A sage who is a partial embodiment of the deity Shiva in Hindu mythology.
Durvasas is the son of Anasuya, who was granted boons by the gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva for her power in convincing another women to remove a curse.
Vishnu is born as Dattatreya, Shiva is born as Durvasas, and Brahma is born as Chandra, according to Anasuya's desire.
Durvasas is known for his magical abilities as a fabled character, which is not unexpected considering his origins.
He's also renowned for his nasty temper and his proclivity to curse anyone who irritate him.
One of the maidens who suffers from his fury is Shakuntala, who, engrossed in her newfound love for King Dushyanta, fails to see and pay tribute to Durvasas.
She is cursed by the fact that her love would forget about her.
In another instance, Durvasas curses all gods with old age and death.
An "insult" from Indra's elephant Airavata, who had thrown a garland provided by Durvasas on the ground, causes this.
These curses, like others in Hindu mythology, cannot be reversed, although their intensity may be decreased by mitigating circumstances.
Shakuntala is advised that if she gives King Dushyanta some evidence of their connection, he would remember her, which she does.
By acquiring and ingesting the nectar of immortality, the gods may avert old age and death (amrta).
Durvasas, like all the sages, may bestow amazing blessings on those who satisfy him.
Kunti, one of the Mahabharata's heroines, was one of these beneficiaries.
Durvasas provides Kunti a strong mantra (holy sound) that allows her to conceive a child with any deity by merely thinking about him.
As soon as Kunti gets this mantra, she puts it to the test by staring at the sun, and the golden infant Karna is born.
She puts the kid in a box and abandons him in the Ganges in her fear at becoming a mother unexpectedly—she is still unmarried and reasonably worried about what others may think.
This mantra is the only way she may have children after her marriage to Pandu (son of the sage Vyasa and queen Ambalika), since Pandu has been cursed to die the instant he sleeps with one of his wives.
She teaches this mantra to her co-wife Madri, who carries Nakula and Sahadeva, after using it to carry Yudhishthira, Arjuna, and Bhima.
As a result of Durvasas' gift, all of the Pandava brothers—the epic's protagonists—are gods' offspring.
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