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Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared
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saṁvatsaraḥ —one complete year;  atyagāt —passed;  tāvat —as long as;  yāvatā —so long;  na —not;  āgataḥ —returned;  gataḥ —Durvāsā Muni, who had left that place;  muniḥ —the great sage;  tat-darśana-ākāṅkṣaḥ —desiring to see him again;  rājā —the King;  ap-bhakṣaḥ —taking only water;  babhūva —remained;  ha —indeed.
TRANSLATION
Durvāsā Muni had left the place of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, and as long as he had not returned—for one complete year—the King had fasted, maintaining himself simply by drinking water.
TEXT 24
गतेऽथ दुर्वाससि सोऽम्बरीषो 
    द्विजोपयोगातिपवित्रमाहरत् । 
    ऋषेर्विमोक्षं व्यसनं च वीक्ष्य 
    मेने स्ववीर्यं च परानुभावम् ॥२४॥
gate 'tha durvāsasi so 'mbarīṣo 
    dvijopayogātipavitram āharat 
    ṛṣer vimokṣaṁ vyasanaṁ ca vīkṣya 
    mene sva-vīryaṁ ca parānubhāvam
gate —on his return;  atha —then;  durvāsasi —the great mystic  yogī  Durvāsā;  saḥ —he, the King;  ambarīṣaḥ —Mahārāja Ambarīṣa;  dvija-upayoga —most suitable for a pure  brāhmaṇa ;  ati-pavitram —very pure food;  āharat —gave him to eat and he also ate;  ṛṣeḥ —of the great sage;  vimokṣam —release;  vyasanam —from the great danger of being burned by the Sudarśana  cakra ;  ca —and;  vīkṣya —seeing;  mene —considered;  sva-vīryam —about his own power;  ca —also;  para-anubhāvam —because of his pure devotion to the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
After one year, when Durvāsā Muni had returned, King Ambarīṣa sumptuously fed him all varieties of pure food, and then he himself also ate. When the King saw that the brāhmaṇa Durvāsā