श्रीशुक उवाच अथ कस्यचिद् द्विजवरस्याङ्गिर:प्रवरस्य शमदमतप:स्वाध्यायाध्ययनत्यागसन्तोषतितिक्षाप्रश्रयविद्यानसूयात्मज्ञानानन्दयुक्तस्यात्मसदृशश्रुतशीलाचाररूपौदार्यगुणा नव सोदर्या अङ्गजा बभूवुर्मिथुनं च यवीयस्यां भार्यायाम् ॥ १ ॥ यस्तु तत्र पुमांस्तं परमभागवतं राजर्षिप्रवरं भरतमुत्सृष्टमृगशरीरं चरमशरीरेण विप्रत्वं गतमाहु: ॥ २ ॥
sri-suka uvaca atha kasyacid dvija-varasyangirah-pravarasya sama-dama-tapah-svadhyayadhyayana-tyaga-santosa-titiksa-prasraya-vidyanasuyatma-jnanananda-yuktasyatma-sadrsa-sruta-silacara-rupaudarya-guna nava sodarya angaja babhuvur mithunam ca yaviyasyam bharyayam yas tu tatra pumams tam parama-bhagavatam rajarsi-pravaram bharatam utsrsta-mrga-sariram carama-sarirena vipratvam gatam ahuh.
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak
- atha
- thereafter
- kasyacit
- of some
- dvija-varasya
- brahmana
- angirah-pravarasya
- who came in the dynasty of the great saint Angira
- sama
- control of the mind
- dama
- control of the senses
- tapah
- practice of austerities and penances
- svadhyaya
- recitation of the Vedic literatures
- adhyayana
- studying
- tyaga
- renunciation
- santosa
- satisfaction
- titiksa
- tolerance
- prasraya
- very gentle
- vidya
- knowledge
- anasuya
- without envy
- atma-jnana-ananda
- satisfied in self-realization
- yuktasya
- who was qualified with
- atma-sadrsa
- and exactly like himself
- sruta
- in education
- sila
- in character
- acara
- in behavior
- rupa
- in beauty
- audarya
- in magnanimity
- gunah
- possessing all these qualities
- nava sa-udaryah
- nine brothers born of the same womb
- anga-jah
- sons
- babhuvuh
- were born
- mithunam
- a twin brother and sister
- ca
- and
- yaviyasyam
- in the youngest
- bharyayam
- wife
- yah
- who
- tu
- but
- tatra
- there
- puman
- the male child
- tam
- him
- parama-bhagavatam
- the most exalted devotee
- raja-rsi
- of saintly kings
- pravaram
- most honored
- bharatam
- Bharata Maharaja
- utsrsta
- having given up
- mrga-sariram
- the body of a deer
- carama-sarirena
- with the last body
- vipratvam
- being a brahmana
- gatam
- obtained
- ahuh
- they said
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, after giving up the body of a deer, Bharata Maharaja took birth in a very pure brahmana family. There was a brahmana who belonged to the dynasty of Angira. He was fully qualified with brahminical qualifications. He could control his mind and senses, and he had studied the Vedic literatures and other subsidiary literatures. He was expert in giving charity, and he was always satisfied, tolerant, very gentle, learned and nonenvious. He was self-realized and engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He remained always in a trance. He had nine equally qualified sons by his first wife, and by his second wife he begot twins — a brother and a sister, of which the male child was said to be the topmost devotee and foremost of saintly kings — Bharata Maharaja. This, then, is the story of the birth he took after giving up the body of a deer.