[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.1202 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1202 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1202 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1202) Pāñcālī had finished her meals one day when Durvāsas and his disciples came to the Pāṇḍavas. Not knowing that Pāñcālī had already finished her food Dharmaputra welcomed the maharṣi and his disciples and requested them to take bath in the Gaṅgā and return for their meals. Pāñcālī was in a fix. The akṣayapātra would not produce any more food for the day, and if not duly fed the maharṣi would get angry and curse them. In this painful dilemma she prayed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa for succour, and lo! he appeared and asked Pāñcālī for some food. She replied that the akṣayapātra was quite empty. But, Kṛṣṇa got from her the pātra and ate one particle of Kira (a leafy vegetable) which had stuck on its side. That leafy substance fully satisfied his hunger and thirst whereupon the hunger and thirst of Durvāsas and his disciples were also quenched. Then Kṛṣṇa asked Sahadeva to bring back the maharṣi and his disciples from the bank of the Gaṅgā and accordingly he went there and invited them. Only a few minutes had passed since the maharṣi and his disciples had felt the satisfaction of a sumptuous meal. They were also astonished to think how in such a short time food for so many people could be cooked by Pāñcālī. They felt rather anxious about the reaction which Dharmaputra would evince in case they returned to him to say that they required no food. Durvāsas realised only too well that to quarrel with the Pāṇḍavas, who enjoyed the friendship and support of Kṛṣṇa was like playing with fire. Therefore, the maharṣi with his disciples ran away from the place secretly. Pāṇḍavas waited long for the maharṣi and his disciples to return fearing that the object of Durvāsas might be to return at the untimely hour and curse them. But, Śrī Kṛṣṇa told them the details about the maharṣi's departure and assured Dharmaputra that he and his disciples would not return. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 263). - [Previous: c5.1201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1201) - [Next: c5.1203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1203) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1202) · Pramāṇa