Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23


Sanskrit:

संवत्सरोऽत्यगात् तावद् यावता नागतो गत: ।मुनिस्तद्दर्शनाकाङ्क्षोत राजाब्भक्षो बभूव ह ॥ २३ ॥

ITRANS:

saṁvatsaro ’tyagāt tāvadyāvatā nāgato gataḥmunis tad-darśanākāṅkṣorājāb-bhakṣo babhūva ha

Translation:

Durvāsā Muni had left the place of Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, and as long as he had not returned — for one complete year — the King had fasted, maintaining himself simply by drinking water.

Purport: