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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 2]
curse a disciple but to give him relief through the performance of some sort of atonement. Vasiṣṭha, however, did just the opposite. Therefore Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that he was  durmati ; in other words, his intelligence was not very good.
TEXT 10
एवं शमस्तु गुरुणा प्रत्यगृह्णात् कृताञ्जलिः ।
अधारयद् व्रतं वीर ऊर्ध्वरेता मुनिप्रियम् ॥१०॥
evam śaptas tu guruṇā pratyagṛhṇāt kṛtāñjaliḥ adhārayad vratam vīra ūrdhva-retā muni-priyam
evam —in this way;  śaptaḥ —having been cursed;  tu —but;  guruṇā —by his spiritual master;  pratyagṛhṇāt —he (Pṛṣadhra) accepted;  kṛta-añjaliḥ —with folded hands;  adhārayat —took up, assumed;  vratam —the vow of  brahmacarya ;  vīraḥ —that hero;  ūrdhva-retāḥ —having controlled his senses;  muni-priyam —which is approved by the great sages.
TRANSLATION
When the hero Pṛṣadhra was thus cursed by his spiritual master, he accepted the curse with folded hands. Then, having controlled his senses, he took the vow of  brahmacarya , which is approved by all great sages.
TEXTS 11–13
वासुदेवे भगवति सर्वात्मनि परेऽमले ।
एकान्तित्वं गतो भक्त्या सर्वभूतसुहृत् समः ॥११॥
विमुक्तसङ्गः शान्तात्मा संयताक्षोऽपरिग्रहः ।
यदृच्छयोपपन्नेन कल्पयन् वृत्तिमात्मनः ॥१२॥
आत्मन्यात्मानमाधाय ज्ञानतृप्तः समाहितः ।
विचचार महीमेतां जडान्धवधिराकृतिः ॥१३॥