Text 71] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasé Muni 147
TRANSLATION
O best of the brahmanas, you should therefore go immediately
to King Ambarisa, the son of Maharaja Nabhaga. I wish you all
good fortune. If you can satisfy Maharaja Ambarisa, then there will
be peace for you.
PURPORT
In this regard, Madhva Muni quotes from the Garuda Purana:
brahmadi-bhakti-koty-amsad
amso nawambarisake
naivanyasya cakrasyapi
tathapi harir isvarah
tatkalikopaceyatvat
tesa yasasa Gdirat
brahmddayas ca tat-kirtirn
vyanjayam dsur uttamam
mohandya ca daityanam
brahmdde nindandya ca
anyartham ca svayam visnur
brahmadyas ca nirdsisah
manusesiittamatvac ca
tesam bhaktyadibhir gunaih
brahmader visnv-adhinatva-
Jfapanaya ca kevalam
durvasas ca svayam rudras
tathapy anyadyam uktavan
tasyapy anugraharthaya
darpa-nasartham eva ca
The lesson to be derived from this narration concerning Maharaja
Ambarisa and Durvasa Muni is that all the demigods, including Lord
