अपि बत स वै कृपण एणबालको मृतहरिणीसुतोऽहो ममानार्यस्य शठकिरातमतेरकृतसुकृतस्य कृतविस्रम्भ आत्मप्रत्ययेन तदविगणयन् सुजन इवागमिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥
api bata sa vai krpana ena-balako mrta-harini-suto ’ho mamanaryasya satha-kirata-mater akrta-sukrtasya krta-visrambha atma-pratyayena tad aviganayan sujana ivagamisyati.
- api
- indeed
- bata
- alas
- sah
- that calf
- vai
- certainly
- krpanah
- aggrieved
- ena-balakah
- the deer child
- mrta-harini-sutah
- the calf of the dead doe
- aho
- oh
- mama
- of me
- anaryasya
- the most ill-behaved
- satha
- of a cheater
- kirata
- or of an uncivilized aborigine
- mateh
- whose mind is that
- akrta-sukrtasya
- who has no pious activities
- krta-visrambhah
- putting all faith
- atma-pratyayena
- by assuming me to be like himself
- tat aviganayan
- without thinking of all these things
- su-janah iva
- like a perfect gentle person
- agamisyati
- will he again return
Bharata Maharaja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty. The deer has put its faith in me, just as a good man who has a natural interest in good behavior forgets the misbehavior of a cunning friend and puts his faith in him. Although I have proved faithless, will this deer return and place its faith in me?