taṁ tv eṇa-kuṇakaṁ kṛpaṇaṁ srotasānūhyamānam abhivīkṣyāpaviddhaṁ bandhur ivānukampayā rājarṣir bharata ādāya mṛta-mātaram ity āśrama-padam anayat.

tam-that; tu-but; ena-kunakam-the deer calf; krpanam-helpless; srotasa-by the waves; anuhyamanam-floating; abhiviksya-seeing; apaviddham-removed from its own kind; bandhuh iva-just like a friend; anukampaya-with compassion; raja-rsih bharatah-the great, saintly King Bharata; adaya-taking; mrta-mataram-who lost its mother; iti-thus thinking; asrama-padam-to the asrama; anayat-brought.