Bhagavatapurana 5.8.8
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.8.8
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5.8.8
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tasya ha vā eṇa-kuṇaka uccair etasmin kṛta-nijābhimānasyāhar-ahas tat-poṣaṇa-pālana-lālana-prīṇanānudhyānenātma-niyamāḥ saha-yamāḥ puruṣa-paricaryādaya ekaikaśaḥ katipayenāhar-gaṇena viyujyamānāḥ kila sarva evodavasan //
8. When he formed a strong attachment to this young deer, as if it were his own and was engaged day after day in nourishing, defending, caressing and delighting it, and when his thoughts were thus wholly given to it, his daily habits, bathing and the like, his righteous practices, the worship of the supreme Lord and other duties came to be neglected one by one and soon they all left him.
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation