Text 20] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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the bodies;  aṅga-saṅgamam —contact of his body;  ghrāṇam ca —and his sense of smell;  tat-pāda —of His lotus feet;  saroja —of the lotus flower;  saurabhe —in (smelling) the fragrance;  śrīmat-tulasyāḥ —of the  tulasī  leaves;  rasanām —his tongue;  tat-arpite —in the  prasāda  offered to the Lord;  pādau —his two legs;  hareḥ —of the Personality of Godhead;  kṣetra —holy places like the temple or Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā;  pada-anusarpaṇe —walking to those places;  śiraḥ —the head;  hṛṣīkeśa —of Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses;  pada-abhivandane —in offering obeisances to the lotus feet;  kāmam ca —and his desires;  dāsye —in being engaged as a servant;  na —not;  tu —indeed;  kāma-kāmyayā —with a desire for sense gratification;  yathā —as;  uttamaśloka-jana-āśrayā —if one takes shelter of a devotee such as Prahlāda;  ratiḥ —attachment.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Ambarīṣa always engaged his mind in meditating upon the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, his words in describing the glories of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the Lord's temple, and his ears in hearing the words spoken by Kṛṣṇa or about Kṛṣṇa. He engaged his eyes in seeing the Deity of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa's temples and Kṛṣṇa's places like Mathurā and Vṛndāvana, he engaged his sense of touch in touching the bodies of the Lord's devotees, he engaged his sense of smell in smelling the fragrance of tulasī offered to the Lord, and he engaged his tongue in tasting the Lord's prasāda. He engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day. Indeed, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa never desired anything for his own sense gratification. He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engagements related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.1) the Lord recommends,  mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ . This indicates that one must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible,