Maharishi Durvasa is considered to be an Avatar of Lord Shiva and he was famous for his anger.Lord Brahma's son, Rishi Atri ( one from the saptrishis ), did penance on the Rishyamukh mountain for a hundred years along with his wife Devi Anusuya. Delighted by his penance, Tridev gave him the boon of three sons.As a boon of Lord Brahma, rishi got the moon in the form of son, Lord Vishnu gave the boon of Maharishi Dattatreya and Maharishi Durvasa was born as a boon of Lord Shiva.This incarnation was taken by Lord Shiva to establish the importance of time and discipline in the universe.
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| MAHARISHI DURVASA SOURCE:WIKIMEDIA COMMONS |
Rishi Durvasa cursed many peoples, which destroyed the lives of those people.It was very difficult to impress Rishi Durvasa.
STORIES OF MAHARISHI DURVASA :
1.CURSE ON GODDESS GANGA:
2.CURSE ON KANDALI :
Another story related to Rishi Durvasa in which he cursed his wife to set an example of discipline Rishi Durvasa's wife's name was Kandali ( daughter of rishi ambrish ), who was hardworking and very intelligent by nature. She took care of everything. But still sometimes something happened, but the sage never got angry on him. Due to this, gradually Kandali's nature also started getting calm.
But one day the Rishi Durvasa came from somewhere and came late. After dinner, Rishi Durvasa asked for rest and also told his wife that " lift me up tomorrow at Brahma Muhurta. I will try myself, but it may not be possible due to fatigue". In the Brahma Muhurta, Rishi Durvasa had to perform the necessary rituals.
The next morning, Kandali woke up in the Brahma Muhurta, but due to laziness, neither she herself got up nor did she raised Rishi Durvasa . When Rishi Durvasa opened his eyes after sunrise in the morning, the day had come. Due to not being able to perform his rituals, he became very angry at Kandali and cursed her to be turn into ashes.
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The curse of Rishi Durvasa had an immediate effect and Devi kandali became ashes. The Rishi Durvasa also felt very sad over this incident, but he had to do so to establish discipline. When Kandali's father Rishi Ambarish came, he was very sad to see his daughter turned to ashes.
Then Rishi Durvasa converted the ashes of Kandali into a tree and gave a boon that from now on it will become a part of every worship and ritual. In this way the banana tree was born and Kadaliphal i.e. the fruit of the banana became the prasad of every worship.
Rishi Durvasa cursed many people but it has always been good for the Universe and Lord Shiva taught people to live with discipline in this incarnation.
3. CURSE ON SHAKUNTALA :
Once Dushyanta, the king of Hastinpur, came to play hunting and met her in the ashram of Rishi Kanva.Dushyant likes Shakuntala and asked Shakuntala to marry him.To which Shakuntala agreed and they got married by Gandharva method.
After staying with Shakuntala for some time, King Dushyant remembered his kingdom and returned to his kingdom and promised to take Shakuntala away after sometime and also gave his ring as a sign.
One day Durvasa Rishi came to Shakuntala's ashram. At that time Shakuntala was lost in the thoughts of King Dushyanta. That is why Shakuntala could not see Rishi Durvasa and could not respect him, due to which Rishi Durvasa got angry and cursed that in whose thoughts you are lost, he will forget you.
When Shakuntala unknowingly apologized to the sage for the crime he had committed, then sage Durvasa forgave Shakuntala and said that when you show the 'ring', the symbol of your love to her, then her memory will return.
Shakuntala was pregnant when this incident happened.After this incident rishi kanva sent Shakuntala along with his disciples to her husband's house at Hastinapur because she was married to King Dushyanta.
Shakuntala, on her way to her husband's house, found a lake. Shakuntala went to the lake to drink water. At the same time Dushyant's symbol of love 'Angoothi' fell in the lake. A fish swallowed that ring.
When Shakuntala reached Dushyant, she refused to recognize him because he had forgotten everything due to Curse of Rishi Dusrva.At the time when Shakuntala was insulted by King Dushyanta,Shakuntala's mother Maneka came and took her with her and again left Shakuntala in the hermitage ( ashram ) of Rishi Kashyap.
On the other hand, the fish that had swallowed Shakuntala's ring was caught in a fisherman's net. When the fisherman cut the fish, the fisherman got the ring. The fisherman took the ring and went to the king.
As soon as King Dushyant saw that ring, he started remembering all the moments he had spent with Shakuntala. Maharaj immediately called the soldiers and sent them to find Shakuntala, but Shakuntala was nowhere to be found.
After that Dushyanta went to Rishi Kashyap's ashram, where he saw a small boy playing with a lion.Seeing the boy playing with the lion, a feeling of love arose in the heart of King Dushyant.
King Dushyanta took him in his lap and all this was seen by Shakuntala's friend.Sakhi of shakuntala was very pleased and went to Shakuntala and narrated the whole story.
Shakuntala was happy and came to the Maharaj. King Dushyant recognized Shakuntala. He prayed for forgiveness from Shakuntala and taking the orders of Rishi Kashyap brought Shakuntala along with his son to Hastinapur.
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