ऋषिकुमारवदवहितकरणकलाप आस्ते ॥२२॥
ÄsÄdita-haviá¹£i barhiá¹£i dÅ«á¹£ite mayopÄlabdho bhÄ«ta-bhÄ«taḥ sapady uparata-rÄsa ṛṣi-kumÄravad avahita-karaṇa-kalÄpa Äste
ÄsÄdita - placed; haviá¹£i - all the ingredients to be offered in the sacrifice; barhiá¹£i - on the kuÅ›a grass; dÅ«á¹£ite - when polluted; mayÄ upÄlabdhaḥ - being scolded by me; bhÄ«ta-bhÄ«taḥ - in great fear; sapadi - immediately; uparata-rÄsaḥ - stopped its playing; ṛṣi-kumÄravat - exactly like the son or disciple of a saintly person; avahita - completely restrained; karaṇa-kalÄpaḥ - all the senses; Äste - sits.
When I placed all the sacrificial ingredients on the kuśa grass, the deer, when playing, would touch the grass with its teeth and thus pollute it. When I chastised the deer by pushing it away, it would immediately become fearful and sit down motionless, exactly like the son of a saintly person. Thus it would stop its play.
Bharata MahÄrÄja was constantly thinking of the activities of the deer, forgetting that such meditation and diversion of attention was killing his progress in spiritual achievement.
