Bharata Mahārāja would think: Alas, the deer is now helpless. I am now very unfortunate, and my mind is like a cunning hunter, for it is always filled with cheating propensities and cruelty. The deer has put its faith in me, just as a good man who has a natural interest in good behavior forgets the misbehavior of a cunning friend and puts his faith in him. Although I have proved faithless, will this deer return and place its faith in me?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
अपि बत स वै कृपण एणबालको मृतहरिणीसुतो- ऽहो ममानार्यस्य शठकिरातमतेरकृतसुकृतस्य कृतविस्रम्भ आत्मप्रत्ययेन तदविगणयन् सुजन इवागमिष्यति
api bata sa vai kṛpaṇa eṇabālako mṛtahariṇīsuto- 'ho mamānāryasya śaṭhakirātamaterakṛtasukṛtasya kṛtavisrambha ātmapratyayena tadavigaṇayan sujana ivāgamiṣyati
SB 5.8.16