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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 09 Chapter 04 Purports - Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni]]
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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 9</h3>
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The lesson to be derived from this narration concerning Mahārāja Ambarīṣa and Durvāsā Muni is that all the demigods, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, are under the control of Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore, when a Vaiṣṇava is offended, the offender is punished by Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord. No one can protect such a person, even Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva.
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[[Vanisource:SB 9.4.71|SB 9.4.71, Translation and Purport]]
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O best of the brāhmaṇas, you should therefore go immediately to King Ambarīṣa, the son of Mahārāja Nābhāga. I wish you all good fortune. If you can satisfy Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, then there will be peace for you.
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In this regard, Madhva Muni quotes from the Garuḍa Purāṇa:

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:brahmādi-bhakti-koṭy-aṁśād
:aṁśo naivāmbarīṣake
:naivanyasya cakrasyāpi 
:tathāpi harir īśvaraḥ
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:tātkālikopaceyatvāt

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:teṣāṁ yaśasa ādirāṭ
:brahmādayaś ca tat-kīrtiṁ 
:vyañjayām āsur uttamām
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:mohanāya ca daityānāṁ

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:brahmāde nindanāya ca
:anyārthaṁ ca svayaṁ viṣṇur 
:brahmādyāś ca nirāśiṣaḥ
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:mānuṣeṣūttamātvāc ca

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:teṣāṁ bhaktyādibhir guṇaiḥ
:brahmāder viṣṇv-adhīnatva- 
:jñāpanāya ca kevalam
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:durvāsāś ca svayaṁ rudras

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:tathāpy anyāyām uktavān
:tasyāpy anugrahārthāya 
:darpa-nāśārtham eva ca
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The lesson to be derived from this narration concerning Mahārāja Ambarīṣa and Durvāsā Muni is that all the demigods, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, are under the control of Lord Viṣṇu. Therefore, when a Vaiṣṇava is offended, the offender is punished by Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord. No one can protect such a person, even Lord Brahmā or Lord Śiva.
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