Text 26] Durvasa Muni’s Life Spared 171

TEXT 26
NTR Tay

AYTOATATY 13
aaatey Fast sr: |

qi faaarafa «= - Tae
Wal TIE ARNE: 124

Sri-Suka uvdca
athambarisas tanayesu rdjyamn
samdna-silesu visrjya dhirah
vanam vivesadtmani vadsudeve

mano dadhad dhvasta-guna-pravahah

$ri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atha—in this way; am-
barisah—King Ambarisa; tanayesu—unto his sons; rdjyam—the
kingdom; samana-silesu—who were equally as qualified as their father;
visrjya—dividing; dhirah—the most learned person, Maharaja
Ambarisa; vanam—into the forest; vivesa—entered; atmani—unto the
Supreme Lord; va@sudeve—Lord Krsna, who is known as Vasudeva;
manah—mind; dadhat—concentrating; dhvasta—vanquished; guna-
pravahah—the waves of the material modes of nature.

TRANSLATION

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Thereafter, because of his
advanced position in devotional life, Maharaja Ambarisa, who no
longer desired to live with material things, retired from active
family life. He divided his property among his sons, who were
equally as qualified, and he himself took the order of vanaprastha
and went to the forest to concentrate his mind fully upon Lord

Vasudeva.
PURPORT

As a pure devotee, Maharaja Ambarisa was liberated in any condition
of life because, as enunciated by Srila Rapa Gosvami, a devotee is always

liberated.
