Canto 9, Chapter 4

Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni

Verse 50 (SB 9.4.50)
SB 9.4.50 • मूल श्लोक

तमन्वधावद् भगवद्रथाङ्गं दावाग्निरुद्धूतशिखो यथाहिम् । तथानुषक्तं मुनिरीक्षमाणो गुहां विविक्षु: प्रससार मेरो: ॥ ५० ॥

Transliteration

tam anvadhāvad bhagavad-rathāṅgaṁ dāvāgnir uddhūta-śikho yathāhim tathānuṣaktaṁ munir īkṣamāṇo guhāṁ vivikṣuḥ prasasāra meroḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tam — unto Durvāsā; anvadhāvat — began to follow; bhagavat-ratha-aṅgam — the disc appearing from the wheel of the Lord’s chariot; dāva-agniḥ — like a forest fire; uddhūta — blazing high; śikhaḥ — having flames; yathā ahim — as it follows a snake; tathā — in the same way; anuṣaktam — as if touching Durvāsā Muni’s back; muniḥ — the sage; īkṣamāṇaḥ — seeing like that; guhām — a cave; vivikṣuḥ — wanted to enter; prasasāra — began to move quickly; meroḥ — of Meru Mountain.

Translation

“As the blazing flames of a forest fire pursue a snake, the disc of the Supreme Personality of Godhead began following Durvāsā Muni. Durvāsā Muni saw that the disc was almost touching his back, and thus he ran very swiftly, desiring to enter a cave of Sumeru Mountain.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda