तं त्वेणकुणकं कृपणं स्रोतसानूह्यमानमभिवीक्ष्यापविद्धं बन्धुरिवानुकम्पया राजर्षिर्भरत आदाय मृतमातरमित्याश्रमपदमनयत् ॥ ७ ॥
tam tv ena-kunakam krpanam srotasanuhyamanam abhiviksyapaviddham bandhur ivanukampaya rajarsir bharata adaya mrta-mataram ity asrama-padam anayat.
- tam
- that
- tu
- but
- ena-kunakam
- the deer calf
- krpanam
- helpless
- srotasa
- by the waves
- anuhyamanam
- 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.
The great King Bharata, while sitting on the bank of the river, saw the small deer, bereft of its mother, down the river. Seeing this, he felt great compassion. Like a sincere friend, he lifted the infant deer from the waves, and, knowing it to be motherless, brought it to his asrama.