{"id":240,"date":"2020-02-02T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/?p=240"},"modified":"2020-02-02T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T17:49:20","slug":"ambarisa-the-king-who-could-wield-vishnus-sudarshana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/2020\/02\/02\/ambarisa-the-king-who-could-wield-vishnus-sudarshana\/","title":{"rendered":"AMBARISA \u2013 The king who could wield Vishnu\u2019s Sudarshana"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n
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Ambarisa was a great king, but his greatness was more \ndue to bis devotion to Vishnu than to his power or wealth. He was so \ndeeply devoted to Vishnu that Vishnu gave him a rare boon. By that boon \nthe king 1oould summon Vishnu\u2019s invincible weapon, the Sudarshana \nChakra. However,very few knew of this privilege granted to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the king observed ,a certain spiritual discipline for a full \nyear. At the end of the period, he fasted for three days. The third day \nwas the Ekadasi or the Eleventh day of the lunar fortnight, an \nauspicious day. The king was to have food after offering it to the gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before he was to end his penance, the sage Durvasa reached his \npalace.. In fact, he had been instigated by Indra who wished to harass \nthe king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durvasa was notorious for his short temper,. The king was as \ncourteous with him as possible. \u201cWait for me,\u201d said Durvasa. \u201cI\u2019ll be \nback after a bath in the river. then we will have food together,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The king waited for long, but Durvasa did not return. Other sages and\n priests advised the \u00b7 king to break his fast before the auspicious \nmoment was past. The king took only a sip of water, no food, to abide by\n their advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The king had just done so when Durvasa was back. Durvasa was furious.\n \u201cYou have insuited me by breaking your fast without waiting fot me!\u2019 he\n shouted. Not only that, he tore a lock of his mounting hair and dashed \nit to the ground. A terrible being, sprang up. It adv\u00adanced towards the \nking to des\u00adtroy him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was no time to lose,  King Ambarisa remembered the Sudarshana. \nOut of his forehead emerged the luminous weapon. It beheaded the \ntarrible being and then flew towards Durvasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The angry sage was not pre\u00adpared for such tum of events. He took to heels. He went toIndra\u2019s abode and banged on his door. But Indra was too scared to open it. Durvasa ran to Brahma and then to Siva. Both said tat they won\u2019t be able to protect him from the Sudarshana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durvasa ran to Vishnu. \u201dFrankly,\u201d\u2018 said the Lord, \u201cI can\u00adnot come to \nyour rescue because I have granted the right to use the Sudarshana to \nAmbarisa. He alone can withdraw the weapon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durvasa was obliged to take refuge with the king. The king withdrew the Sudarshana and was as courteous to the sage as, ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some years King Ambarisa handed over the king\u00addom to his sons and retired into the forest for Tapasya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Ambarisa was a great king, but his greatness was more due to bis devotion to Vishnu than to his power or wealth. He was so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,13],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-chandamama","tag-english"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chandamama.in\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}