CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED FIFTY

Aniruddha's Marriage

Shri Rudra said:

1-3. On Rukmini was born Pradyumna, Madana's (Cupid's) portion, from Krishna. He, the very mighty one born of Cupid, killed S" ambara. Aniruddha was born from him on Rukmin's daughter.

4-10. He too married Bana's daughter by name Usa. In her dream she, aged sixteen, having enjoyed properly (Aniruddha), dark like the petals of a dark lotus, having lotus-like eyes, of large arms, wearing beautiful ornaments, got up. Not seeing him after being awake, she, tormented by passion of love, with her mind confused, saying " O you having a face like a red lotus, where are you going? " lamented in many ways. Then her friend, named Chitralekha, seeing the girl reduced to that condition, asked her, " Why is your mind confused? " She too told her about the husband obtained in her dream. She too drew the pictures of all the best human beings and gods on a piece of cloth and showed them to her. She even properly showed her (the pictures of) Krishna, Samkarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, born in the Yadu family. Having approved out of the pictures that of Krishna, she, seeing Aniruddha after Pradyumna, embraced it, saying: " This is he."

11-15. Then with many illusory demonesses Chitralekha at night went to Dvaravati. She saw Aniruddha sleeping in the harem. She enticed him, seized him, and put him on the bed of Bana's daughter in the harem of Bana, full of many sanctuaries and mansions. He too became awake and on seeing Usa who lay on the soft couch, was marked with all (good) characteristics, adorned with beautiful ornaments, garments, sandal, flowers, who had a golden complexion, fine hair, well-developed breasts, embraced her who was full of love, and happily dallied with her. Old demonesses residing in the harem, having come to know about Aniruddha thus confined and continuously dallying (with Usa) for just a month, reported it to the king. The king, with his eyes red with anger, being very much amazed, sent the cityservants ordering them: " Bring him here". They too quickly went up the king's palace to arrest Aniruddha lying on the bed of the princess.

16-20. He, seeing them agitated, easily took out a pillar of the palace and in a very short time only smashed the servants numbering a million with the pillar. Then the lord of the demons, seeing his servants destroyed, became curious, and deciding 'This is! shri Krishna's grandson as told by the divine sage', he took his bow and himself came near Aniruddha to arrest him. Aniruddha too, seeing the king with a thousand arms having come to fight, whirling his iron club, hurled it at Bana. He cut off that iron club with an arrow discharged from his bow. Then having tightly bound Aniruddha with the missile of serpent he placed him in his own harem.

21-25. Then Krishna too, having learnt through the royal sage that it was just like that, mounted upon the best bird (i.e. Garuda), and along with Baladeva, Pradyumna and his army came to cut off the cluster of Bana's arms. Formerly Bali's son (Baiia) had adored Shankara. He had said to (Bana): " Choose a boon." Bana had asked for this boon from that lord: " Always be seated at the gate of my city for (its) protection, and kill the army of the enemy that might come there." Samkara too, saying, " AH right" to him, remained at the gate of his city with weapons, his sons and attendants. Just at that time, seeing Krishna to have angrily come along with his army, he got on his bull, and equipped with all weapons, and surrounded by his sons and attendants went out to fight (with Krishna). Krishna too seeing that lord of beings, who had held elephant's hide, a skull, who was decorated with blazing serpents, was tawny, had three eyes, had held the trident, was (capable of) destroying the entire host of beings, caused fear to all beings, resembled the fire of destruction, who was accompanied by his two sons, was surrounded by all his attendants, and who had destroyed Tripura, kept his army far behind, and accompanied by Balabhadra and Pradyumna started with a smile to fight with Rudra.

26-38. First a fierce (battle) took place between Krishna and Sarhkara, with arrows resembling the fire of destruction discharged from (Sarhkara's bow called) Pinakaand(Vishnu's bow called) aarnga. Rama too had (a fight) with Bana, and Pradyumna with Kartikeya. The two great heroes fought like two haughty lions. Gajanana struck Yadava on his chest with his tusk. Rama took a pestle and struck at his tusk. (Gajanana) having the rat as his vehicle, with his tusk broken, suddenly fled. Since then the lord of the attendants has his tusk broken in the world. He is called Ekadanta by gods, demons and gandharvas. (Kartikeya) having the peacock as his vehicle fought with Pradyumna. Balarama caused (Shiva's) attendants to run away. Samkara, with his eyes very red, having foughtwith Krishna for a very long time, put on his arrow a very blazing great fever, and discharged it. Krishna by means of cold fever warded off that missile. The two fevers discharged by those two, Krishna and aiva, speedily entered the human world by their order. Those men who listen to (the account of) the battle between Krishna and Shiva, are free from fever (or torment) and reach (Vishnu) the infallible one. Then that Hrsikesa (i.e. Krishna), putting the deluding weapon on his arrow, discharged it at Shiva. Deluded by that missile, he yawned again and again; and he, Shankara, the lord of gods, fell down on the ground in a swoon. Seeing his father unconscious, the powerful Kartikeya, Sanmukha (literally, having six faces), raised the (missile called) Sakti and went to fight with Krishna. Merely by the 'hum' sound, Krishna turned him away.

39-45. Having thus vanquished the three-eyed god Shiva, having the trident in his hand, the brave and the best of the Yadus blew his loud-sounding conch. Hearing that Sarhkara, along with his sons, was vanquished by Krishna, Bana, getting into a chariot, himself came to fight with Krishna. Suddenly seeing Krishna seated on Garuda, he covered him with showers of many weapons and missiles, with maces, iron bars, lances, (missiles called)

3akti, iron clubs, swords, and discs continuously. Krishna cut them off with his disc only. He discharged his (disc) Sudarsana to cut off his arms. The Sudarsana having a thousand spokes discharged at the king of demons quickly cut off the forest (i.e. the large number) of his arms in a thousand ways. In the meanwhile, O goddess, Parvati who had fulfilled her vow, came near Krishna, and with the palms of her hands joined, said: Parvati said:

46-49. O Krishna, Krsr; a, O lord of the world, O Narayana, 0 treasure of compassion, O best of the Yadus, O lord of gods,

1 was your female servant in a former existence. At that time you, the pleased noble one, had granted me a boon about the perpetual state of having my husband living, O gentle one. O lord, the sages have declared that one principal name of your thousand names has given good fortune to Gaurl. O Govinda, O eternal one mounted on Garuda, make it true. Therefore, please give life to my husband. Rudra said:

50-51. Thus addressed by the goddess the lotus-eyed Krishna withdrew the missile with which her husband was made unconscious. Freed from the missile of Krishna, Shiva, the lord of all beings, got up and joining the palms of his hands, praised the lord of the worlds. Shankara said:

52-56. O Krishna, O Krishna, O lord of the world, O Supreme Being, O highest god, O highest lord, O you without a beginning and an end, O you immutable one, in the human beings there is a strong power. The action of taking up a body is due to you. It is the sign of honour. Be pleased with me. Salutation to you. O eternal one, be pleased with me. O lord of the world, favour me.

Be gracious to me, O Acyuta, Kesava. You are the creator, the supporter, the destroyer of the worlds. You are the father of the worlds. O lord of gods, you alone are the Brahman of the nature of intelligence and the lack of it. You are the origin. You are without an origin. You are the lord and! shesa also. You are Mahat; you are the highest Brahman; you alone are the individual soul.

57-61. O best of all gods, you are immortal; O lord of gods you are the lord of the mortals. Due to your extremely good character you have an origin. The two eternal highest souls have come up from your breath. So also the five elements (have come up from you) due to your great affection. You put yourself in the work of service (i.e. as a servant) in the perishable and the imperishable, in the highest abode resorted to by gods and the place of lustre, and in the universe. This is not otherwise. He who does not know you in the world, is a fool. You are the cause of everything. The wise ones know the abode of the lord of the low and high (to be good) for service (obscurel). They, the diligent ones rest at the position equal to the gods. The common man remains away to bow down to your eternal position.

62-69. That fourth stage (Turya: the state of liberation of the soul) of charming rays of light is possible in your case. O you eternal superintendent, the couples talk about you. These best ones, O you beyond qualities, narrate your names, deeds, eternal qualities and grandeurs. O Kesava, in the former and latter learning full of action and knowledge, the two, along with their sons are singing the praise of you, the lord of young ladies (obscure! ). You are wisdom; you are the highest Brahman; with your great knowledge only, O eternal one, you yourself, the wise one, give (him) life. Due to your grace only, he who knows the soul, obtains, in this world and the highest heaven, wisdom, proficiency, intellect, perception, so also courage, and all desired objects. Then he would be immortal. The self having this name is the heart. O lord, these ten are the names of the Wisdom, the treasure of compassion: (Atman, Hrd=heart, ) mind, desire, reasoning, recollection, volition, penance, sacrifices, and love.

70-80. This you are the highest Brahman; this you are the creator. This you are Indra, Rudra, and all the deities. O highest lord, you are all these beings — sons, friends, (other forms) of existence and others also, O eternal one. The viviparous, the oviparous, the beings generated by sweet sweat, plants, horses, cows, men, elephants and others, so whatever being there is, so also the movable beings, so also the immobile (objects) — all have sprung from you (only). The sacred texts describe you, Vishnu, as omnipresent. The people, impelled by you only act towards good or bad (things). Therefore, O ocean of pity, forgive by means of your most auspicious qualities this offence that I have committed. Salutation to you, O you lotus-eyed one, Govinda, Acyuta, Madhava, Vasudeva. O you fit to be saluted by the world, O Narayana, salutation to you. O lord of the worlds, O Nrsimha, O mine of pity, O lord of Lakshmi, O omnipresent one, O glorious one, O highest soul, salutation to you. O lord, O you always worshipped by the liberated (souls) having Vaikuntha as their dwelling place, O you lord of the three (Vedas), O Rama, O you having lotus-like eyes, salutation to you. O you descendant of Yadu, salutation to you who destroy those that are a burden to the earth, who are of the form of Krishna's mirth, who are Vishnu, who are Jisnu (the conqueror). Having thus praised and saluted Govinda, the lord of Uma, the lord of beings, having, joined the palms of his hands, spoke in a grave voice: Rudra said:

81-90. O lord, this Bana, Bali's son, is granted a boon by me. Formerly I had given him a boon that he had asked for, viz. immortality, O best of the Yadus. You deserve to do everything. Therefore, please protect this Bali's son, dear to me. Saying " All right", the lord, Govinda, the ocean of compassion, withdrawing his disc, freed Bana, Bali's son, who ran the risk to his life, had his arms cut off, and was covered with blood. Samkara, the lord who had fulfilled his vow, after having freed Bali's son, having along with Parvati mounted the best bull (Nandin), went to his abode) the Kailasa mountain. That Bana, having saluted the very powerful Rama and Krishna, went with them to (his) city and freed (Aniruddha) Mada'na's son. Having onouredthem, as they deserved, with divine garments and ornaments, he gave Usa (in marriage) to Sauri, Krishna's grandson. Then Rama and Krishna got Aniruddha duly married. They, along with Pradyumna, were then worshipped by Bana. Then Krishna, having placed Aniruddha with Usa. in a divine chariot, went to Dvaravati. Like Indra with the gods, Rama with Pradyumna, and Krshria with the army, entered the charming city. Aniruddha, full of joy, enjoyed day and night many pleasures in the company of Sana's daughter in a house full of many jewels.

 

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