तत्रापि ह वा आत्मनो मृगत्वकारणं भगवदाराधनसमीहानुभावेनानुस्मृत्य भृशमनुतप्यमान आह ॥ २८ ॥
tatrapi ha va atmano mrgatva-karanam bhagavad-aradhana-samihanubhavenanusmrtya bhrsam anutapyamana aha.
- tatra api
- in that birth
- ha va
- indeed
- atmanah
- of himself
- mrgatva-karanam
- the cause of accepting the body of a deer
- bhagavat-aradhana-samiha
- of past activities in devotional service
- anubhavena
- by consequence
- anusmrtya
- remembering
- bhrsam
- always
- anutapya-manah
- repenting
- aha
- said.
Although in the body of a deer, Bharata Maharaja, due to his rigid devotional service in his past life, could understand the cause of his birth in that body. Considering his past and present life, he constantly repented his activities, speaking in the following way.