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ity evam nigudha-nirvedo visrjya mrgim mataram punar bhagavat-ksetram upasama-sila-muni-gana-dayitam salagramam pulastya-pulahasramam kalanjarat pratyajagama.
SYNONYMS
itithus; evamin this way; nigudhahidden; nirvedahcompletely unattached to material activities; visrjyagiving up; mrgimthe deer; mataramits mother; punahagain; bhagavat-ksetramthe place where the Supreme Lord is worshiped; upasama-silacompletely detached from all material attachments; muni-gana-dayitamwhich is dear to the great saintly residents; salagramamthe village known as Salagrama; pulastya-pulaha-asramamto the asrama conducted by such great sages as Pulastya and Pulaha; kalanjaratfrom the Kalanjara Mountain, where he had taken his birth in the womb of a deer; pratyajagamahe came back.
TRANSLATION
Although Bharata Maharaja 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 Kalanjara Mountain, where he was born. He again went to the forest of Salagrama and to the asrama of Pulastya and Pulaha.
PURPORT
It is significant that Maharaja Bharata, by the grace of Vasudeva, remembered his past life. He did not waste a moment; he returned to Pulaha-asrama to the village known as Salagrama. 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 Maharaja acquired the body of a deer, he again left his hearth and home, in this case the Mountain Kalanjara. No one should be captivated by his birthplace and family; one should take shelter of the association of devotees and cultivate Krsna consciousness.
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