Text 38] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni 117

TEXT 37
mtaed A TARA AAAS Ta: |
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pratinandya sa tam yacnam
kartum dvasyakam gatah

nimamajja brhad dhydyan
kalindi-salile subhe

pratinandya—gladly accepting; sah—Durvasd Muni; tam—that;
yacridm—request; kartum—to perform; dvasyakam—the necessary
ritualistic ceremonies; gatah—went; nimamajya—dipped his body in the
water; brhat—the Supreme Brahman; dhydyan—meditating on;
kalindi—of the Yamuna; salile—in the water; subhe—very auspicious.

TRANSLATION

Durvasa Muni gladly accepted the request of Maharaja Ambarisa,
but to perform the regulative ritualistic ceremonies he went to the
River Yamuna. There he dipped into the water of the auspicious
Yamuna and meditated upon the impersonal Brahman.

TEXT 38
agatatafirerat arcert eet fe |
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muhirtardhavasistayam
dvadasyam paranam prati

cintaydm dsa dharma-jno
dvijais tad-dharma-sarkate

muhirta-ardha-avasistayam—was remaining only for half a
moment; dvddasyam—when the Dvadasi day; paéranam—the breaking
of the fast; prati—to observe; cintayam dsa—began to think about;
dharma-jnah—one who knows the principles of religion; dvijaih—by
the braéhmanas; tat-dharma—concerning that religious principle;
sartkate—in such a dangerous condition.
