कृतसुकृतस्य कृतविस्रम्भ आत्मप्रत्ययेन तदविगणयन् सुजन इवागमिष्यति
॥१६॥
api bata sa vai ká¹›paṇa eṇa-bÄlako má¹›ta-hariṇī-suto 'ho mamÄnÄryasya Å›aá¹ha-kirÄta-mater aká¹›ta-suká¹›tasya ká¹›ta-visrambha Ätma-pratyayena tad avigaṇayan sujana ivÄgamiá¹£yati
api - indeed; bata - alas; saḥ - that calf; vai - certainly; ká¹›paṇaḥ - aggrieved; eṇa-bÄlakaḥ - the deer child; má¹›ta-hariṇī-sutaḥ - the calf of the dead doe; aho - oh; mama - of me; anÄryasya - the most ill-behaved; Å›aá¹ha - of a cheater; kirÄta - or of an uncivilized aborigine; mateḥ - whose mind is that; aká¹›ta-suká¹›tasya - who has no pious activities; ká¹›ta-visrambhaḥ - putting all faith; Ätma-pratyayena - by assuming me to be like himself; tat avigaṇayan - without thinking of all these things; su-janaḥ iva - like a perfect gentle person; agamiá¹£yati - will he again return.
Bharata MahÄrÄja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty. The deer has put its faith in me, just as a good man who has a natural interest in good behavior forgets the misbehavior of a cunning friend and puts his faith in him. Although I have proved faithless, will this deer return and place its faith in me?
Bharata MahÄrÄja was very noble and exalted, and therefore when the deer was absent from him he thought himself unworthy to give it protection. Due to his attachment for the animal, he thought that the animal was as noble and exalted as he himself was. According to the logic of Ätmavan manyate jagat, everyone thinks of others according to his own position. Therefore MahÄrÄja Bharata felt that the deer had left him due to his negligence and that due to the animal’s noble heart, it would again return.
