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Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared
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TEXT 26
श्रीशुक उवाच
अथाम्बरीषस्तनयेषु राज्यं 
  समानशीलेषु विसृज्य धीरः । 
  वनं विवेशत्मनि गासुदेवे 
  मनो दधद् ध्वस्तगुणप्रवाहः ॥२६॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  athāmbarīṣas tanayeṣu rājyam 
  samāna-śīleṣu visṛjya dhīraḥ 
  vanam viveśātmani vāsudeve 
  mano dadhad dhvasta-guṇa-pravāhaḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  atha —in this way;  ambarīṣaḥ —King Ambarīṣa;  tanayeṣu —unto his sons;  rājyam —the kingdom;  samāna-śīleṣu —who were equally as qualified as their father;  visṛjya —dividing;  dhīraḥ —the most learned person, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa;  vanam —into the forest;  viveśa —entered;  ātmani —unto the Supreme Lord;  vāsudeve —Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Vāsudeva;  manaḥ —mind;  dadhat —concentrating;  dhvasta —vanquished;  guṇa-pravāhaḥ —the waves of the material modes of nature.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thereafter, because of his advanced position in devotional life, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, who no longer desired to live with material things, retired from active family life. He divided his property among his sons, who were equally as qualified, and he himself took the order of vānaprastha and went to the forest to concentrate his mind fully upon Lord Vāsudeva.
PURPORT
As a pure devotee, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was liberated in any condition of life because, as enunciated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, a devotee is always liberated.