Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
अपि बत स वै कृपण एणबालको मृतहरिणीसुतोऽहो ममानार्यस्य शठकिरातमतेरकृतसुकृतस्य कृतविस्रम्भ आत्मप्रत्ययेन तदविगणयन् सुजन इवागमिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
api bata sa vai kṛpaṇa eṇa-bālako mṛta-hariṇī-suto ’ho mamānāryasya śaṭha-kirāta-mater akṛta-sukṛtasya kṛta-visrambha ātma-pratyayena tad avigaṇayan sujana ivāgamiṣyati.
Synonyms
api — indeed; bata — alas; saḥ — that calf; vai — certainly; kṛpaṇaḥ — aggrieved; eṇa-bālakaḥ — the deer child; mṛta-hariṇī-sutaḥ — the calf of the dead doe; aho — oh; mama — of me; anāryasya — the most ill-behaved; śaṭha — of a cheater; kirāta — or of an uncivilized aborigine; mateḥ — whose mind is that; akṛta-sukṛtasya — who has no pious activities; kṛta-visrambhaḥ — putting all faith; ātma-pratyayena — by assuming me to be like himself; tat avigaṇayan — without thinking of all these things; su-janaḥ iva — like a perfect gentle person; agamiṣyati — will he again return.
Translation
Bharata Mahārāja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty. The deer has put its faith in me, just as a good man who has a natural interest in good behavior forgets the misbehavior of a cunning friend and puts his faith in him. Although I have proved faithless, will this deer return and place its faith in me?
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