Text 20] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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devotee knows that anything material is temporary, whereas a non-devotee regards the temporary so-called happiness as everything and forgets the path of self-realization. Thus for the nondevotee material opulence is a disqualification for spiritual advancement.
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वासुदेवे भगवति तद्भक्तेषु च साधुषु । प्राप्तो भावं परं विश्वं येनेदं लोष्ट्वत् स्मृतम् ॥ १७ ॥
vāsudeve bhagavati tad-bhakteṣu ca sādhuṣu prāpto bhāvam param viśvam yenedam loṣṭravat smṛtam
vāsudeve —unto the all-pervading Supreme Personality;  bhagavati —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  tat-bhakteṣu —unto His devotees;  ca —also;  sādhuṣu —unto the saintly persons;  prāptaḥ —one who has achieved;  bhāvam —reverence and devotion;  param —transcendental;  viśvam —the whole material universe;  yena —by which (spiritual consciousness);  idam —this;  loṣṭra-vat —as insignificant as a piece of stone;  smṛtam —is accepted (by such devotees).
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, and of the saintly persons who are the Lord's devotees. Because of this devotion, he thought of the entire universe as being as insignificant as a piece of stone.
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स वै मनः कृष्णपदारविन्दयो- र्वचांसि वैकुण्ठगुणानुवर्णने । करौ हरेर्मन्दिरमार्जनादिषु श्रुतिं चकाराच्युतसत्कथोदये ॥ १८ ॥