Text 65] Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni
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ye dārāgāra-putrāpta- prāṇān vittam imam param hitvā mām śaraṇam yātāḥ katham tāms tyaktum utsahe
ye —those devotees of Mine who;  dāra —wife;  agāra —house;  putra —children, sons;  āpta —relatives, society;  prāṇān —even life;  vittam —wealth;  imam —all these;  param —elevation to the heavenly planets or becoming one by merging into Brahman;  hitvā —giving up (all these ambitions and paraphernalia);  mām —unto Me;  śaraṇam —shelter;  yātāḥ —having taken;  katham —how;  tān —such persons;  tyaktum —to give them up;  utsahe —I can be enthusiastic in that way (it is not possible).
TRANSLATION
Since pure devotees give up their homes, wives, children, relatives, riches and even their lives simply to serve Me, without any desire for material improvement in this life or in the next, how can I give up such devotees at any time?
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the words  brahmaṇya-devāya go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya ca . Thus He is the well-wisher of the  brāhmaṇas . Durvāsā Muni was certainly a very great  brāhmaṇa , but because he was a nondevotee, he could not sacrifice everything in devotional service. Great mystic  yogīs  are actually self-interested. The proof is that when Durvāsā Muni created a demon to kill Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the King stayed fixed in his place, praying to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and depending solely and wholly on Him, whereas when Durvāsā Muni was chased by the Sudarśana  cakra  by the supreme will of the Lord, he was so perturbed that he fled all over the world and tried to take shelter in every nook and corner of the universe. At last, in fear of his life, he approached Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was so interested in his own body that he wanted to kill the body of a Vaiṣṇava. Therefore, he did not have very good intelligence, and how can an unintelligent person be delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The Lord certainly