not waste a moment: he returned to
Pulaha-aérama to the village known as Salagrama. Association is very
meaningful: therefore ISKCON tries to perfect one who enters the
society. The members of this society should always remember that the
society is not like a free hotel. All the members should be very careful to
