Text 38] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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TEXT 37
प्रतिनन्द्य स तांयाञ्जां कर्तुमावश्यकं गतः । निममज्ज बृहद् ध्यायन् कालिन्दीसलिले शुभे ॥३७॥
pratinandya sa tāṁ yācñāṁ kartum āvaśyakaṁ gataḥ nimamajja bṛhad dhyāyan kālindī-salile śubhe
pratinandya —gladly accepting;  saḥ —Durvāsā Muni;  tām —that;  yācñām —request;  kartum —to perform;  āvaśyakam —the necessary ritualistic ceremonies;  gataḥ —went;  nimamajja —dipped his body in the water;  bṛhat —the Supreme Brahman;  dhyāyan —meditating on;  kālindī —of the Yamunā;  salile —in the water;  śubhe —very auspicious.
TRANSLATION
Durvāsā Muni gladly accepted the request of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, but to perform the regulative ritualistic ceremonies he went to the River Yamunā. There he dipped into the water of the auspicious Yamunā and meditated upon the impersonal Brahman.
TEXT 38
मुहूर्तार्धावशिष्टायां द्वादश्यां पारणं प्रति । चिन्तयामास धर्मज्ञो द्विजैस्तद्धर्मसङ्कटे ॥३८॥
muhūrtārdhāvaśiṣṭāyāṁ dvādaśyāṁ pāraṇaṁ prati cintayām āsa dharma-jño dvijais tad-dharma-saṅkaṭe
muhūrta-ardha-avaśiṣṭāyām —was remaining only for half a moment;  dvādaśyām —when the Dvādaśī day;  pāraṇam —the breaking of the fast;  prati —to observe;  cintayām āsa —began to think about;  dharma-jñaḥ —one who knows the principles of religion;  dvijaiḥ —by the  brāhmaṇas ;  tat-dharma —concerning that religious principle;  saṅkaṭe —in such a dangerous condition.