Durvasa and the Pandavas
The pandava princes lost their kingdom to
Kauravas in gambling. As a result they were forced to go and live in the
forest. Lot of their friends including sages used to visit them in
their forest. They found it very difficult to give them food. So
Panchali the wife of Pandavas prayed the Sun God. He gave her one
Akshaya Pathra which would give any amount of food in a day, till
Panchali takes her food. With the Akshaya Pathra the Pandavas were able
to give food to all their guests.
The Kauravas wanted to trouble them further.
They requested sage Durvasa to visit Pandavas late in the after noon.
Durvasa as a very short tempered sage who used to curse people when he
gets annoyed. Durvasa reached the forest after Panchali has taken her
food. Anyway the pandavas requested the sage to go and take bath in the
river so that they can keep food ready. They did not know what to do.
Panchali prayed Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna came before them immediately.
He said to Panchali, “Sister, I am hungry, give me some food.” Panchali
was perplexed and started crying. Lord Krishna asked her to bring the
akshaya pathra. In the corner of the Akshaya Pathra, a leaf of Amaranth
was sticking. Krishna took the leaf, ate it and drank some water. He
told Panchali, “Thanks a lot, my belly is now full”. He then went away.
At that time Sage Durvasa was taking his bath. Suddenly he felt that his
belly was full. He was worried that he had made Pandavas cook food for
him. He came and excused himself. Like this Lord Krishna solved the
problem of Pandavas
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