Text 30] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni 113
equally as qualified as her husband, household affairs are very difficult
to continue. Canakya Pandita advises that a person in such a situation
should immediately give up household life and become a vanaprastha or
sannyasi:
mata yasya grhe nasti
bharya cdpriya-vadini
aranyam tena gantavyam
yathadranyam tatha grham
A person who has no mother at home and whose wife is not agreeable
with him should immediately go away to the forest. Because human life
is meant for spiritual advancement only, one’s wife must be helpful in
this endeavor. Otherwise there is no need of household life.
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AUT: HAUT Afereat SL ATTASTAT 1121
vratante kartike masi
tri-ratram samupositah
snatah kadacit kalindyam
harirn madhuvane ’rcayat
vrata-ante—at the end of observing the vow; kdrtike—in the month
of Kartika (October-November); mdsi—in that month; tri-ratram—for
three nights; samupositah—after completely observing the fast;
snatah—after bathing; kaddécit—once upon a time; kalindyam—on the
bank of the Yamuna; harim—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
madhuvane—in that part of the Vrndavana area known as Madhuvana;
arcayat—worshiped the Lord.
TRANSLATION
In the month of Kartika, after observing that vow for one year,
after observing a fast for three nights and after bathing in the
Yamuna, Maharaja Ambarisa worshiped the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Hari, in Madhuvana.
