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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.8.30

ఇత్యేవం నిగూఢనిర్వేదో విసృజ్య మృగీం మాతరం పునర్భగవత్క్షేత్రముపశమశీలమునిగణదయితం శాలగ్రామం పులస్త్యపులహాశ్రమం కాలఞ్జరాత్ప్రత్యాజగామ ॥ ౩౦ ॥
ity evaṁ nigūḍha-nirvedo visṛjya mṛgīṁ mātaraṁ punar bhagavat-kṣetram upaśama-śīla-muni-gaṇa-dayitaṁ śālagrāmaṁ pulastya-pulahāśramaṁ kālaṣjarāt pratyājagāma.
[ity evam nigoodha-nirvedo visrijya mrigeem maataram punar bhagavat-kshetram upashama-sheela-muni-gana-dayitam shaalagraamam pulastya-pulahaashramam kaalashjaraat pratyaajagaama.]
iti — thus evam — in this way nigūḍha — hidden nirvedaḥ — completely unattached to material activities visṛjya — giving up mṛgīm — the deer mātaram — its mother punaḥ — again bhagavat-kṣetram — the place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped upaśama-śīla — completely detached from all material attachments muni-gaṇa-dayitam — which is dear to the great saintly residents śālagrāmam — the village known as Śālagrāma pulastya-pulaha-āśramam — to the āśrama conducted by such great sages as Pulastya and Pulaha kālaṣjarāt — from the Kālaṣjara Mountain, where he had taken his birth in the womb of a deer pratyājagāma — he came back.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ity evaṁ nigūḍha-nirvedo visṛjya mṛgīṁ mātaraṁ punar bhagavat-kṣetram upaśama-śīla-muni-gaṇa-dayitaṁ śālagrāmaṁ pulastya-pulahāśramaṁ kālaṣjarāt pratyājagāma.
iti
thus
evam
in this way
nigūḍha
hidden
nirvedaḥ
completely unattached to material activities
visṛjya
giving up
mṛgīm
the deer
mātaram
its mother
punaḥ
again
bhagavat-kṣetram
the place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped
upaśama-śīla
completely detached from all material attachments
muni-gaṇa-dayitam
which is dear to the great saintly residents
śālagrāmam
the village known as Śālagrāma
pulastya-pulaha-āśramam
to the āśrama conducted by such great sages as Pulastya and Pulaha
kālaṣjarāt
from the Kālaṣjara Mountain, where he had taken his birth in the womb of a deer
pratyājagāma
he came back.
Although Bharata Mahārāja received the body of a deer, by constant 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 Kālaṣjara Mountain, where he was born. He again went to the forest of Śālagrāma and to the āśrama of Pulastya and Pulaha.

It is significant that Mahārāja Bharata, by the grace of Vāsudeva, remembered his past life. He did not waste a moment; he returned to Pulaha-āśrama to the village known as Śālagrāma. 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 execute their spiritual duties so that whoever comes will automatically become a devotee and will be able to return back to Godhead in this very life. Although Bharata Mahārāja acquired the body of a deer, he again left his hearth and home, in this case the Mountain Kālaṣjara. No one should be captivated by his birthplace and family; one should take shelter of the association of devotees and cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Becoming very disgusted, he gave up his deer mother and went from Kālaṣjara Mountain to Pulahāśrama, the place of the Lord, the place called Śālagrāma, dear to the sages with controlled mind. Kālaṣjarāt means “from his birth place on the mountain called Kālaṣjara.” Śālagrāma is the name of the place to which he returned.
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