Text 44] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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manyunā pracalad-gātro bhru-kuṭī-kuṭilānanaḥ bubhukṣitaś ca sutarāṁ kṛtāñjalim abhāṣata
manyunā—agitated by great anger; pracalat-gātraḥ—his body trembling; bhru-kuṭī—by the eyebrows; kuṭila—curved; ānanaḥ—face; bubhukṣitaḥ ca—and hungry at the same time; sutarāṁ—very much; kṛta-añjalim—to Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, who stood there with folded hands; abhāṣata—he addressed.
TRANSLATION
Still hungry, Durvāsā Muni, his body trembling, his face curved and his eyebrows crooked in a frown, angrily spoke as follows to King Ambarīṣa, who stood before him with folded hands.
TEXT 44
अहो अस्य नृशंसस्य श्रियोन्मत्तस्य पश्यत । धर्मव्यतिक्रमं विष्णोरभक्तस्येशमानिनः ॥४४॥
aho asya nṛ-śaṁsasya śriyonmattasya paśyata dharma-vyatikramaṁ viṣṇor abhaktasyeśa-māninaḥ
aho—alas; asya—of this man; nṛ-śaṁsasya—who is so cruel; śriyā unmattasya—puffed up because of great opulence; paśyata—everyone just see; dharma-vyatikramaṁ—the transgression of the regulative principles of religion; viṣṇoḥ abhaktasya—who is not a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu; iśa-māninaḥ—considering himself the Supreme Lord, independent of everything.
TRANSLATION
Alas, just see the behavior of this cruel man! He is not a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu. Being proud of his material opulence and