Verse Text
yathā prathame (1.15.11) –
yo no jugopa vana etya duranta-kṛcchrād
durvāsaso ’ri-racitād ayutāgra-bhug yaḥ |
śākānna-śiṣṭam upayujya yatas tri-lokīṁ
tṛptām amaṁsta salile vinimagna-saṅghaḥ ||183||
Translation
An example, from the First Canto: During our exile, Durvāsā Muni, who eats with his ten thousand disciples, intrigued with our enemies to put us in dangerous trouble. At that time Lord Kṛṣṇa, simply by accepting the remnants of food, saved us. By His accepting food thus, the assembly of munis, while bathing in the river, felt sumptuously fed. And all the three worlds were also satisfied. SB 1.15.11
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This is a statement made by Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa, knowing that we were doing austerities, since He knows everything, came to the forest and protected us Pāṇḍavas. From what did He protect us? He protected us from the difficulty (kṛcchram) of the curse which would be uttered by Durvāsā, and which would be difficult to avoid (duranta). What type of curse? It was a curse arranged by the enemy Duryodhana (ari-racitāt). What was the nature of Durvāsā? He would eat his meals along with ten thousand sages (ayutāgra-bhuk). He was invited to eat by Yudhiṣṭhira, who did not know that Draupadī had already eaten, and thus the pot could not supply any more food. Where did Durvāsā go? Along with his followers he went to bathe in the water. He stayed a long time in the water in order to complete his rituals. How did Kṛṣṇa protect the Pāṇḍavas? Kṛṣṇa ate a morsel of rice and spinach stuck to the pot. Well and good, but then what happened? Because Kṛṣṇa was satisfied with that morsel, Durvāsā, what to speak of his followers, felt that not only he, but all three worlds, were satisfied with food.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
A nice example of the all-cognizant quality of the Lord is described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, First Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, verse 11, in connection with Durvāsā Muni’s visit to the house of the Pāṇḍavas in the forest. Following a calculated plan, Duryodhana sent Durvāsā Muni and his ten thousand disciples to be guests of the Pāṇḍavas in the forest. Duryodhana arranged for Durvāsā and his men to reach the place of the Pāṇḍavas just when the Pāṇḍavas’ lunchtime ended, so that the Pāṇḍavas would be caught without sufficient means to feed such a large number of guests. Knowing Duryodhana’s plan, Kṛṣṇa came to the Pāṇḍavas and asked their wife, Draupadī, if there were any remnants of food which she could offer to Him. Draupadī offered Him a container in which there was only a little fragment of some vegetable preparation, and Kṛṣṇa at once ate it. At that moment all of the sages accompanying Durvāsā were taking bath in the river, and when Kṛṣṇa felt satisfaction from eating Draupadī’s offering, they also felt satisfaction, and their hunger was gone. Because Durvāsā and his men were unable to eat anything more, they went away without coming into the house of the Pāṇḍavas. In this way the Pāṇḍavas were saved from the wrath of Durvāsā. Duryodhana had sent them because he knew that since the Pāṇḍavas would not be able to receive such a large number, Durvāsā would become angry, and the Pāṇḍavas would be cursed. But Kṛṣṇa saved them from this calamity by His trick and by His all-cognizant quality.