That deer is exactly like a prince. When will it return? When will it again display its personal activities, which are so pleasing? When will it again pacify a wounded heart like mine? I certainly must have no pious assets, otherwise the deer would have returned by now.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
अपि स्विदकृतसुकृतमागत्य मां सुखयिष्यति हरिणराजकुमारो विविधरुचिरदर्शनीयनिजमृग- दारकविनोदैरसन्तोषं स्वानामपनुदन्
api svidakṛtasukṛtamāgatya māṃ sukhayiṣyati hariṇarājakumāro vividharuciradarśanīyanijamṛga- dārakavinodairasantoṣaṃ svānāmapanudan
SB 5.8.20