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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.2.18
SYNONYMS
sah — he; bhukta — used up; bhogām — all the pleasures; tyaktvā — rejecting; imām — of this (earth); nirgatah — having left home; tapasā — by austerities; harim — the Supreme Lord, Hari; upāsīnah — having worshiped; tat-padavīm — His destination; lebhe — he achieved; vai — indeed; janmabhih — in births; tribhih — three.
TRANSLATION
King Bharata rejected this material world, considering all types of material pleasure temporary and useless. Leaving his beautiful young wife and family, he worshiped Lord Hari by severe austerities and attained the abode of the Lord after three lifetimes.
PURPORT
The complete narration of the three lives of Bharata — as a king, as a deer and as an exalted paramahamsa devotee of the Lord — is given in the Fifth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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