अहो कष्टं भ्रष्टोऽहमात्मवतामनुपथाद्यद्विमुक्तसमस्तसङ्गस्य विविक्तपुण्यारण्यशरणस्यात्मवत आत्मनि सर्वेषामात्मनां भगवति वासुदेवे तदनुश्रवणमननसङ्कीर्तनाराधनानुस्मरणाभियोगेनाशून्यसकलयामेन कालेन समावेशितं समाहितं कार्त्स्न्येन मनस्तत्तु पुनर्ममाबुधस्यारान्मृगसुतमनु परिसुस्राव ॥ २९ ॥
aho kastam bhrasto ’ham atmavatam anupathad yad-vimukta-samasta-sangasya vivikta-punyaranya-saranasyatmavata atmani sarvesam atmanam bhagavati vasudeve tad-anusravana-manana-sankirtanaradhananusmaranabhiyogenasunya-sakala-yamena kalena samavesitam samahitam kartsnyena manas tat tu punar mamabudhasyaran mrga-sutam anu parisusrava.
- aho kastam
- alas, what a miserable condition of life
- bhrastah
- fallen
- aham
- I (am)
- atma-vatam
- of great devotees who have achieved perfection
- anupathat
- from the way of life
- yat
- from which
- vimukta-samasta-sangasya
- although having given up the association of my real sons and home
- vivikta
- solitary
- punya-aranya
- of a sacred forest
- saranasya
- who had taken shelter
- atma-vatah
- of one who had become perfectly situated on the transcendental platform
- atmani
- in the Supersoul
- sarvesam
- of all
- atmanam
- living entities
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vasudeve
- Lord Vasudeva
- tat
- of Him
- anusravana
- constantly hearing
- manana
- thinking
- sankirtana
- chanting
- aradhana
- worshiping
- anusmarana
- constantly remembering
- abhiyogena
- by absorption in
- asunya
- filled
- sakala-yamena
- in which all the hours
- kalena
- by time
- samavesitam
- fully established
- samahitam
- fixed
- kartsnyena
- totally
- manah
- the mind in such a situation
- tat
- that mind
- tu
- but
- punah
- again
- mama
- of me
- abudhasya
- a great fool
- arat
- from a great distance
- mrga-sutam
- the son of a deer
- anu
- being affected by
- parisusrava
- fell down
In the body of a deer, Bharata Maharaja began to lament: What misfortune! I have fallen from the path of the self-realized. I gave up my real sons, wife and home to advance in spiritual life, and I took shelter in a solitary holy place in the forest. I became self-controlled and self-realized, and I engaged constantly in devotional service, hearing, thinking, chanting, worshiping and remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva. I was successful in my attempt, so much so that my mind was always absorbed in devotional service. However, due to my personal foolishness, my mind again became attached—this time to a deer. Now I have obtained the body of a deer and have fallen far from my devotional practices.