Text 54] Ambariṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
स्थानं मदीयं सहविश्वमेतत् 
    क्रीडावसाने द्विपरार्धसंज्ञे । 
    भ्रूभङ्गमात्रेण हि संदिग्धक्षोः 
    कालात्मनो यस्य तिरोभविष्यति ॥५३॥ 
    अहं भवो दक्षभृगुप्रधानाः 
    प्रजेशभूतेशसुरेशमुख्याः । 
    सर्वे वयं यन्नियमं प्रपन्ना 
    मूर्ध्न्यार्पितं लोकहितं वहामः ॥५४॥
śrī-brahmovāca
sthānam madīyam saha-viśvam etat 
    krīḍāvasāne dvi-parārdha-samijñe 
    bhrū-bhaṅga-mātreṇa hi sandidhakṣoḥ 
    kālātmano yasya tirobhaviṣyati
aham bhavo dakṣa-bhṛgu-pradhānāḥ 
    prajeśa-bhūteśa-sureśa-mukhyāḥ 
    sarve vayam yan-niyamam prapannā 
    mūrdhnyārpitam loka-hitam vahāmaḥ
śrī-brahmā uvāca—Lord Brahmā said; sthānam—the place where I am; madīyam—my residence, Brahmaloka; saha—with; viśvam—the whole universe; etat—this; krīḍā-avasāne—at the end of the period for the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dvi-parārdha-samijñe—the time known as the end of a dvi-parārdha; bhrū-bhaṅga-mātreṇa—simply by the flicking of the eyebrows; hi—indeed; sandidhakṣoḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, when He desires to burn the whole universe; kāla-ātmanaḥ—of the form of destruction; yasya—of whom; tirobhaviṣyati—will be vanquished; aham—I; bhavaḥ—Lord Śiva; dakṣa—Prajāpati Dakṣa; bhṛgu—the great saint Bhṛgu; pradhānāḥ—and others headed by them; prajā-īśa—the