Text 20] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasé Muni 97

devotee knows that anything material is temporary, whereas a non-
devotee regards the temporary so-called happiness as everything and
forgets the path of self-realization. Thus for the nondevotee material
opulence is a disqualification for spiritual advancement.

TEXT 17

Taal ANd TRAY A aT |
me att ot fed Are SteaTA waTT | VII

vasudeve bhagavati
tad-bhaktesu ca sadhusu

prapto bhavam param visvamn
yenedam lostravat smrtam

vasudeve—unto the all-pervading Supreme Personality; bhagavati—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-bhaktesu—unto His devo-
tees; ca—also; sddhusu—unto the saintly persons; praéptah—one who
has achieved; bhdvam—reverence and devotion; param—transcen-
dental; visvam—the whole material universe; yena—by which (spiritual
consciousness); idam—this; lostra-vat —as insignificant as a piece of
stone; smrtam—is accepted (by such devotees).

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Ambarisa was a great devotee of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Vasudeva, and of the saintly persons who are
the Lord’s devotees. Because of this devotion, he thought of the
entire universe as being as insignificant as a piece of stone.

TEXTS 18-20
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taite
mil gtafrararstante
aft | ARGH U2

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