114 - Union between Usha and Aniruddha

Narayana said- Pradyumna was the son of Krishna who was immensely valorous and strong. He had a son named Aniruddha who was born out of the amsha of Brahma. Once the youthful Aniruddha was sleeping on the bed in a secluded place which was having the flowers and the scented sandal-paste over it.

In the dream he found a beautiful damsel lying on the bed of flowers and whose limbs were painted with fragrant sandal-paste. She was smiling. The damsel was quite beautiful and youthful and was adorned with several types of ornaments, she wore beautiful armlets, wristlets and the bangles of conch-shells. Her temples were decorated with the ear ornament. She was clad in an extremely fine garment the anklets worn by her which issued dangling sound. She had the lips resembling the ripe wood apples; the eyes were resembling the lotus flower of the winter season. Her face resembled the lotus flower of the winter season and was bestowed with the grace of crores of the moons. The lines of her teeth were quite charming and looked like the garland of jewels; she had the hair-do which was curved at three places and adorned with the garland of jasmine flowers. The kasturi, saffron, red paint and sandal-paste besides the collyrium were applied on her body and the eyes. Her cheeks were decorated with several types of tree- leaves; she was having the vermilion spot resembling the flower of pomegranate; her thighs resembled the trunk of banana tree. Both her breasts were quite, hard thick and well- developed; she was bending because of the weight of her breasts and was suffering from passion. The beautiful damsel was looking with side-glances; both her feet which were painted with red paint and the saffron, looked like the red lotus flowers. Her costume was removed with the blowing of the wind, revealing her private parts, as a result of which she was filled with passion. She had an extremely charming complexion of the champaka flower. Finding her there, the unstable son of the god of love was infested with passion and spoke to her quite sweet words.

Aniruddha said- O beautiful one, are you a forest goddess or the daughter of Gandharvas; are you the daughter of a woman? O beautiful one, whom do you love?

 You happen to be most beautiful of the three worlds and also make the minds of sages get attracted towards you. You tell me, are you alone here? Why are you not afraid of me?

Presently, I am the grandson the lord of the three worlds and the son of the god of love. O damsel, my name is Aniruddha. I am quite youthful, beautiful, passionate, well-versed in the scriptures of love and can fulfil the desire of the passionate woman.

O well disciplined, one you are clad in beautiful garments and therefore you love me since I have a good nature, I am well-versed in the art of making love, desirous of making love and the son of Rati. O beloved, the passionate woman is always desirous of a passionate and a healthy person.

 Only competent damsel seeks a competent and passionate person. Because the union of a competent damsels with the competent man is always desirable.

Thereafter feeling shy of the new union, she covered her eyes and the face and spoke to him.

The damsel said- You are quite passionate and the son of the god of love and are getting anxious because of the passions. If you are suitable for a passionate damsel, then why did you think about the passion.

You yourself happen to be the grandson of the lord of the three worlds and the son of quite a competent person and are yourself also quite competent; then why don’t you marry?

The married wife is always auspicious, chaste, virtuous, always remains with the husband, dwells in the race, develops the race and is the life partner.

The secret wife is always fearful, could be won over by love and charities and is always unstable; such a wife remains only per chance and not the life partner. The keeping of such a wife is prohibited in the Vedas and other scriptures.

The improper wife is the step for moving towards the hell and earns disgrace in this as well as the future world. A person of high caste besides being a Vaishnavas or a noble person, never gets interested in the improper wife.

 In case someone gets attracted towards such a woman in fallacy and when he was not following the company of noble people, only in that case one could get attracted towards the improper wife because it is the nature of the people, but getting detached from such women is always beneficial.

 In case a detached person gets himself involved again in the worldly pleasure, such a person become a sinner and has to repent while being jeered upon on earth. All his actions become like the bathing of an elephant.

A Vaishnava having a chaste disciplined, beautiful, peaceful, glorious, graceful, obedient, soft spoken, having soft limbs, quite competents, youthful and the one who pleases during the conjugal pleasure, such a wife and disowning her, proceeds for performing tapas. When such a lady begets a son, becomes peaceful in her mind, otherwise his entire tapas, would be destroyed.

 In case a person of a degraded family goes to a graded woman he falls into the terrific hell for seven generations.

 I am Usha the daughter of Bana, who happens to be the devotee of Shiva and is the conquered of the three worlds, while Shiva happens to be lord of the tree worlds.

A woman of high race can never be independent under any circumstances but she remains in bondage. The loose woman is always independent and born in the degraded family.

The father gives away in marriage his daughter to a competent person. The daughter does not desire for a husband. This is the eternal dharma.

 You are quite competent and so am I. O lord, in case you are desirous of me, you go to Bana, Shiva or the chaste Parvati with a request to seek my hand.

Thus speaking that beautiful and chaste damsel disappeared. O sage, thereafter suddenly the sleep of Aniruddha, the son of the god of love was disturbed.

Witnessing the dream, he was filled with passion and finding his beloved no were there, he become upset.

Thereafter he discarded taking food, spent sleepless nights, got intoxicated and became quite lean and thin; sometimes he stood erect, sometimes he slept, while sometimes he wept in a lonely place. Finding the son so weeping, Devaki, Rukmini, Rati and other damsels spoke to lord Krishna.

 On hearing their words, the lord who was well-versed in all the tattvas, smilingly spoke to them.

Krishna said- Finding Shiva and Parvati engaged in the conjugal pleasure, the daughter of Bana became passionate. She then achieved the boon getting influenced with the passion.

Parvati made Aniruddha to witness a dream and he has thus intoxicated the mind of my grandson. Now I shall intoxicate the daughter of Bana in the dream. All of you should remain carefree; this mental agony would not lost for long.

Thus assuring them lord Krishna who is the bestower of all the siddhis made with this illusion, the daughter of Sana, to witness the dream.

The damsel was quite youthful adorned with all the gem-studded ornaments besides the garland of flowers and was lying on the bed, witnessing a dream. She witnessed in dream a youthful person sleeping in a lonely place, in the palace of gems. He had the dark complexion, resembling the fresh cloud. He was extremely youthful, having the beauty resembling the crores of gods of love, had a smiling face, quite pleasant, clad with the ornament of gems like armlets, wristlets and anklets, besides two gem- studded ear ornament illumining the temples. The sandal-paste was plastered on his entire body. He was clad in yellow garment and adorned with the garland of jasmine flowers hanging on his chest. Finding him lying on the bed of roses, made of gems, the chaste girl went to him suddenly

With her heart infested with love, the damsels spoke to Aniruddha the son of the god of love.

Usha said- O passionate one who are you? you enjoy the company of a passionate damsel like me, I am quite youthful, fresh and desirous of the fresh union. I feel attracted towards you and you perform the Gandharva type of marriage. The Gandharva type of marriage is permissible for the human beings.

 If a deceitful person neglects a passionate damsel, Mahalaksmi pronounces a terrific curse on him and leaves the place.

The man said- I am myself the grandson of Krishna and the son of the god of love, therefore, O beautiful one, how can I accept you without their permission?

Thus speaking the person disappeared. The damsel on the other hand finding her beloved having disappeared, was completely upset; instead of sleeping, she got up from the bed and getting intoxicated she started speaking to her female friends.

Chitralekha who happened to be the best of the yoginls asked her, what has happened; then she tried to convince her.

Chilralekha said- O auspicious one, be conscious. From whom, have you felt so panickly? Both Shiva and Parvati are here and the place is inaccessible to anyone.

With the mere reciting of the name of Shiva, all the evils disappear and welfare prevails everywhere. Welfare is the abode of Shiva. By devoting the mind to Durga, the destroyer of the misfortune, all the ailments disappear. Parvati the bestower of the welfare always provides welfare to all.

On hearing the words of Citralekha, beautiful Usha did not speak out anything. On the other hand, discarding her food and sleep, she started thinking about the same person. Chitralekha then went to her parents, Durga, Shiva, as well as Ganesha.

Learning about the mental condition of Usha, the wife of Bana started crying aloud. Bana who was seated besides Shiva was also grieved and he fainted. At the sight of the condition of the parents of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha started smiling.

Ganesha said- The one who in arrogance, makes other to suffer from mental torture, he himself suffers four times more the torture inflicted on others.

Usha became passionate, witnessing the conjugal pleasure of Shiva and Parvati, Durga had blessed her with a boon of getting a unique husband.

Parvati herself had infested the love for the son of the god of love with pass on in Usha and now she is quietly siting the left of Shiva. The omnipresent lord Krishna had realised the same and have arranged Usha to witness a dream in which the beautiful person was displayed.

At the sight of a competent person damsel always becomes desirous of him but is contained because of the fear of dharma. Finding a beautiful person, woman born in a degraded family or a loose woman is relieved of her sleep, food, husband, son, riches, house, intelligence, household, household affairs, shame of the family, the caste and dharma and ultimately she sacrifices her life also, but the degraded woman could never disown a youthful person who is well-versed in the art of making love. Therefore, the intelligent person should protect the youthful ladies even after putting his life in danger. He should never believe a woman who is infested with illusion because the damsels speak sweet words but their hearts are quite sharp like a blade.

The bent of their mind is unknown to the Vedas and the people who are well-versed in the Vedas. Chitralekha who happened to be the best of the yoginis, should playfully move to Dvaraka for bringing Aniruddha after abducting him. On hearing the worlds whiskered by Ganesha, which could not be heard by Bana. She was permitted to perform this job. Chitralekha at once reached Dvaraka and then the abode of Hari.

 The place was inaccessible to all but still Chitralekha entered expeditiously and abducted Aniruddha and placed him on the chariot, with the influence of her yogic practices. O sage, the chaste Chitralekha could move with the speed of the mind. Blowing the conch, she in a moment reached Sonitpura. On the other hand, finding Aniruddha missing from his chamber, all the ladies started crying, lamenting for the boy who was dearer to them than their lives. The all- knowledgeable Krishna who was well-versed in all the tattvas, assured them variously. He at once accompanied with, Samba, Kamadeva, Satyaki and the army moved on with Garuda mounted on the chariot holding samkha, chakra, gada and padma. They moved on towards Sonitpura, the city was protected by the ganas of Shiva and Parvati.

On the other hand, Chitralekha was a great yogini quite graceful among the ladies, quite auspicious, peaceful and was well-known as siddhayogini and as the granter of success. She than consoled the boy who was crying getting separated from his mother. Thereafter, she made him take his bath and the sandal-paste was applied on his body decorating him with the garland of flowers. Thus the boy having been beautifully decorated, was made to enter the inner apartment which was protected by the gods, through yogic practices. Usha was without food for long, thin waisted and protected by her female friends, was woken up. She was also made to take bath and adorned with all the ornaments, garlands, applying the sandal-paste on the body in addition to the auspicious vermilion. Thereafter, in the auspicious time of Mahendra, both of them were made to talk with each other secretly. On finding her beloved there, the mental agony of Usha was removed. She married Aniruddha the son of the god of love in a Gandharva style and enjoyed the conjugal pleasure. Both of them enjoyed the conjugal pleasure for a long time.

The passionate Aniruddha did not care for the day and night. On the other hand, the passionate Usha was fainted while enjoying the conjugal pleasures for the first time. Thus both of them were united and they enjoyed all the conjugal pleasures in lonely place, thereafter, O Brahmana, the king came to know about the reality from his guards.