#durvasa

Why was he feared?

What was his motive?

Why does he go on making unreasonable demands?

I don't want to believe in curse.

Durvasa seems to be an eclectic person with a short fuse, and he deems it entertainment [and social justice]- the harassment of people he considers to be [or on the way to be] more powerful than him, like Yudhishthira or Krishna.

Curses are his primary bargaining chip here. However, if we wish avoid 'magic' in the story, we have to interpret these 'curses' as social repercussions, as in, he can use his academic influence to pressure the greater brahmin community (and even the common people) into making his 'curses' come true by excommunicating/dethroning the people he doesn't like.

Also, these brahmins (and many kings and other learned poeple) did have a working understanding of basic scientific principles.

So, for eg. (this is a very rough sketch of an eg.) Durvasa curses a king that his kingdom will have drought for the next however many years. After 'cursing' Durvasa can just bully the irrigation experts into sabotaging the agriculture, and boom, you have drought, and Durvasa is a magician!

LMAO I mean I'd look ugly too if someone keeps feeding me for so long 💀

But kudos to Svetaki tho... bro was DETERMINED 🗿 that even the sages were lik nuh uh not us

No but just to imagine Agni is just continuously eating for 12 years without break 😭😭 like one of those spoiled kids who munches on candy all day

Svaha: good morning love

Agni, with his mouth full: gUb MoRnIn

Svaha: still eating huh?

Agni: *too busy eating*

*in some years*

Soma: gosh can you like stop that??

Agni:

Soma: *sighs* why am I even asking?

*in some more years*

Svaha, Soma and literally everyone else: OH MY GOSH JUST STOP ALREADY!!

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Krishna presents Draupadi with Akshaya Patra, on Akshaya Tritiya, during the exile of the Pandavas to the forest.

Akshaya Patra, Durvasa and Shri Krishna

One of Sri Krishna's Miracles

During the Pandavas' exile, Durvasa and several disciples arrived at Hastinapura. Duryodhana with his maternal uncle Shakuni managed to gratify the sage. Durvasa was pleased enough to grant him a boon. Duryodhana, secretly wanting Durvasa to curse the Pandavas in anger, asked the sage to visit his cousins in the forest after Draupadi had eaten her meal, knowing that the Pandavas would then have nothing to feed him.

So Durvasa and his disciples visited the Pandavas in their hermitage in the forest, as per Duryodhana's request. During this period of exile, the Pandavas would obtain their food by means of the Akshaya Patra, which would become exhausted each day once Draupadi finished her meal. Because Draupadi had already eaten by the time Durvasa arrived that day, there was no food left to serve him, and the Pandavas were very anxious as to their fate should they fail to feed such a venerable sage. While Durvasa and his disciples were away bathing at the river, Draupadi prayed to Krishna for help. Krishna immediately appeared before Draupadi saying he was extremely hungry, and asked her for food. Draupadi grew exasperated and said she had prayed to Krishna precisely because she had no food left to give. Krishna then told her to bring the Akshaya Patra to him. When she did, he partook of the lone grain of rice and piece of vegetable that he found stuck to the vessel and announced that he was satisfied by the "meal". 

This satiated the hunger of Durvasa and his disciples, as the satisfaction of Krishna (portrayed here as the Supreme Being who pervades the entire universe) meant the satiation of the hunger of all living things. 

The sage Durvasa and his disciples then quietly left after their bath, without returning to the Pandavas' hermitage, for they were afraid of facing what they thought would be the Pandavas' wrathful reaction at their impolite behaviour of refusing the food that would be served to them.