Srimad Bhagavatam

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तत्रापि स्वजनसङ्गाच्च भृशमुद्विजमानो भगवतः कर्मबन्धविध्वंसनश्रवणस्मरणगुणविवरणचरणारविन्दयुगलं मनसा विदधदात्मनः प्रतिघातमाशङ्कमानो भगवदनुग्रहेणानुस्मृतस्वपूर्वजन्मावलिरात्मानमुन्मत्तजडान्धबधिरस्वरूपेण दर्शयामास लोकस्य ।। ५-९-३ ।।

sanskrit

Due to his being especially gifted with the Lord’s mercy, Bharata Mahārāja could remember the incidents of his past life. Although he received the body of a brāhmaṇa, he was still very much afraid of his relatives and friends who were not devotees. He was always very cautious of such association because he feared that he would again fall down. Consequently he manifested himself before the public eye as a madman — dull, blind and deaf — so that others would not try to talk to him. In this way he saved himself from bad association. Within he was always thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord and chanting the Lord’s glories, which save one from the bondage of fruitive action. In this way he saved himself from the onslaught of nondevotee associates. ।। 5-9-3 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

tatrApi svajanasaGgAcca bhRzamudvijamAno bhagavataH karmabandhavidhvaMsanazravaNasmaraNaguNavivaraNacaraNAravindayugalaM manasA vidadhadAtmanaH pratighAtamAzaGkamAno bhagavadanugraheNAnusmRtasvapUrvajanmAvalirAtmAnamunmattajaDAndhabadhirasvarUpeNa darzayAmAsa lokasya || 5-9-3 ||

hk transliteration

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तत्रापि स्वजनसङ्गाच्च भृशमुद्विजमानो भगवतः कर्मबन्धविध्वंसनश्रवणस्मरणगुणविवरणचरणारविन्दयुगलं मनसा विदधदात्मनः प्रतिघातमाशङ्कमानो भगवदनुग्रहेणानुस्मृतस्वपूर्वजन्मावलिरात्मानमुन्मत्तजडान्धबधिरस्वरूपेण दर्शयामास लोकस्य ।। ५-९-३ ।।

sanskrit

Due to his being especially gifted with the Lord’s mercy, Bharata Mahārāja could remember the incidents of his past life. Although he received the body of a brāhmaṇa, he was still very much afraid of his relatives and friends who were not devotees. He was always very cautious of such association because he feared that he would again fall down. Consequently he manifested himself before the public eye as a madman — dull, blind and deaf — so that others would not try to talk to him. In this way he saved himself from bad association. Within he was always thinking of the lotus feet of the Lord and chanting the Lord’s glories, which save one from the bondage of fruitive action. In this way he saved himself from the onslaught of nondevotee associates. ।। 5-9-3 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

tatrApi svajanasaGgAcca bhRzamudvijamAno bhagavataH karmabandhavidhvaMsanazravaNasmaraNaguNavivaraNacaraNAravindayugalaM manasA vidadhadAtmanaH pratighAtamAzaGkamAno bhagavadanugraheNAnusmRtasvapUrvajanmAvalirAtmAnamunmattajaDAndhabadhirasvarUpeNa darzayAmAsa lokasya || 5-9-3 ||

hk transliteration