अहं पुरा भरतो नाम राजा विमुक्तदृष्टश्रुतसङ्गबन्ध: । आराधनं भगवत ईहमानो मृगोऽभवं मृगसङ्गाद्धतार्थ: ॥ १४ ॥
aham pura bharato nama raja vimukta-drsta-sruta-sanga-bandhah aradhanam bhagavata ihamano mrgo ’bhavam mrga-sangad dhatarthah
- aham
- I
- pura
- formerly (in my previous birth)
- bharatah nama raja
- a King named Maharaja Bharata
- vimukta
- liberated from
- drsta-sruta
- by experiencing personally through direct association or by getting knowledge from the Vedas
- sanga-bandhah
- bondage by association
- aradhanam
- the worship
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva
- ihamanah
- always performing
- mrgah abhavam
- I became a deer
- mrga-sangat
- because of my intimate association with a deer
- hata-arthah
- having neglected the regulative principles in the discharge of devotional service
In a previous birth I was known as Maharaja Bharata. I attained perfection by becoming completely detached from material activities through direct experience, and through indirect experience I received understanding from the Vedas. I was fully engaged in the service of the Lord, but due to my misfortune, I became very affectionate to a small deer, so much so that I neglected my spiritual duties. Due to my deep affection for the deer, in my next life I had to accept the body of a deer.