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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 10: The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.34
bhrataram valkalambaram
maha-karuniko 'tapyaj
SYNONYMS
go-mutra-yavakam -- eating barley boiled in the urine of a cow; srutva -- hearing; bhrataram -- His brother Bharata; valkala-ambaram -- covered with the bark of trees; maha-karunikah -- the supremely merciful Lord Ramacandra; atapyat -- lamented very much; jatilam -- wearing matted locks of hair; sthandile-sayam -- lying down on a grass mattress, or kusasana.
TRANSLATION
Upon reaching Ayodhya, Lord Ramacandra heard that in His absence His brother Bharata was eating barley cooked in the urine of a cow, covering His body with the bark of trees, wearing matted locks of hair, and lying on a mattress of kusa. The most merciful Lord very much lamented this.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness