24 - The salvation of the son of Bali in the context of consuming the tala fruits 

Narayana said- О sage you, listen to the deep-rooted story of the life of Durvasa. It is surprising. It projects as to how such an ascetic who had controlled all his senses fell to the company of a female. Witnessing the love-sport of both of them the self-controlled sage was infatuated, with love, because by keeping the company of a sinful person, some of his deficiencies are transported to another person. 

Suddenly the desire of enjoying the conjugal pleasures and the company of a damsel arose in his mind. After finishing his tapas, the passionate sage thought of a damsel. In the meantime, the sage Aurva was passing by that side, accompanied with his daughter who was desirous of getting a husband for herself. 

In the earlier times since the sage was born in the region of Uru he was given the name of Aurva who was perfectly self-controlled and a great yogi. 

Since she was born out of his thigh, she was given the name of Kandali who was attracted towards Durvasa and desired no one else.

Aurva the best of the sages who was extremely delightful and possessed the lustre of the fire flame came to Durvasa with his daughter and stood before the sage. The sage Durvasa finding the best of the sages before him was upset in his mind. But he delightfully got up and bowed in reverence to him. Aurva embraced Durvasa and delightfully conveyed to him the desire of his daughter.

Aurva said - My daughter named Kandali listening to your glory from your messengers always adored you and she is adult at the moment. 

The girl is born without any human touch and can attract all the three worlds. She possesses all the qualities but has one shorting coming also.

She is quite quarrelsome and speaks foul word in anger but if someone has all the virtues the same person cannot be discarded just for a single short coming. 

On listening to the words of sage Aurva, Durvasa felt delighted and was also greedy. He found the most beautiful girl full of all the virtues before him. Her face resembled the full moon of the winter season, the eyes resembled the fully blown lotus flowers of the winter season. She wore a smile on her face and her pelvic region and breasts were quite solid. She was quite youthful and was looking at the sage with side-glance. She was adorned with the gem-studded ornaments and was clad in the costumes purified by fire. 

The sage Durvasa was infatuated with passion with the looked at the girl. He spoke to the sage Aurva.

Durvasa said- In three worlds the beauty of a female is an obstruction towards the achieving of the salvation; it creates obstruction in the tapas and is the cause of illusion always. She happens to fee a grave fetter in the prison of the universe which cannot be transported easily. Even the gods like Shiva and many sages could not its cut-off with the sword of their knowledge.

The women happen to be good companion, who always follows like a shadow, she is karmabhoga, the base of the organ of senses and can be controlled with learning and intelligence. 

The shadow remains with a person till the life, the pleasures are enjoying by the person till they are not finished but the body and the organs of senses have to continue till life. The learnings keep the company of a person till they are used. 

The same position is held with the intelligence but the best of the women keeps company of their husbands for many lives, A person having a virtuous wife, enjoys the life through out. Till such time a person is born, the pleasures are treated to be pleasant by him. The devotion at the lotus-like feet of the lord always provides pleasure. 

I was meditating upon the lotus-like feet of the lord when this obstruction was created. I know not by which part of my actions, I had to face this situation. Witnessing the conjugal pleasures of the demon with the loose woman, my mind was infatuated with passion and Brahma has rewarded me accordingly. 

O sage, I shall surely forgive your daughter for her harsh words for some time and thereafter I shall punish her for the same. At is really disgraceful for a man to bear the harsh words of the wife. This is denounced by all in the three worlds. 

I except your command and also your daughter because refuse the company of a damsel, who is offered to a person drives him the kalasutra hell. 

Even if a passionate loose woman approaches a person who has controlled his senses and in case, he disregards her only keeping in view his dharma but by thus conducting himself he has to go to the hell. 

Thus, speaking before the sage, Durvasa kept quiet. О sage, Aurva than gave away his girl in marriage to Durvasa. 

Durvasa on his part accepted the, girl speaking the words svasti. The sage also gave the dowry. After marrying the girl to Durvasa, the sage started weeping and was fainted with the separation of his daughter because the separation from one’s own daughter is always painful to all. 

Regaining consciousness in a moment he started advising the girl who was also crying getting separated from her father. 

Aurva said- О daughter, I am explaining to you the inaccessible tattva of politics which would be beneficial, truthful and is provided by the Vedas and would result in pleasure. 

In this universe, as well as in future life the husband happens to be the best of relatives. For the ladies of high families there could be none else dearer to them than the husband. The husband is the best of teacher for them.

The adoration, performing of vrata, charities, fasting, japam, bathing at the holy places, performing of all the yajnas, going around the universe, serving the Brahmanas and the guests do not compare even one sixteenth part of serving the husband. 

In the land of Bharata, the one, who is devoted to the husband and the one who is otherwise, all are of no consequence, when at the beginning of the pleasure, the husband feels painful. All the shastras spell out that serving the husband is extremely religious. One should treat according to one’s wisdom, her husband even greater than lord Narayana. 

One should always serve at his lotus-like feet, О sage, one should not speak harsh words to the husband even in joke as by mistake. In the land of Bharata, a lady who utters harsh words to her husband or follows an evil path, no remedy has been provided in the Vedas for her purification. She has to remain in the hell up to the life of Brahma. A woman getting all the religious ceremonies performed, but speaks harsh words to her husband, all the good deeds performed in her hundred births are destroyed, Thus Aurva best of the sages after tendering good advice to his daughter left the place. The sage Durvasa thereafter started living his ashrama delightfully. At the developing of the desire for conjugal pleasures, the sage got a damsel. 

It is surprising that the task of the noble people gets established with the mere wish. О great sage, thereafter Durvasa, the best of the sages prepared the bed for conjugal pleasures in the secluded place and enjoyed the company of his wife there. The sage Durvasa had never tasted the company of the women throughout his life still being well-versed in the art of making love, he was surprising by competent in the same. He enjoyed the company of his wife variously. 

With the first experience of the conjugal pleasure Kandali fainted. Since the sage himself was engrossed in the conjugal pleasure he also lost the sense about the day and night for eight days. 

Thus, he daily enjoyed the company of his wife. Thus, a clever person was united with the clever women. 

Now the sage Durvasa discarded performing of tapas and was attracted towards his household affairs. Kandali on the other hand started quarrelling with her husband daily, but the sage used to speak to tell her the appropriate words, she however never cared for his words and always quarrelled with him. Even the knowledge imparted by her on father was of no use to her. Because one cannot ever-come the nature which cannot be changed with any amount of advice.

She used to speak bitter words to her husband without any rhyme or reason shaking the entire universe. Thus, he started trembling with the anger of his wife. The merciful sage used to bear all the harsh words of his wife and always started tried to convince her by with sweet words. Thus, all her harsh words were ended but the sage tolerated more than hundred harsh words of his wife. 

Thus, the sage always tolerated her harsh words and all his sins for uttering harsh words were completed. 

Durvasa in spite of his being compassionate could not control his anger. He therefore, pronounced a curse on his wife, let you be reduced to a heap of dust. With the slightest indication of the sage, she was reduced to ashes. Such undisciplined women cannot meet with welfare in the three worlds. 

After the burning of the body, the reflection of the soul stood in the sky and spoke to the lord. 

The soul said- О lord, everything is visible to you with your divine sight. Being all knowledgeable, you know everything. Listening to the best of the words. The harsh words, anger, repentance, greed, illusion, passion, hunger, thirst, hardness, weakness, destruction, visible, invisible and taking birth are related to the human body. They are neither related with the gunas nor with the soul.

Having been composed of the three tattvas namely, sattva, rajas, tamas, this body is known as Trigunatmaka. This is also of various types. Listen I am access in others the rajoguna is an access while щ others, the tamoguna is found in access. Nowhere the body has all the gunas alike. 

Because of the presence of the sattva in the body, the jiva aspires for salvation; with the increase of Rajoguna, one aspires for performing actions and with the increase tamoguna, one resorts to killing with anger and pride. 

The harsh words emanate from the anger and the enmity emerges from harsh words and because of enmity one becomes an enemy in no time. Otherwise who is the enemy of whom on earth? Who is liked and disliked? Who is the friend and who is the foe? All the organ of senses is responsible for friendship and enmities. 

The husband is dearer to a wife more than her life and so is the case with the husband. In spite of that because of my foul words an enmity was created between us in no time.

O lord, whatever has happened because of passion, better forgive it no you kindly forgive me and tell me what is to be done by me now.

"Where should I go and where shall I be born?" I shall not accept anyone else as a husband in the three worlds. 

Thus speaking, the soul kept quiet and the sage fell on earth losing his consciousness.

It is really surprising that the sage who had been the great intellect so lost his senses. Indeed, for the virtuous people the separation of the wife happens to be the greatest of all the griefs. 

In a moment after regaining consciousness he got ready to end his life. He then sat in yogasana and obstructed his breathing. In the meantime, a Brahmana boy arrived there holding a danda and an umbrella, clad in red garments with the tilaka adorning his forehead, wearing a smile on his face, possessing dark complexion and illumining with divine lustre. The child was peaceful, quite learned and best of those well-versed in the Veda. 

Durvasa bowed in reverence to him and made him sit over a seat and then adored him with devotion.

That Brahmana ascetic started conversation with the sage. With the audience of the child and receiving his blessing, the grief of the sage disappeared. 

Remaining in the form of a child in a moment, he who was well-versed in the scriptures and polity, spoke to the sage nectar-like words which were quite appropriate for the occasion.

The child said- О all knowledgeable Brahmana, you are well-aware of everything because of the grace of your teacher, in spite of that you feel disheartened because of the grief. Therefore, I asked you what is the inner secret of it. The Brahmanas are meant for performing tapas and by performing tapas one can exercise control over all the three worlds. Presently what are you doing discarding your dharma?

In the three worlds who is the wife of whom and who is the husband of whom. All the people moved with the illusion of lord Hari, Kandali happened to be your false wife, that is why she left you in a moment. The truth never disappears and the falsehood never remains for long.

Ekanamsha the daughter of Vasudeva and sister of Krishna has been born out of the amsha of Parvati. She is quite docile and has long life. 

The same beautiful girl shall always remain your wife in all the kalpas. Therefore, you engage yourself in tapas for some time delightfully. 

Kandali would be born on earth in the race of Kadali. In due course of time, she would become auspicious, bestower of noble results, pleasant and bestower of the progeny. She would be inaccessible and a peaceful lady and shall become your wife. The one who gets his organs of senses beyond control, he has to be subjugated; this has been ordained in the Vedas. 

This speaking and bestowing knowledge to the Brahmana, Hari in the form of the Brahmana boy disappeared from the scene. 

The sage getting relieved of all the doubts devoted himself to the performing of tapas and Kandali was born on earth in the race of Kadali. 

О sage, the demon arrived in the tala forest and was turned into a donkey and Tilottama in due course of time was born as Usa the daughter of Banasura. 

The demon was killed with the chakra of Vishnu and achieved the eternal abode of lord Krishna which is beyond the reach of ever the sages. In due course of time she was born and was embraced by Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna and ultimately, she achieved her eternal abode as Tilottama. 

Thus, I have spoken to you the best of the stories of lord Krishna which is charming at every step. What else do you want to listen from me.