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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.8.16

అపి బత స వై కృపణ ఏణబాలకో మృతహరిణీసుతోఽహో మమానార్యస్య శఠకిరాతమతేరకృతసుకృతస్య కృతవిస్రమ్భ ఆత్మప్రత్యయేన తదవిగణయన్ సుజన ఇవాగమిష్యతి ॥ ౧౬ ॥
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.
[api bata sa vai kripana ena-baalako mrita-harinee-suto ’ho mamaanaaryasya shatha-kiraata-mater akrita-sukritasya krita-visrambha aatma-pratyayena tad aviganayan sujana ivaagamishyati.]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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.
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.
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?
Purport

Bharata Mahārāja was very noble and exalted, and therefore when the deer was absent from him he thought himself unworthy to give it protection. Due to his attachment for the animal, he thought that the animal was as noble and exalted as he himself was. According to the logic of ātmavan manyate jagat, everyone thinks of others according to his own position. Therefore Mahārāja Bharata felt that the deer had left him due to his negligence and that due to the animal’s noble heart, it would again return.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Perhaps this young, helpless deer whose mother has died, having faith in me though I am actually cruel like a cunning or low class person and have no pious credits, will not consider my offense and will return out of kindness. Api indicates possibility. Bata indicates compassion. Aho indicates surprise due to lamentation. I have the cruel mind of a cheater or low class persons. I am heartless, being inattentive to feeding and protecting the young deer (anaryasya). What is the cause? I have not done pious acts. I am without good fortune. Will the deer return, not considering the offenses I have committed out of cruelty? What is the cause of his offense? The deer considered that I was pure like it was, according to the rule “One thinks the world like oneself.” It had faith in me, who cannot be trusted.
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