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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.8.22

आसादितहविषि बर्हिषि दूषिते मयोपालब्धो भीतभीत: सपद्युपरतरास ऋषिकुमारवदवहितकरणकलाप आस्ते ॥ २२ ॥
āsādita-haviṣi barhiṣi dūṣite mayopālabdho bhīta-bhītaḥ sapady uparata-rāsa ṛṣi-kumāravad avahita-karaṇa-kalāpa āste.
[aasaadita-havishi barhishi dooshite mayopaalabdho bheeta-bheetah sapady uparata-raasa rishi-kumaaravad avahita-karana-kalaapa aaste.]
Word-for-word
āsādita — placed haviṣi — all the ingredients to be offered in the sacrifice barhiṣi — on the kuśa grass dūṣite — when polluted mayā upālabdhaḥ — being scolded by me bhīta-bhītaḥ — in great fear sapadi — immediately uparata-rāsaḥ — stopped its playing ṛṣi-kumāravat — exactly like the son or disciple of a saintly person avahita — completely restrained karaṇa-kalāpaḥ — all the senses āste — sits.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āsādita-haviṣi barhiṣi dūṣite mayopālabdho bhīta-bhītaḥ sapady uparata-rāsa ṛṣi-kumāravad avahita-karaṇa-kalāpa āste.
āsādita
placed
haviṣi
all the ingredients to be offered in the sacrifice
barhiṣi
on the kuśa grass
dūṣite
when polluted
mayā upālabdhaḥ
being scolded by me
bhīta-bhītaḥ
in great fear
sapadi
immediately
uparata-rāsaḥ
stopped its playing
ṛṣi-kumāravat
exactly like the son or disciple of a saintly person
avahita
completely restrained
karaṇa-kalāpaḥ
all the senses
āste
sits.
When I placed all the sacrificial ingredients on the kuśa grass, the deer, when playing, would touch the grass with its teeth and thus pollute it. When I chastised the deer by pushing it away, it would immediately become fearful and sit down motionless, exactly like the son of a saintly person. Thus it would stop its play.
Purport

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

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the deer would contaminate the ingredients for sacrifice placed on kuśa grass, I would scold it. Fearful, it would immediately stop playing and like the son of a sage would sit with restrained senses. The deer would contaminate the ingredients places on the kuśa grass by touching them with his teeth. Another version has dūṣitvā: having contaminated the kuśa. I would scold the deer. “Ah! What have you done?” It would give up its play and remain with motionless senses.
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Personal Guidance
Once attachment is established, even mishaps and chastisements feel sweet because they involve the beloved object. Even discipline becomes part of the bond. Don't trust the sweetness of suffering for the wrong object.
Reflection Questions
  • Where are you cherishing even painful interactions with someone because at least they involve them?
  • What would it look like to cherish similar engagement with the Lord, even in difficulty?
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