Bhagavatapurana 5.8.7

5.8.7

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taṃ tv eṇa-kuṇakaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ srotasānūhyamānam abhivīkṣyāpaviddhaṃ bandhur ivānukampayā rājarṣir bharata ādāya mṛta-mātaram ity āśrama-padam anayat //

7. On seeing that helpless young deer floating down the current, neglected by its kith and kin, the Royal sage Bharata, full of compassion as if he were its relation, carried it to his hermitage for the reason that it was motherless.