Ambarisa - a glorious personality

King Ambarisa cursed by Durvasa Muni
Ambarīṣa Mahārāja Offended by Durvāsā Muni

Facts about Mahārāja Ambarīṣa - a saintly king

  • Great-grandson of Vivasvan and Samjna
  • Grandson of Vaivasvata Manu and Sraddha
  • Son of Nabhaga
  • Husband of Queen (name unknown)
  • Father of Virupa, Ketuman and Sambhu
  • Emperor of the world

Family tree of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa

Family Tree Legend: h = husband, w = wife, s = son, d = daughter

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Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters reveal the qualities of this glorious personality as seen in the Vaniquotes Mahārāja Ambarīṣa category. An introduction to Ambarīṣa from Srila Prabhupada's teachings is given below in the following 10 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's teachings


vanipedia.org 		Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the most fortunate personality, achieved the rule of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and achieved inexhaustible, unlimited opulence and prosperity on earth. Although such a position is rarely obtained, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did not care for it at all, for he knew very well that all such opulence is material. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.15-16)



vanipedia.org 		Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was a pure devotee of the Lord, and thus without any effort on his part the Lord saved him from the wrath of Yogeśvara Durvāsā Muni, and the latter was obliged to beg pardon from the King. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.20)



vanipedia.org 		A great mystic yogi, Durvāsā Muni, offended the great devotee Ambarīṣa Mahārāja. The great sage Durvāsā was to be chastised by the Sudarśana cakra of the Lord. Even though the great mystic directly approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he was never excused. Those on the path of liberation should be very careful not to offend a pure devotee. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.31.21)



vanipedia.org 		In modern times, there are legislative assemblies whose members are authorized to make laws for the welfare of the state, but according to this description of the kingdom of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the country or the world should be ruled by a chief executive whose advisors are all devotee brāhmaṇas. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.21)



vanipedia.org 		An exalted and pure devotee like Mahārāja Ambarīṣa is in full awareness of Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān; in other words, a devotee of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, is in full knowledge of the other features of the Absolute Truth. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.25)



vanipedia.org 		Actually Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was not at all at fault; Durvāsā Muni unnecessarily wanted to chastise him on flimsy grounds. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa wanted to complete the Ekādaśī-pāraṇa as part of devotional service to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore he drank a little water. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.68)



vanipedia.org 		Anyone who chants this narration or even thinks of this narration about the activities of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa certainly becomes a pure devotee of the Lord. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura herein gives a very good example. When one is very eager for more and more money, he is not satisfied even when he is a millionaire or a multimillionaire, but wants to earn more and more money by any means. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.27)



vanipedia.org 		Unless all of the senses are engaged in the service of the Lord, even one of them engaged in sense gratification can deviate the devotee from the path of transcendental advancement. As mentioned in the life of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, all of the senses must be engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for that is the correct technique for controlling the mind. (Bhagavad-gītā 2.67)



vanipedia.org 		At the age of only five years, Dhruva Maharaja worshiped the Lord; even in full youth, Maharaja Ambarisa worshiped the Lord; and even at the last stage of his frustration and old age Maharaja Dhrtarastra worshiped the Lord. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.36)



vanipedia.org 		He engaged his tongue in tasting the tulasī leaves offered to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, his legs in going to the temple of Kṛṣṇa, and his head in offering obeisances to the Deity of Kṛṣṇa. Because all his desires and ambitions were thus engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa is considered the leader in discharging devotional service in all kinds of ways. (Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 12)


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