Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.71

brahmams tad gaccha bhadram te

nābhāga-tanayam nripam

kshamāpaya mahā-bhāgam

tatah śāntir bhavishyati

SYNONYMS

brahman — O brāhmana; tat — therefore; gaccha — you go; bhadram — all auspiciousness; te — unto you; nābhāga-tanayam — to the son of Mahārāja Nābhāga; nripam — the King (Ambarīsha); kshamāpaya — just try to pacify him; mahā-bhāgam — a great personality, a pure devotee; tatah — thereafter; śāntih — peace; bhavishyati — there will be.

TRANSLATION

O best of the brāhmanas, you should therefore go immediately to King Ambarīsha, the son of Mahārāja Nābhāga. I wish you all good fortune. If you can satisfy Mahārāja Ambarīsha, then there will be peace for you.

PURPORT

In this regard, Madhva Muni quotes from the Garuda Purāna:

brahmādi-bhakti-koty-amśād

amśo naivāmbarīshake

naivanyasya cakrasyāpi

tathāpi harir īśvarah

tātkālikopaceyatvāt

teshām yaśasa ādirāt

brahmādayaś ca tat-kīrtim

vyañjayām āsur uttamām

mohanāya ca daityānām

brahmāde nindanāya ca

anyārtham ca svayam vishnur

brahmādyāś ca nirāśishah

mānusheshūttamātvāc ca

teshām bhaktyādibhir gunaih

brahmāder vishnv-adhīnatva-

jñāpanāya ca kevalam

durvāsāś ca svayam rudras

tathāpy anyāyām uktavān

tasyāpy anugrahārthāya

darpa-nāśārtham eva ca

The lesson to be derived from this narration concerning Mahārāja Ambarīsha and Durvāsā Muni is that all the demigods, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, are under the control of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, when a Vaishnava is offended, the offender is punished by Vishnu, the Supreme Lord. No one can protect such a person, even Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Ambarīsha Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni."

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