Once the very angry and highly short tempered sage Durvasa
went and met Duryodhana with all his ten thousand disciples.
Duryodhana was
very careful and treated him with utmost care and fed him and his disciples and
looked after him for his comfort and care and his disciples. The sage was very
much impressed and happy and asked Duryodhana what favours he could get from
him for this. Duryodhana as always cunning and wanted to give trouble to the
Pandavas asked the sage to go to the Pandavas after they had taken their food
at Lunch time and demand food for him and his ten thousand disciples. He was of the opinion
that when the sage and his disciples go after the Pandavas had taken their food and when
no food available the bad tempered Sage would
curse the Pandavas and they would suffer from his curse. This was his intention. The sage readily agreed to his proposal and came to the Jungle and
visited the abode of the Pandavas after their lunch with all his disciples.
Long before this,Udhishtra had prayed to Sun god and did penance and the Sun
God had given him a Vessel called 'Akshya Patra' which will give food for any
number of people continuously till Panchali or Draupathi the wife of Pandavas
eats. After her eating it would not give any more food for that day. The sage
has timed his visit in such a way that when he visited their home Draupathi had
taken her lunch and the vessel had stopped producing food for that day.
Even though Udhistra was worried, he asked the sage and his disciples
to go and have a bath in the river and on their return they could have their
lunch.
The sage agreed and went for his bath with his ten thousand
disciples. Udhishtra was worried and he was aware of the anger of the sage and
his possible curse if food was not given to him on his return from his bath.
Draupathi was much more worried and prayed to Lord Krishna to come and
alleviate her problem and save her.
Krishna came to her and told her that he was terribly hungry
and wanted to have food and asked her to provide food for him. Draupathi was
crestfallen and told him that the 'Akshaya Patra' would not give food after her
eating and the vessel was washed and kept.
Krishna smiled and said “no I am hungry and bring me the
vessel and I want to see it myself.” Draupathi brought the vessel reluctantly and Krishna
looked for any trace of food in it and found one rice and one small leaf
sticking to the vessel as it was not washed properly. He took the rice and the
leaf and ate it and said happily that his hunger was over with this sumptuous
food. Draupthi was ashamed by his action and her guilt in not able to provide food for her beloved God but Krishna consoled her and said her
problem was solved.
The sage who was taking bath and his disciples were suddenly
found their stomachs full of food and could not even move. They were afraid to
come for their food at Udhishtra’s abode and went to their home from the riverside without even coming to the Hut of Udhistra thinking
that he would be waiting with food for
them as he had promised. Durvasa sent word to Udhistra saying that he was not
hungry and was going away and his action of not being a guest to Udhishtra could be condoned.
Thus Lord Krishna had saved the Pandavas by eating the left
over rice and leaf which has filled the stomach of all the disciples and sage
Durvasa as when God is not hungry his followers would not be in hunger.
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