Text 65] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasé Muni 139

ye daragara-putrapta-
prandan vittam imam param
hitva mam Saranam yatah
katham tams tyaktum utsahe

yye—those devotees of Mine who; dara—wife; agdra—house; putra—
children, sons; dpta—relatives, society; pranan—even life; vittam—
wealth; imam—all these; param—elevation to the heavenly planets or
becoming one by merging into Brahman; hitué—giving up (all these am-
bitions and paraphernalia); maém—unto Me; Saranam—shelter;
yatah—having taken; katham—how; tdn—such persons; tyaktum—to
give them up; utsahe—I can be enthusiastic in that way (it is not
possible).

TRANSLATION

Since pure devotees give up their homes, wives, children, rela-
tives, riches and even their lives simply to serve Me, without any
desire for material improvement in this life or in the next, how
can I give up such devotees at any time?

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped by the words
brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. Thus He is the well-wisher
of the bradhmanas. Durvasé Muni was certainly a very great brahmana,
but because he was a nondevotee, he could not sacrifice everything in de-
votional service. Great mystic yogis are actually self-interested. The
proof is that when Durvasd Muni created a demon to kill Maharaja
Ambarisa, the King stayed fixed in his place, praying to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and depending solely and wholly on Him,
whereas when Durvasd Muni was chased by the Sudargana cakra by the
supreme will of the Lord, he was so perturbed that he fled all over the
world and tried to take shelter in every nook and corner of the universe.
At last, in fear of his life, he approached Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and
ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was so interested in
his own body that he wanted to kill the body of a Vaisnava. Therefore, he
did not have very good intelligence, and how can an unintelligent person

be delivered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The Lord certainly
