Text 22] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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TEXT 22
ईजेऽश्वमेधैरधियज्ञमीश्वरं 
  महाविभूत्योपचिताङ्गदक्षिणैः । 
  ततैर्वसिष्ठासितगौतमादिभि- 
  र्धन्वन्यभिस्रोतमसौ सरस्वतीम् ॥२२॥
ije 'śvamedhair adhiyajñam īśvaram 
  mahā-vibhūtyopacitāṅga-dakṣiṇaiḥ 
  tatair vasiṣṭhāsita-gautamādibhir 
  dhanvany abhisrotam asau sarasvatīm
ije —worshiped;  aśvamedhaiḥ —by performing the horse sacrifice  yajñas ;  adhiyajñam —to satisfy the master of all  yajñas ;  īśvaram —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mahā-vibhūtyā —with great opulence;  upacita-aṅga-dakṣiṇaiḥ —with all prescribed paraphernalia and contributions of  dakṣiṇā  to the  brāhmaṇas ;  tataiḥ —executed;  vasiṣṭha-asita-gautama-ādibhiḥ —by such  brāhmaṇas  as Vasiṣṭha, Asita and Gautama;  dhanvani —in the desert;  abhisrotam —inundated by the water of the river;  asau —Mahārāja Ambarīṣa;  sarasvatīm —on the bank of the Sarasvatī.
TRANSLATION
In desert countries where there flowed the River Sarasvatī, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa performed great sacrifices like the  aśvamedha-yajña  and thus satisfied the master of all  yajñas , the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such sacrifices were performed with great opulence and suitable paraphernalia and with contributions of  dakṣiṇā  to the  brāhmaṇas , who were supervised by great personalities like Vasiṣṭha, Asita and Gautama, representing the king, the performer of the sacrifices.
PURPORT
When one performs ritualistic sacrifices as prescribed in the  Vedas , one needs expert  brāhmaṇas  known as  yājñika-brāhmaṇas . In Kali-yuga, however, there is a scarcity of such  brāhmaṇas . Therefore in