SB 9.4.71

TEXT 71

TEXT

ब्रह्मंस्तद्गच्छ भद्रं ते नाभागतनयं नृपम् ।
क्षमापय महाभागं ततः शान्तिर्भविष्यति ॥ ७१ ॥

brahmams tad gaccha bhadram te

nabhaga-tanayam nrpam

ksamapaya maha-bhagam

tatah santir bhavisyati

brahman-O brahmana; tat-therefore; gaccha-you go; bhadram-all auspiciousness; te-unto you; nabhaga-tanayam-to the son of Maharaja Nabhaga; nrpam-the King (Ambarisa); ksamapaya-just try to pacify him; maha-bhagam-a great personality, a pure devotee; tatah-thereafter; santih-peace; bhavisyati-there will be.

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 naivambarisake
naivanyasya cakrasyapi
tathapi harir isvarah

tatkalikopaceyatvat
tesam yasasa adirat
brahmadayas ca tat-kirtim
vyanjayam asur uttamam

mohanaya ca daityanam
brahmade nindanaya ca
anyartham ca svayam visnur
brahmadyas ca nirasisah

manusesuttamatvac ca
tesam bhaktyadibhir gunaih
brahmader visnv-adhinatva-
jnapanaya ca kevalam

durvasas ca svayam rudras
tathapy anyayam 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 Brahma and Lord Siva, are under the control of Lord Visnu. Therefore, when a Vaisnava is offended, the offender is punished by Visnu, the Supreme Lord. No one can protect such a person, even Lord Brahma or Lord Siva.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni."