Study a Verse

• Tigers never wander in the forest in flocks.
• Similarly, hogs, wolves and dogs also do the same.
• Thus Mahārāja Bharata thought that the deer had been killed by some of the many ferocious animals within the forest.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Compassion and attachment → Regret and vigilance. Affection becomes binding when it displaces devotion.

Chapters 7–9 of Canto 5: Bharata, the deer and the birth of Jaḍa Bharata. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 8: A Description of the Character of Bharata Mahārāja

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Although he was able to give up his opulent kingdom, he became attached to the deer. Thus he fell down from his mystic yoga practice.