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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 ॥

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śrī-śuka uvāca
atha kasyacid dvija-varasyāṅgiraḥ-pravarasya śama-dama-tapaḥ-svādhyāyādhyayana-tyāga-santoṣa-titikṣā-praśraya-vidyānasūyātma-jñānānanda-yuktasyātma-sadṛśa-śruta-śīlācāra-rūpaudārya-guṇā nava sodaryā aṅgajā babhūvur mithunaṁ ca yavīyasyāṁ bhāryāyām yas tu tatra pumāṁs taṁ parama-bhāgavataṁ rājarṣi-pravaraṁ bharatam utsṛṣṭa-mṛga-śarīraṁ carama-śarīreṇa vipratvaṁ gatam āhuḥ.

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śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak; atha — thereafter; kasyacit — of some; dvija-varasya — brāhmaṇa; aṅgiraḥ-pravarasya — who came in the dynasty of the great saint Aṅgirā; śama — control of the mind; dama — control of the senses; tapaḥ — practice of austerities and penances; svādhyāya — recitation of the Vedic literatures; adhyayana — studying; tyāga — renunciation; santoṣa — satisfaction; titikṣā — tolerance; praśraya — very gentle; vidyā — knowledge; anasūya — without envy; ātma-jñāna-ānanda — satisfied in self-realization; yuktasya — who was qualified with; ātma-sadṛśa — and exactly like himself; śruta — in education; śīla — in character; ācāra — in behavior; rūpa — in beauty; audārya — in magnanimity; guṇāḥ — possessing all these qualities; nava sa-udaryāḥ — nine brothers born of the same womb; aṅga-jāḥ — sons; babhūvuḥ — were born; mithunam — a twin brother and sister; ca — and; yavīyasyām — in the youngest; bhāryāyām — wife; yaḥ — who; tu — but; tatra — there; pumān — the male child; tam — him; parama-bhāgavatam — the most exalted devotee; rāja-ṛṣi — of saintly kings; pravaram — most honored; bharatam — Bharata Mahārāja; utsṛṣṭa — having given up; mṛga-śarīram — the body of a deer; carama-śarīreṇa — with the last body; vipratvam — being a brāhmaṇa; gatam — obtained; āhuḥ — they said.

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī continuó hablando; atha — a continuación; kasyacit — de cierto; dvija-varasya — brāhmaṇa; aṅgiraḥ-pravarasya — que pertenecía a la dinastía del gran santo Aṅgirā; śama — control de la mente; dama — control de los sentidos; tapaḥ — práctica de austeridades y penitencias; svādhyāya — recitación de las Escrituras védicas; adhyayana — estudio; tyāga — renunciación; santoṣa — satisfacción; titikṣā — tolerancia; praśraya — muy amable; vidyā — conocimiento; anasūya — libre de envidia; ātma-jñāna-ānanda — satisfecho en la autorrealización; yuktasya — poseía las cualidades de; ātma-sadṛśa — y exactamente como él mismo; śruta — en educación; śīla — en personalidad; ācāra — en conducta; rūpa — en belleza; audārya — en magnanimidad; guṇāḥ — poseyendo todas esas cualidades; nava sa-udaryāḥ — nueve hermanos nacidos del mismo vientre; aṅga-jāḥ — hijos; babhūvuḥ — nacieron; mithunam — un varón y una niña gemelos; ca — y; yavīyasyām — en la más joven; bhāryāyām — esposa; yaḥ — quien; tu — pero; tatra — allí; pumān — el niño varón; tam — a él; parama-bhāgavatam — el devoto más glorioso; rāja-ṛṣi — de los reyes santos; pravaram — el más honrado; bharatam — Bharata Mahārāja; utsṛṣṭa — habiendo abandonado; mṛga-śarīram — el cuerpo de ciervo; carama-śarīreṇa — con el último cuerpo; vipratvam — siendo un brāhmaṇa; gatam — obtuvo; āhuḥ — decían.

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Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, after giving up the body of a deer, Bharata Mahārāja took birth in a very pure brāhmaṇa family. There was a brāhmaṇa who belonged to the dynasty of Aṅgirā. 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 Mahārāja. This, then, is the story of the birth he took after giving up the body of a deer.

Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continuó: Mi querido rey, después de abandonar el cuerpo de ciervo, Bharata Mahārāja nació en una familia de brāhmaṇas de gran pureza. Su padre era un brāhmaṇa perteneciente a la dinastía de Aṅgirā, y estaba plenamente dotado con las cualidades brahmínicas. Podía controlar su mente y sus sentidos, y había estudiado las Escrituras védicas y otros textos complementarios. Era experto en dar caridad, y siempre permanecía satisfecho; era tolerante, muy amable y culto; estaba libre de envidia. Era un alma iluminada que se ocupaba en el servicio devocional del Señor, y permanecía siempre en trance. Con su primera esposa tuvo nueve hijos, que compartían sus mismas cualidades, y su segunda esposa le dio gemelos: un varón y una niña. Al varón, Bharata Mahārāja, se le considera el más excelso de los devotos y el más importante de los reyes santos. Esta es, entonces, la historia de su vida tras abandonar el cuerpo de ciervo.

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Bharata Mahārāja was a great devotee, but he did not attain success in one life. In Bhagavad-gītā it is said that a devotee who does not fulfill his devotional duties in one life is given the chance to be born in a fully qualified brāhmaṇa family or a rich kṣatriya or vaiśya family. Śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe (Bg. 6.41). Bharata Mahārāja was the firstborn son of Mahārāja Ṛṣabha in a rich kṣatriya family, but due to his willful negligence of his spiritual duties and his excessive attachment to an insignificant deer, he was obliged to take birth as the son of a deer. However, due to his strong position as a devotee, he was gifted with the remembrance of his past life. Being repentant, he remained in a solitary forest and always thought of Kṛṣṇa. Then he was given the chance to take birth in a very good brāhmaṇa family.