Text 51] Ambariṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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tathānuṣaktaṁ munir īkṣamāṇo guhāṁ vivikṣuḥ prasasāra meroḥ
tam—unto Durvāsā; anvadhāvat—began to follow; bhagavat-ratha-aṅgam—the disc appearing from the wheel of the Lord's chariot; dāva-agniḥ—like a forest fire; uddhūta—blazing high; śikhaḥ—having flames; yathā ahim—as it follows a snake; tathā—in the same way; anuṣaktam—as if touching Durvāsā Muni's back; muniḥ—the sage; īkṣamāṇaḥ—seeing like that; guhām—a cave; vivikṣuḥ—wanted to enter; prasasāra—began to move quickly; meroḥ—of Meru Mountain.
TRANSLATION
As the blazing flames of a forest fire pursue a snake, the disc of the Supreme Personality of Godhead began following Durvāsā Muni. Durvāsā Muni saw that the disc was almost touching his back, and thus he ran very swiftly, desiring to enter a cave of Sumeru Mountain.
TEXT 51
दिशो नभः क्ष्मां विवरान् समुद्रान् लोकान् सपालां स्त्रिदिवं गतः सः । यतो यतो धावति तत्र तत्र सुदर्शनं दुष्प्रसहं ददर्श ॥५१॥
diśo nabhaḥ kṣmāṁ vivarān samudrān lokān sapālāṁs tridivaṁ gataḥ saḥ yato yato dhāvati tatra tatra sudarśanaṁ duṣprasahaṁ dadarśa
diśaḥ—all directions; nabhaḥ—in the sky; kṣmām—on the surface of the earth; vivarān—within the holes; samudrān—within the seas; lokān—all places; sa-pālān—as well as their rulers; tridivam—the heavenly planets; gataḥ—gone; saḥ—Durvāsā Muni; yataḥ yataḥ—wheresoever; dhāvati—he went; tatra tatra—there, everywhere; sudarśanam—the disc of the Lord; duṣprasaham—extremely fearful; dadarśa—Durvāsā Muni saw.