23 - Curse to Tilottama and the sons of Bali by Brahma 

Narada said- For what sin the son of Bali was turned into a donkey and for what reason Durvasa pronounced a curse on the king of the demons. 

О lord, the son of Bali who happened to be the best of those in the giver of charities, by what merit achieved the place of lord Krishna, known as Aikyamoksha. 

О sage, О remover of the doubts, you kindly speak out to me everything in detail. The poetry in the mouth of a poet looks like new at every step. 

Narayana said- О son in this connection I will narrated to you and ancient and historical story which was told to me at Gandhamadana mountain by Brahma himself. 

This auspicious and charming story relates to the Padma-kalpa. The one should listen to the story of Narayana with his own ears which like the nectar. 

The kalpa to which the story relates, during that time you happened to be a Gandharva named Upabarhana. You had the age of a kalpa. You were endowed with all the riches, quite beautiful and youthful. 

Being the husband of fifty damsels, you were always engaged in love-sports. With the boon of Brahma, you had achieved a beautiful throat and you happened to be the king. All the passionate damsels stared at you with position. The destiny had endowed you with many virtues and no one could equation earth. They always accompanied you and could never separate from you even for a mount. 

They enjoyed your love-sports in secluded orchards, charming places, mountain caves, ravines, the rivers, beautiful wild cremation grounds having no creatures. 

At that point of time with the curse of Brahma, you had to be born as the son of a maid-servant and with influence of your serving the best of the food to the Brahmanas. Currently you happen to be the son of Brahma. 

Presently you happen to be the loving pupil of lord Shiva and will live for innumerable kalpas, becoming great, the best of Vaishnavas, you can have the universal vision, because of your eternal knowledge.

О sage, you listen to the story which relates to that kalpa from me, I am telling you should story of the demon in detail which is like nectar. 

Once a Sahasika, the son of valorous Bali conquered the gods with his prowess and visited the Gandhamadana mountain. All his limbs were painted with sandal-paste. He was adorned with all the gem-studded ornaments and was seated on the gem-studded lion-throne. A vast army accompanied him. In the meantime, Tilottama was passing on that route. She was quite beautiful and the best of the apsaras. Clad in various types of costumes. She was having the charming complexion of champaka flowers, adorned with all the ornaments and was fully youthful and passionate. 

She wore a serene smile on her face and was clad in divine garments. She had curved eye brows and walked like the king of elephants gracefully. 

Suddenly she was disrobed with the blowing of the wind, keeping bare for breasts and thighs. Looking at her face, the son of Bali was fainted.

The beautiful apsara, looked at the young son of Bali who was quite beautiful, wearing the blossomed garland of Malati flowers, quite youthful, having the face like the full moon of the winter season, wearing a serene smile on his face and was quite charming. At the look of the son of Bali she was surprised and looking with side-glances she was filled with passion. 

Becoming the beloved of the moon, Tilottama was moving towards his abode for the conjugal pleasure. But getting desirous of an active love-sports she looked at him again and again with side-glances and smiled keeping the piece of cloth on her mouth. 

The son of Bali who was well-versed in the Dharma and the duties felt overwhelmed and on the other hand getting immensely desirous of the king, the apsara’s vagina started fluttering and the waters oozed out of it. 

Getting desirous of the son of Bali she forgot about the moon. Alas, who could read the conduct of the wicked women. 

A person who believes the wicked women, is deceived by his fortune and is deprived of his glory, righteousness and his own race.

Finding a desired person, she forgets the old lover. Then she can the controlled by the appropriate action. No one is dear or enemy to her.

The mind of the wicked women is never devoted in the adoration of gods or the manes, the sin, the brothers or even the husband. Such a wicked women like the person who are well-versed in the act of love sports and looks at them with desirous eyes but the person who offer her the gems they are treated by hare like the poison. 

Everyone has same piece in the universe but the wicked women do not have any place anywhere. The wicked women are more danger than the human killers. 

О best of Brahmanas, after enjoying all the pleasures everyone achieves salvation but the wicked women can never achieve salvation till the sun and. the moon last. The wicked women do not have the compassion for killing her old lower as the one has at the time of killing as insect. 

He prefers a new lover every time and the old one is considered by him like a poison and destroys him making great efforts. 

All the sins on the earth reside in the body of a wicked women there is no sinner greater than her. 

The food cooked by a wicked woman is mixed with all the sins and as such it is unfit to be offer to the gods or the manes. The water offered by her is also not acceptable by them. The food of the wicked women is treated like the refuge and the water like the urine. By offering the same to the gods and the manes and the one who himself consumed it has to fall in the hell. 

He falls in the kalasutra hell up to a hundred years-where he has to suffer for long. In the darkness his body is bitten by the insects.

Therefore, the one who consumed the food of the wicked women even unknowingly, all his merits of the seven births disappear.

Besides his life and glory are jeopardising in the present and the future births therefore the cooking vases as well as the house wife should be properly saved. 

If one comes across a wicked woman at the time of starting the journey, he becomes successful, but with the very touch of her body, one earns a great sin, which can be purified only by having a dip at the holy places. The life, bath, charity, vrata, japam and the adoration of gods of a wicked woman is of no consequence.

О Narada, thus I have narrated to you the position of a degraded women according to the scriptures. Now you listen to the conversation of both of them.

On regaining consciousness, the son of Bali became passionate at the sight of Tilottama and getting so infested he went to the apsara. 

She looked with side-glances, had stiff pelvic region and the breasts and was covering her face with a cloth delightfully displaying shyness. At that point of time he spoke to the apsara. 

Sahasika said- "O damsel, who are you, who is your father and whose beloved are you? Having beautiful eye-brows, who is the virtuous person to whom you are going to visit.

The person, whose company you are going to enjoy he most home performed tapas up to the end of the kalpa purifying you can go but-can also take me as your slave. 

You can purchase a passionate lover like me by offering the flowers, you are greedy for the love-sports and as such you offer your company to me. 

О dear one, Brahma had already ordained my union with you, therefore who else can stop it now. 

О beautiful one, now you speak out your nectar-like words wearing a smile on your face. You entangle me with your creeper like arms in this lonely forest. 

О virtuous one, you offer your gold like thighs to me as a seat and display your breasts resembling the pitchers. 

О damsel, with the sharp side-glances you injure my heart and with the touch of your body you heal of the wounds created by the passion of serpent. 

You let we taste the nectar of your lips since I am quite hungry and show me your teeth which happen to be like the beautiful seeds of pomegranate. 

О beautiful one, I intend to have a look at your deep navel and three lines ever your belly. I am always desirous of untying your undergarment. 

I am looking at your beautiful pelvic region which attracts even the sages and also your eyes which resemble the fully blossomed lotus flower of the winter season. 

You show me your delightful face resembling the full moon of the winter season. At these words of the demon the damsel who was filled with passion finding him so passionate, spoke to him. 

Tilottama said- О lord, the damsels live a husband like you, you are son of Bali, quite religious, beautiful, virtuous, young and well-versed in the love-sports, you are clad in beautiful garments and are charming by nature -attracting all the damsels. 

A damsel is always desirous of such a husband who is clad in the best of garments, is beautiful, peaceful, shining beloved, possessing beautiful teeth, healthy, well-versed in the love-sports, possessing all the virtues, young, attractive, auspicious, known by the damsels, merciful, strong, charitable and loveable. 

O beloved one, you have all the qualities of a good husband. Such of the damsels who are not desirous of you are unwise and deprived. 

I shall satisfy you after returning from the house of the moon and I am now proceeding towards his abode. 

In case I enjoy company of others today I are sure to call from dharma because such of the women who do not fellow dharma their lives are of no consequence. 

The one who does not relish the embrace of the moon, she indeed is a foolish lady. She looks as if, she is still in the womb of her mother and is unaware of the manhood. 

Such of the damsels who have not embraced Ashvinikumara, Kamadeva, moon the wind god and Nalakubara, they should be considered as having been deprived of the performing of love sport. 

My mind always goes for the moments, I had spent in their company. The god of love is specialised in love-sports. The embrace of the moon and a sweet word, are sweeter than the nectar. Therefore, I have to spend this day in his company. I am, therefore, thinking about him.

On hearing the words of Tilottama the demon was overwhelmed is passion. He took away the apsara in a secluded place and said. 

Sahasika said- О Tilottama, Brahma has created you playfully, that is why you are the base of the apsaras, quite clever and well-versed in the love-sports. 

In the earlier times Brahma had created you with much efforts for the destruction of Sunda and Upsunda. 

О all knowledgeable one, you know everything and you are quite clever in the love sports. you speak to me about your mind. I want to listen to you.

О beautiful one, who is the best of your lovers and is liked by you? О beautiful one, I want to listen from you the secret words which cannot be spoken to anyone. 

All the Gandharvas, the gods and the virtuous kings treat you to be their lives, who is the dearest of all among them. 

Listening to the words of the demon, Tilottama smiled and looking at him she covered her face with the cloth. Thereafter, she started speaking her mind to him in the words which were truthful, deep-rooted, enshrined in her mind, invisible and secret and were unknown to the intellectuals even. 

Tilottama said- О Sahasika, it will be difficult to spell out the mind of the loose women and if one does so it would amount to a great joke. 

Because the life style of all the people is difficult to be observed and more so of the women. However, the life-style of the loose-women is beyond observation.

О my beloved one, becoming learned the intellectuals can attained mastery in the study of the Vedas and post-Vedic literature beside other scriptures but they are unable to peep into the directions, the sky and the behaviour of the women. Even though an old person might distribute gems to the ladies but still he is considered to be verse than the poison. On the other hand, if a young person snatches away everything from her, he still is considered to be dearer to than the life. 

Finding a young and a beautiful person loose woman gets attracted towards him and with the spotting of a beautiful person clad in beautiful garments she loses her consciousness even. 

She stares at his eyes at her face and her pelvic regions starts emitting the fluid. Thereafter, at once irritation is started. 

Her. mind is always unstable and never becomes stable. All his limbs start fluttering her body becomes static and is filled with passion.

She stares at him with side-glances and displays her smiling face to him and then entered into frank discussion with him. In spite of this if she is unable to attract him than displaying her limbs declare frankly her intentions. 

In case she is unable to attract the young person towards herself she feels immensely grieved. When she comes across another such person as previous one, she forgets the earlier one.

It is difficult to judge as to who happens to be the beloved of the loose women and who is disliked her. This is quite difficult. But the one who is well-versed in the love-sport is liked her more than her life. 

On coming across a new friend, the forgets their old friend, the husband, the son, the brother, father and mother and leaves them in no time. 

Without enjoying the love-sport they cannot be controlled by any type of prayers, extending of grace and the making of love. 

The degraded women whether they are sleeping, eating food, while in dream or awake, during day or night always aspire for the embrace of nice people. 

They are over-powered by the person well versed in the art of making love and that to quite easily. The loose women always remain desirous of new persons and as such their class is quite horrible. 

I have narrated to you the conduct of the degraded women now you listen to the feeling of my mind which are quite secret. 

Only he is liked by me the post of all the Gandharvas and the gods who is quite young and is best in love-sport. 

But I feel specially attracted towards the moon because I love him specifically and thereafter the god of love is quite dear to me. 

He one else would be as dear to me as the god of love. At the very mention of the name of the god of love, may mind feels overwhelmed. Thus, I have spoken to you the secret of any mind as well as that of the women in general. О king, now you kindly permit me. I shall go to the moon. 

О demon, after returning from the abode of the moon, I will come to you and please you. There is no doubt about it. 

On hearing this the son of Bali started laughing aloud. The passionate damsel also getting infatuated with passion started looking at him with side-glances, smiling at the same time.

Thereafter she displayed her breasts, which had the lustre of the beautiful champaka flower and were quite round, stiff and well-developed. They were quite bare, pleasant and she also displayed her pelvic region which resembled the trunk of the banana tree. Thereafter she displayed her beautiful smiling face with charming cheeks. 

Thereafter in the secluded place, the passionate woman who was overwhelmed with love started staring at the beauty of the demon. 

While looking at the beauty of the demon prince getting filled with passion, she covered her face with a piece of cloth. 

Finding her getting so passionate, the son of Bali spoke to her since he was anxious to know about the mind of the damsel. 

Sahasika said- О lotus-eyed one, what will you do? You tell me truthfully. I shall than attend to some other work. I am unable to weight for long. 

О dear, it is not proper for noble people to use force with the damsels. It is especially unbecoming of the learned people like us.

You either enjoy my company or proceed to the abode of the moon because who can control a loose woman who visits many peopled. 

On hearing the words of the demon, her palate, throat and tongue tried up, getting infatuated with the passion she felt injured and thought herself to be quite a degraded one. 

Tilottama said- Why are you talking like this? You are dearer to me than my life. Why are you getting angry? You do whatever you like. 

In case I visits the moon disregarding you, then I shall have to face obstruction because of your curse. 

You can therefore enjoy my company and the lord will surely bless you. He happens to be the one who protects the honour of all. His every step gets auspicious. 

Such a degraded person who moves disregarding the women, the chaste goddess Parvati creates difficulties for him at every step.

On hearing the words of Tilottama, the demon who was well-versed in the art of making love started laughing. He could understand her desires. 

The demon who was well-versed in knowing the feelings of others besides being well-versed in the art of making love, held the hand of Tilottama and embraced her implanting kisses on her face. He then took her in a deserted cave on the Gandhamadana mountain and enjoyed her company at that place where the lamps were burning together with incense and the place was best for the purpose.

Getting infested with passion he enjoyed her company variously and Tilottama started considering him more intelligent than the gods. 

The passionate women were satisfied with the perverted sex enjoyed by her in the company of the demon. Getting absorbed in the new found love-sport she lasts the knowledge of the position of the day and night. 

Thereafter the passionate Tilottama holding his hand against her breast said. 

Tilottama said- О my beloved, when shall it be possible for me to see your face again, when shall that auspicious day arrive. 

О demon, you possess the surprising type of beauty and qualities. You are well-versed in the art of making love and there is no one better than you on the earth. 

You will be forgot me as the black-wasps forget (after extracting the nectar of the flower). But the company of the nice people always remains in the mind of the noble women. 

By keeping company with the noble people on auspicious days the meritorious people earn the merit. Separation from a noble person is the cause of grief and versed than the death. 

The company of noble people and the nectar like food are better than residing in the heaven besides being pleasant and inaccessible. And the company of the wicked people serves as a poison. 

О great king, you wait for some time and hold me in embrace. Evidently my life will also depart with your departure. 

Thus, speaking that wicked women again held him against her breasts. Getting pleased with the company of the demon, she was fainted. 

With the embrace of the wicked women and in conversation with her, he became more passionate and he became wilder like pouring of the ghee increases the flames. Thereafter the demon enjoyed her company in difficult ways and appropriately implanted the kisses in nine different ways. 

He played with his nails, teeth and hands variously. At that point of time the small bells of the waist-band and the armlets created sweet sound. 

With all these activities, the meditation of the sage Durvasa was disturbed, who was covered with the mud on his entire body. 

He was meditating in a cave of Gandhamadana mountain upon the lotus-like feet of lord Krishna. 

Both the passionate one's could not spot the sage though they were quite close to him and had almost lost all the senses. 

When his meditation was disturbed the sage, who possesses the divine lustre opened his eyes and found them both there. 

Both of them getting infatuated with passion had become unconsciousness about the day and night. Finding them there Durvasa born out of the amsha of Rudra was immensely enraged. Since he was engrossed in the devotion at the lotus-like feet of lord Krishna was disturbed and his eyes became red like the red lotus flowers. Thereafter, the sage spoke to them. 

Durvasa said- О degraded and shameless person having the form of a donkey get up. You are behaving in such degraded manner in spite of your being the son of Bali a great devotee of Vishnu. You are behaving like an animal. Leaving aside the animals, all the gods, humans, the demons, Gandharvas and Raksasas, always observe shyness in their races. 

The donkeys of course are unmindful of the shame; therefore, О best of the demons, let you be born as a donkey at once. 

O Tilottama, you are also shameless and a loose woman. When you are so attracted towards a demon you go and reborn as a demoness. The sage who was burning in rage kept quiet after speaking this. Both of them were ashamed and they started offering prayer to the sage. 

Sahasika said- You happen to be Brahma, Vis nu and Maheshvara besides Agni and Surya. You happen to be the preserver and the destroyer of the universe. 

О lord, forgive for my sins. О merciful one, you shower your mercy on me, the one who forgives a foolish person for his sins, he is treated as a true lord. 

Thus, speaking the demon, started crying aloud in pressure of the sage and holding a straw in his teeth, he fell down on the lotus-like feet of the sage. 

Tilottama said- О lord, О ocean of mercy, protector of the down- trodden be compassionate on us. The females happen to be the worst creation of Brahma. 

О virtuous one, out of them the loose-women is always intoxicated and passionate. The passionate people are devoid of shame, fear and intelligence. 

Thus speaking, she also started crying and took refuge with the sage, who had achieved the eternal knowledge without facing miseries on earthy. Finding both of them so disturbed, the mind of the sage was filled with compassion. 

Durvasa said- О Danava, the great curse or the grace of the lord can only be achieved for a choice. The best of the glory ends the disgrace which are the result of the old deeds. 

You happen to be the son of Bali a great devotee of Vishnu, having been born in high family. Because of your father you were devoted to lord Vishnu and you are quite well-known to me. 

The nature of the father is inherited by the son in one way or the other as the foot of lord Krishna remains implanted on the descendant of the race of Kaliya. 

О son, having been born as a donkey you will achieve salvation. The deeds birth of the earlier birth of the noble people and the reward for the adoration of lord Krishna cannot vanish.

You go to the tala-forest which isolated in the vicinity of Vrundavana. You will meet with your end with the chakra of Krishna and shall achieve salvation. 

О Tilottama, you will be born in the land of Bharata as the daughter of Banasura and you will be united with the grandson of Krishna as a result of which you will be purified. 

О great sage, after speaking this the sage kept quiet and both of them returned to their respective abodes after bowing in reverence to the sage. Thus, I have narrated to you the reason for the demon’s birth as a donkey on earth. Thereafter Tilottama was born as the daughter of Bana named USA and was united with Aniruddha.