||Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran||

||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 51- Jadabharatha Upakhyanam -2

Sutha Pauranika describes “ Rajarishi Bharatha took great care of the infant of the deer, he was too devoted to the infant, eventually  he forgot his daily religious rites, he fed the child, he cried with it and laughed with it, he performed all the duties of the deer, he was anxious of it future, showered all his fondness, he could not bear the separation from the deer, gradually his  attachment to the infant of the deer grew deeper.  He took great care of the infant like a father, mother, brother, and a friend, eventually, his heart was inseparable from the child of the deer, and his mind was too absorbed in the thought of it.  He was relentlessly accompanied by the infant of the deer.   Thus, Rajarishi Bharatha did not realize the passage of the time; he was too attached as well as anxious about its safety.  The time has started to play its tricks on him and the deer, he completely forgot the purpose of his visit to woods and completely wrapped up in taking care of it, feeding and worrying about its safety.  While leaving the mortal coil he cried out of self-pity “ Oh! Vasudeva, I have wandered all over the woods, I have undertaken the Tapasya to contemplate upon you, recite your glories, remembrances of your glorious myths and attain the association of pious people.  I have sacrificed my Kingdom and my relatives and family for you.  Unfortunately, I have fallen deep into worldly bondage with the infant of deer and lost the objective of life.”   His mind was too absorbed in the thoughts of the infant of the deer while leaving the mortal coil, thus he has attained the body of the deer in his next birth.  Rajarishi Bharatha after attaining the body of the infant deer spends the days on the surroundings of Pulahashrama, consumed dried grass, stayed away from its herd, and finally left its mortal coil.