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KB 1970-2-7 / The Meeting of Usa and Aniruddha
7 / The Meeting of Usa and Aniruddha
The meeting of Aniruddha and Usa, which caused a great fight
between Lord Krsna and Lord Siva, is very mysterious and
interesting. Maharaja Pariksit was anxious to hear the whole
story from Sukadeva Gosvami, and thus Sukadeva narrated it. "My
dear King, you must have heard the name of King Bali. He was a
great devotee who gave away in charity all that he had --
namely, the whole world -- to Lord Vamana, the incarnation of
Visnu as a dwarf brahmana. King Bali had one hundred sons, and
the eldest of all of them was Banasura."
This great hero Banasura, born of Maharaja Bali, was a great
devotee of Lord Siva and was always ready to render service
unto him. Because of his devotion, he achieved a great
position in society, and he was honored in every respect.
Actually, he was very intelligent and liberal also, and his
activities are all praiseworthy because he never deviated from
his promise and word of honor; he was very truthful and fixed
in his vow. In those days, he was ruling over the city of
Sonitapura. By the grace of Lord Siva, Banasura had one
thousand hands, and he became so powerful that even demigods
like King Indra were serving him as most obedient servants.
Long ago, when Lord Siva was dancing in his celebrated fashion
called tandava-nrtya, for which he is known as Nataraja,
Banasura helped Lord Siva in his dancing by rhythmically
beating drums with his one thousand hands. Lord Siva is well-
known as Asutosa, very easily pleased, and he is also very
affectionate to his devotees. He is a great protector for
persons who take shelter of him and is the master of all living
entities in this material world. Being pleased with Banasura,
he said, "Whatever you desire you can have from me because I
am very much pleased with you." Banasura replied, "My dear lord,
if you please, you can remain in my city just to protect me
from the hands of my enemies."
Once upon a time, Banasura came to offer his respects to Lord
Siva. By touching the lotus feet of Lord Siva with his helmet,
which was shining like the sun globe, he offered his obeisances
unto him. While offering his respectful obeisances, Banasura
said, "My dear lord, anyone who has not fulfilled his ambition
will be able to do so by taking shelter of your lotus feet,
which are just like desire trees -- one can take
from them anything he desires. My dear lord, you have given me
one thousand arms, but I do not know what to do with them.
Please pardon me, but it appears that I cannot use them
properly in fighting. I cannot find anyone competent to
fight with me except your lordship, the original father of the
material world. Sometimes I feel a great tendency to fight with
my arms, and I go out to find a suitable warrior. Unfortunately,
everyone flees, knowing my extraordinary power. Being baffled
at not finding a match, I simply satisfy the itching of my arms
by beating them against the mountains. In this way, I tear many
great mountains to pieces."
Lord Siva realized that his benediction had become troublesome
for Banasura and addressed him, "You rascal! You are very eager
to fight, but since you have no one to fight with, you are
distressed. Although you think that there is no one in the
world to oppose you except me, I say that you will eventually
find such a competent person. At that time your days will come
to an end, and your flag of victory will no longer fly. Then
you will see your false prestige smashed to pieces!"
After hearing Lord Siva's statement, Banasura became very
puffed up with his power. He was elated that he would
meet someone who would be able to smash him to pieces. Banasura
then returned home with great pleasure, and he always waited
for the day when the suitable fighter would come to cut down
his strength. He was such a foolish demon. It appears that
foolish, demonic human beings, when unnecessarily overpowered
with material opulences, want to exhibit these opulences, and
such foolish people feel satisfaction when these opulences are
exhausted. The idea is that they do not know how to expend
their energy for right causes, being unaware of the benefit of
Krsna consciousness. Actually, there are two classes of men --
one is Krsna conscious, the other is non-Krsna conscious. The
non-Krsna conscious men are generally devoted to the demigods,
whereas the Krsna conscious men are devoted to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Krsna conscious persons utilize
everything for the service of the Lord. The non-Krsna conscious
persons utilize everything for sense gratification, and
Banasura is a perfect example of such a person. He was very
anxious to utilize for his own satisfaction his
extraordinary power to fight. Not finding any combatant, he
struck his powerful hands against the mountains, breaking them
into pieces. In contrast to this, Arjuna also possessed
extraordinary powers for fighting, but he utilized them only
for Krsna.
Banasura had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was Usa.
When she had attained the age of marriage and was sleeping
amongst her many girl friends, she dreamt one night that
Aniruddha was by her side and that she was enjoying a conjugal
relationship with him, although she had never actually seen him
nor heard of him before. She awoke from her dream exclaiming
very loudly, "My dear beloved, where are you?" Being exposed to
her other friends in this way, she became a little bit ashamed.
One of Usa's girl friends was Citralekha, who was the
daughter of Banasura's prime minister. Citralekha and Usa were
intimate friends, and out of great curiosity Citralekha asked, "
My dear beautiful princess, as of yet you are not married to
any young boy, nor have you seen any boys until now; so I am
surprised that you are exclaiming like this. Who are you
searching after? Who is your suitable match?"
On hearing Citralekha's inquiries, Usa replied, "My dear friend,
in my dream I saw a nice young man who is very, very beautiful.
His complexion is swarthy, his eyes are just like lotus petals,
and he is dressed in yellow garments. His arms are very long,
and his general bodily features are so pleasing that any young
girl would be attracted. I feel much pride in saying that this
beautiful young man was kissing me, and I was very much
enjoying the nectar of his kissing. I am sorry to inform
you that just after this he disappeared, and I have been thrown
into the whirlpool of disappointment. My dear friend, I am very
anxious to find this wonderful young man, the desired lord of
my heart."
After hearing Usa's words, Citralekha immediately replied, "I
can understand your bereavement, and I assure you that if this
boy is within these three worlds -- the upper, middle and lower
planetary systems -- I must find him for your satisfaction. If
you can identify him from your dream, I shall bring you peace
of mind. Now, let me draw some pictures for you to inspect, and
as soon as you find the picture of your desired husband, let me
know. It doesn't matter where he is; I know the art of bringing
him here. So, as soon as you identify him, I shall immediately
arrange for it."
Citralekha, while talking, began to draw many pictures of the
demigods inhabiting the higher planetary systems, then pictures
of the Gandharvas, Siddhas, Caranas, Pannagas, Daityas,
Vidyadharas and Yaksas, as well as many human
beings. (The statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic
literature prove definitely that on each and every planet
there are living entities of different varieties. Therefore, it
is foolish to assert that there are no living entities but
those on this earth.) Citralekha painted many pictures. Among
those of the human beings was the Vrsni
dynasty, including Vasudeva, the father of Krsna, Surasena, the
grandfather of Krsna, Sri Balaramaji, Lord Krsna and many
others. When Usa saw the picture of Pradyumna, she became a
little bashful, but when she saw the picture of Aniruddha, she
became so bashful that she immediately lowered her head and
smiled, having found the man she was seeking. She identified
the picture to Citralekha as that of the man who had stolen her
heart.
Citralekha was a great mystic yogini, and as soon as Usa
identified the picture, although neither of
them had ever seen him nor knew his name
, Citralekha could immediately understand that the
picture was of Aniruddha, a grandson of Krsna. That
very night she traveled in outer space and within a very short
time reached the city of Dvaraka, which was well-protected by
Krsna. She entered the palace and found Aniruddha sleeping
in his bedroom on a very opulent bed. Citralekha, by her mystic
power, immediately brought Aniruddha, in that sleeping
condition, to the city of Sonitapura so that Usa might see her
desired husband. Usa immediately bloomed in happiness and began
to enjoy the company of Aniruddha with great satisfaction.
The palace in which Usa and Citralekha lived was so well
fortified that it was impossible for any male to either enter
or see inside. Usa and Aniruddha lived together in the palace,
and day after day the love of Usa for Aniruddha grew four
times upon four times. Usa pleased Aniruddha with her valuable
dresses, flowers, garlands, scents and incense. By his bedside
sitting place were other paraphernalia for residential purposes
-- nice drinks such as milk and sherbet and nice eatables which
could be chewed or swallowed. Above all, she pleased him with
sweet words and very obliging service. Aniruddha was worshiped
by Usa as if he were the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
By her excellent service, Usa made Aniruddha forget all other
things and was able to draw his attention and love upon her
without deviation. In such an atmosphere of love and service,
Aniruddha practically forgot himself and could not recall how
many days he had been away from his real home.
In due course of time, Usa exhibited some bodily symptoms by
which it could be understood that she was having intercourse
with a male friend. The symptoms were so prominent that her
actions could no longer be concealed from anyone. Usa was
always cheerful in the association of Aniruddha, but she did
not know the bounds of her satisfaction. The housekeeper and
the watchmen of the palace could guess very easily that she was
having relations with a male friend, and without waiting for
further development, all of them informed their master,
Banasura. In Vedic culture, an unmarried girl having
association with a male is the greatest disgrace to the family,
and so the caretaker cautiously informed his master that Usa
was developing symptoms indicating a disgraceful association.
The servants informed their master that they were not at all
neglectful in guarding the house, being alert day and night
against any young man who might enter. They were so careful
that a male could not even see what was going on there, and so
they were surprised that she had become contaminated. Since
they could not trace out the reason for it, they submitted the
whole situation before their master.
Banasura was shocked to understand that his daughter Usa was no
longer a virgin maiden. This weighed heavily on his heart, and
without delay he rushed towards the palace where Usa was living.
There he saw that Usa and Aniruddha were sitting together and
talking. Usa and Aniruddha looked very beautiful together,
Aniruddha being the son of Pradyumna, who was Cupid himself.
Banasura saw his daughter and Aniruddha as a suitable match,
yet for family prestige, he did not like the combination at all.
Banasura could not understand who the boy actually was. He
appreciated the fact that Usa could not have selected anyone in
the three worlds more beautiful. Aniruddha's complexion was
brilliant and swarthy. He was dressed in yellow garments and
had eyes just like lotus petals. His arms were very long, and
he had nice, curling, bluish hair. The glaring rays of his
glittering earrings and the beautiful smile on his lips were
certainly captivating. Still, Banasura was very angry.
When Banasura saw him, Aniruddha was engaged in playing with
Usa. Aniruddha was nicely dressed, and Usa had garlanded him
with various beautiful flowers. The reddish kunkuma powder put
on the breasts of women was spotted here and there on the
garland, indicating that Usa had embraced him. Banasura was
struck with wonder that, even in his presence, Aniruddha was
peacefully sitting in front of Usa. Aniruddha knew, however,
that his would-be father-in-law was not at all pleased and that
he was gathering many soldiers in the palace to attack him.
Thus, not finding any other weapon, Aniruddha took hold of a
big iron rod and stood up before Banasura and his soldiers. He
firmly took a posture indicating that if he were attacked he
would strike all of the soldiers down to the ground with the
iron rod. Banasura and his company of soldiers saw that the boy
was standing before them just like the superintendent of death
with his invincible rod. Now, under the order of Banasura, the
soldiers from all sides attempted to capture and arrest him.
When they dared to come before him, Aniruddha struck them with
the rod, breaking their heads, legs, arms and thighs, and one
after another they began to fall to the ground. He killed them
just as the leader of a flock of hawks kills barking dogs, one
after another. In this way, Aniruddha was able to escape the
palace.
Banasura knew various arts of fighting, and by the grace of
Lord Siva he knew how to arrest his opposing enemy by the use
of a nagapasa, snake-noose, and so Aniruddha was seized
as he came out of the palace. When Usa received the
news that her father had arrested Aniruddha, she became
overwhelmed with grief and confusion. Tears began to glide
down her eyes, and being unable to check herself, she
began to cry very loudly.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume,
Seventh Chapter, of Krsna, "The Meeting of Usa and Aniruddha."
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KB 62: The Meeting of Usa and Aniruddha
CHAPTER SIXTY–TWO
The Meeting of Usa and Aniruddha
The meeting of Aniruddha and Usa, which caused a great fight
between Lord Krsna and Lord Siva, is very mysterious and
interesting. Maharaja Pariksit was eager to hear the whole
story from Sukadeva Gosvami, and thus Sukadeva narrated it. "My
dear King, you must have heard the name of King Bali. He was a
great devotee who gave away in charity all that he had --
namely, the whole world -- to Lord Vamana, the incarnation of
Visnu as a dwarf brahmana. King Bali had one hundred sons, and
the eldest of all of them was Banasura."
This great hero Banasura, born of Maharaja Bali, was a great
devotee of Lord Siva and was always ready to render service
unto him. Because of his devotion, Banasura achieved a great
position in society, and he was honored in every respect.
Actually, he was very intelligent and liberal also, and his
activities are all praiseworthy because he never deviated from
his promise and word of honor; he was very truthful and fixed
in his vow. In those days, he was ruling over the city of
Sonitapura. By the grace of Lord Siva, Banasura had one
thousand arms, and he became so powerful that even demigods
like King Indra were serving him most obediently.
Long ago, when Lord Siva was dancing in his celebrated fashion,
called tandava-nrtya, for which he is known as Nataraja,
Banasura helped Lord Siva in his dancing by rhythmically
beating drums with his one thousand hands. Lord Siva is well
known as Asutosa ("very easily pleased"), and he is also very
affectionate to his devotees. He is a great protector for
persons who take shelter of him and is the master of all living
entities in this material world. Being pleased with Banasura,
he said, "Whatever you desire you can have from me, for I
am very much pleased with you." Banasura replied, "My dear lord,
if you please, you can remain in my city just to protect me
from the hands of my enemies."
Once upon a time, Banasura came to offer his respects to Lord
Siva. By touching the lotus feet of Lord Siva with his helmet,
which was shining like the sun globe, he offered his obeisances
unto him. While offering his respectful obeisances, Banasura
said, "My dear lord, anyone who has not fulfilled his ambition
will be able to do so by taking shelter of your lotus feet,
which are just like a desire tree, from which one can take
anything he desires. My dear lord, you have given me
one thousand arms, but I do not know what to do with them.
They are simply a burden; I cannot use them
properly in fighting, since I cannot find anyone competent to
fight with me except your lordship, the original father of the
material world. Sometimes I feel a great tendency to fight with
my arms, and I go out to find a suitable warrior. Unfortunately,
everyone flees, knowing my extraordinary power. Being baffled
at not finding a match, I satisfy the itching of my arms
by beating them against the mountains. In this way, I tear many
great mountains to pieces."
Lord Siva realized that his benediction had become troublesome
for Banasura and addressed him, "You rascal! You are very eager
to fight, but since you have no one to fight with, you are
distressed. Although you think that there is no one in the
world to oppose you except me, I say that you will eventually
find such a competent person. At that time your days will come
to an end, and your flag of victory will no longer fly. Then
you will see your false prestige smashed to pieces!"
After hearing Lord Siva's statement, Banasura, who was very
much puffed up with his power, became elated that he would
meet someone able to smash him to pieces. Banasura
then returned home with great pleasure, and he always waited
for the day when the suitable fighter would come to cut down
his strength. He was such a foolish demon. It appears that
foolish, demoniac human beings, when unnecessarily overpowered
with material opulences, want to exhibit these opulences, and
such foolish people feel satisfaction when these opulences are
exhausted. The idea is that they do not know how to expend
their energy for right causes, being unaware of the benefit of
Krsna consciousness. Actually, there are two classes of men --
one is Krsna conscious, the other is non–Krsna conscious. The
non–Krsna conscious men are generally devoted to the demigods,
whereas the Krsna conscious men are devoted to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Krsna conscious persons utilize
everything for the service of the Lord. The non–Krsna conscious
persons utilize everything for sense gratification, and
Banasura is a perfect example of such a person. For his own
satisfaction he was very eager to utilize his
extraordinary power to fight. Not finding any combatant, he
struck his powerful arms against the mountains, breaking them
to pieces. In contrast to this, Arjuna also possessed
extraordinary powers for fighting, but he utilized them only
for Krsna.
Banasura had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was Usa.
When she had attained the age of marriage and was sleeping
amongst her many girlfriends, she dreamt one night that
Aniruddha was by her side and that she was enjoying a conjugal
relationship with him, although she had never actually seen him
or heard of him before. She awoke from her dream exclaiming
very loudly, "My dear beloved, where are you?" Being exposed to
her friends in this way, she became a little bit ashamed.
One of Usa's girlfriends was Citralekha, who was the
daughter of Banasura's prime minister. Citralekha and Usa were
intimate friends, and out of great curiosity Citralekha asked, "
My dear beautiful princess, as of yet you are not married to
any young boy, nor have you seen any boys until now; so I am
surprised that you are exclaiming like this. Who are you
searching after? Who is your suitable match?"
On hearing Citralekha's inquiries, Usa replied, "My dear friend,
in my dream I saw a nice young man who is very, very beautiful.
His complexion is swarthy, his eyes are just like lotus petals,
and he is dressed in yellow garments. His arms are very long,
and his general bodily features are so pleasing that any young
girl would be attracted. I feel much pride in saying that this
beautiful young man was kissing me, and I was very much
enjoying the nectar of his kissing. But I am sorry to inform
you that just after this he disappeared, and I have been thrown
into the whirlpool of disappointment. My dear friend, I am very
anxious to find this wonderful young man, the desired lord of
my heart."
After hearing Usa's words, Citralekha immediately replied, "I
can understand your bereavement, and I assure you that if this
boy is within these three worlds -- the upper, middle and lower
planetary systems -- I must find him for your satisfaction. If
you can identify him from your dream, I shall bring you peace
of mind. Now, let me draw some pictures for you to inspect, and
as soon as you find the picture of your desired husband, let me
know. It doesn't matter where he is; I know the art of bringing
him here. So, as soon as you identify him, I shall immediately
arrange for it."
Citralekha, while talking, began to draw many pictures of the
demigods inhabiting the higher planetary systems, then pictures
of the Gandharvas, Siddhas, Caranas, Pannagas, Daityas,
Vidyadharas and Yaksas, as well as many pictures of human
beings. (The statements of Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic
literatures prove definitely that on each and every planet
there are living entities of different varieties. Therefore, it
is foolish to assert that there are no living entities but
those on this earth.) Citralekha drew many pictures. Among
the human beings she drew were members of the Vrsni
dynasty, including Vasudeva, the father of Krsna; Surasena, the
grandfather of Krsna; Sri Balaramaji; Lord Krsna; and many
others. When Usa saw the picture of Pradyumna, she became a
little bashful, but when she saw the picture of Aniruddha, she
became so bashful that she immediately lowered her head and
smiled, having found the man she was seeking. She identified
the picture to Citralekha as that of the man who had stolen her
heart.
Citralekha was a great mystic yogini, and as soon as Usa
identified the picture, Citralekha could immediately
understand that it was of Aniruddha, a grandson of
Krsna's, although neither she nor Usa had
previously known his name or ever seen him. That
very night, she traveled in outer space and within a very short
time reached the city of Dvaraka, which was well protected by
Lord Krsna. She entered the palace and found Aniruddha sleeping
in his bedroom on a very opulent bed. Citralekha, by her mystic
power, immediately brought Aniruddha, in that sleeping
condition, to the city of Sonitapura so that Usa might see her
desired husband. Usa immediately bloomed in happiness and began
to enjoy the company of Aniruddha with great satisfaction.
The palace in which Usa and Citralekha lived was so well
fortified that it was impossible for any male to either enter
or see inside. Usa and Aniruddha lived together in the palace,
and day after day Usa's love for Aniruddha grew four
times upon four. Usa pleased Aniruddha with valuable
garments, flowers, garlands, scents and incense. By his bedside
sitting place were other paraphernalia for residential purposes
-- nice drinks such as milk and sherbet and nice eatables which
could be chewed or swallowed. Above all, she pleased him with
sweet words and very obliging service. Usa worshiped
Aniruddha as if he were the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
By her excellent service, Usa made Aniruddha forget all other
things and was able to draw his attention and love to her
without deviation. In such an atmosphere of love and service,
Aniruddha practically forgot himself and could not recall how
many days he had been away from his real home.
In due course of time, Usa exhibited some bodily symptoms by
which it could be understood that she was having intercourse
with a male friend. The symptoms were so prominent that her
actions could no longer be concealed from anyone. Usa was
always cheerful in the association of Aniruddha, and she did
not know the bounds of her satisfaction. The housekeeper and
the guards of the palace could guess very easily that she was
having relations with a male friend, and without waiting for
further developments, all of them informed their master,
Banasura. In the Vedic culture, an unmarried girl having
association with a male is the greatest disgrace to the family,
and so the caretakers cautiously informed their master that Usa
was showing symptoms indicating a disgraceful association.
The servants informed their master that they were not at all
neglectful in guarding the house, being alert day and night
against any young man who might enter. They were so careful
that a male could not even see what was going on there, and so
they were surprised that she had become contaminated. Since
they could not trace out the reason for it, they submitted the
whole situation before their master.
Banasura was shocked to understand that his daughter Usa was no
longer a virgin maiden. This weighed heavily on his heart, and
without delay he rushed toward the palace where Usa was living.
There he saw that Usa and Aniruddha were sitting together and
talking. They looked very beautiful together,
Aniruddha being the son of Pradyumna, who was Cupid himself.
Banasura saw his daughter and Aniruddha as a suitable match,
yet for family prestige he did not like the combination at all.
Banasura could not understand who the boy actually was. He
appreciated the fact that Usa could not have selected anyone in
the three worlds more beautiful. Aniruddha's complexion was
brilliant and swarthy. He was dressed in yellow garments and
had eyes just like lotus petals. His arms were very long, and
he had nice, curling, bluish hair. The glaring rays of his
glittering earrings and the beautiful smile on his lips were
certainly captivating. Still, Banasura was very angry.
When Banasura saw him, Aniruddha was engaged in playing with
Usa. Aniruddha was nicely dressed, and Usa had garlanded him
with various beautiful flowers. The reddish kunkuma powder put
on the breasts of women was spotted here and there on the
garland, indicating that Usa had embraced him. Banasura was
struck with wonder that, even in his presence, Aniruddha was
peacefully sitting in front of Usa. Aniruddha knew, however,
that his would-be father-in-law was not at all pleased and that
he was gathering many soldiers in the palace to attack him.
Thus, not finding any other weapon, Aniruddha took hold of a
big iron rod and stood up before Banasura and his soldiers. He
firmly took a posture indicating that if attacked he
would strike all of the soldiers down to the ground with the
iron rod. Banasura and his company of soldiers saw that the boy
was standing before them just like the superintendent of death
with his invincible rod. Now, under the order of Banasura, the
soldiers from all sides attempted to capture and arrest him.
When they dared to come before him, Aniruddha struck them with
the rod, breaking their heads, legs, arms and thighs, and one
after another they fell to the ground. He killed them
just as the leader of a pack of boars kills barking dogs, one
after another. In this way, Aniruddha was able to escape the
palace.
Banasura knew various arts of fighting, and by the grace of
Lord Siva he knew how to arrest his enemy by the use
of a naga-pasa, snake-noose, and thus he seized
Aniruddha as he came out of the palace. When Usa received the
news that her father had arrested Aniruddha, she was
overwhelmed with grief and confusion. Tears glided
down from her eyes, and being unable to check herself, she
began to cry very loudly.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Sixty-second
Chapter of Krsna, "The Meeting of Usa and
Aniruddha."
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