King Ambarish was a King ans was a great king and was loved by his subjects. And he was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu was so happy with the devotion of the King that he blessed the king with his Sudarshan Chakra. Lord Chakrathazhvar
Usually we are all required to fast going by strict guidelines it's called Ekadasi Virath. The whole idea is to give a break for our digestive system to get back on track and since King
King Ambarish observing fast ceremony out of devotion to the Lord. King Ambarish fasted on the 11th(Ekadasi) of every month which he breaks the next day (dwadasi).
On the twelfth day Sage Durvasa makes a visit and King Ambarish was plesantly surprised. People were afraid of Sage because he gets angry very often. However Indra knew how to handle him and often said he was glad to meet Sage. Since Indra was courteous. He blessed Indra. Indra was at his best behaviour and soon won over Sage Durvasa. Sage Durvasa was happily enjoying Indra's hospitability. Indra was assuming Ambarish was doing the fasting drama to get Indra position, having known well about Sage he now slowly opens about King .'Great Sage! Have you heard about King Ambarish's fast? It is said that he is true devotee of Lord Vishnu! He must really be a great king to keep up the fast for such a long time...' Sage Durvasa was listening with interest now. 'Why...?' Indra said as if he had just thought of some thing, '...he must have finished his year of fasting. I think tomorrow he will break the fast...It would be a great occasion sir!'
Sage decides to visit Ambarish, known for his hospitality Athithi Devo Bawa.. The science of Dwadesi Virath is that you must break the fast at the specific time after performing the regular penance. Sage decides to take a dip and it took such a long time the Sage didn't return to palace, since it's taking time Ambarish decides to break the fast by eating a Tulsi leaf and drink water. The action was so simultaneous Sage enters the palace , now Sage is known for anger , Indra's plan almnost worked out. Durvasa lifted his hand to curse, everything was witnessed by Sudharshan chakra since there was no mistake on King it started charging Sage . Sage repents for his mistake however didn't fail to curse chakra.
Chakra got a workaround solution of deferring the curse at a later stage during Kurukshetra war.
In this case there were two Dharmas one break the fast at appropriate time , but you shouldn't leave the Guest without addressing them.
Hence Prioritisation is not something new to Hindu Dharma. It's all well available just that we need to be specifically search for them and read about it.
Om Namo Narayanaya.
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