115 - Bana gets ready for a war hearing the news about his Daughter

Narayana said- Thereafter, the guards feeling panickly prostrating before Karttikeya, Ganesha and Durga spoke to the king Bana.

The gods said- The time is quite wicked and unsurpassable. Presently the adult daughter becoming independent is desirous of a husband.

O lord it is always painful if the noble people keep the company of the wicked, the good and bad are the products of the continues company of the people.

Chitralekha, herself becoming a messenger, brought a competent groom for the girl who is quite strong, valorous, resembling India, a great charioteer, youthful, healthy and is more beautiful than the god of love. She made both of them to enjoy each other company through out the day and night. Now chaste Usha, your daughter has conceived. In spite of her having I been born in noble race, she has become like the burning fire for both the races. Now you have to, become a grandfather of a male of a female child. You meet an extremely youthful and clever person besides the clever daughter in whose body there are signs of enjoying conjugal pleasures and who is completely under the command of her husband, is quite unstable remaining in the company of a male, enjoying conjugal pleasures in seclusion, always smiling, looking with side-glances and unstable eyes. On hearing this, Bana was ashamed as well as enraged.

He resolved for waging a war but Shiva stopped him from doing so. He spoke to Ganesha, Karttikeya, Parvati, Bhairavi, Bhadrakali, Yogini, eight Bhairavas, eleven Rudras, Goblins, Pretas, Kushmandas, Vetalas, Brahmarakshasas, Yogindras, the Siddhas Chanda and other Rudras, Kotarithe village deity, spoke to Shiva the words which were considered to be beneficial for Bana. These words truthful according to polity and were beneficial in the long run.

Shiva said- I am narrating to you an ancient story you please listen to it. In order to rid the earth of her burden, the lord himself has incarnated on earth in the land of Bharata and has killed many kings; all the globes are enshrined in his hair-pits; his abode is the eternal Brahman that is why people call him with the name of Vasudeva. Lord Krishna happens to be on earth as Brahma for Brahma. He is beyond Prakruti, devoid of gums, unattracted, always graceful to his devotees and takes to human form for their sake, is eternal Brahman is the abode of the supreme soul. He is the one with the departure of whom, a human becomes a dead body. How can a war be possible with him?

As one is unable to visualise the sky having been covered with the weapons. Similarly, a person is xmable to visualise the invisible soul even by meditation. His son named Aniruddha can destroy the three worlds in no time.

All the gods, the demons and all the valorous people do not compare to the one-sixteenth part of Aniruddha.

Such of the people who have comparable strength and the riches, the marriage should be performed only between them; it would not be proper to engage a weak person with a valorous one.

He is the one who drove Bali your father, who was immensely valorous and was born out the amsha of Hari to the neither world in a movement. He is the one who is the lord of Vmdavana, the supreme soul and all other creatures are only his rays.

Parvati said- Brahma, Shiva, Sesha always meditate upon him in their hearts through out the day and night.

Ganesha, Shiva the teacher of the yogis, always meditate upon the eternal lord.

Sanatkumara, Kapia, Nara and Narayana always meditate upon the eternal lord.

Manu, the sages, siddhas, the yogis always meditate upon the eternal lord.

All the intellectuals, who are the foremost of all, adore the lord of all, who is eternal.

Ganesha said- It is misfortune of Prahlada and Bali a great devotee of Vishnu who has given birth to such a foolish son.

Karttikeya said- O brother, have you heard the stories of Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha, Madhu and Kaitabha. All of them were quite valorous demons and were your ancestors. All of them were dispatched to the abode of Yama playfully by Vishnu. O brother, who can save the one who is to be killed by none else them Narayana himself. Therefore, keeping in view your own welfare, you leave the idea of a war.

On hearing his words, Bana was enraged. His face and eyes became red with anger. He held a bow in his hand and started thundering like the god of death.

Bana said- O mother, O father Shiva, O brother Ganesha, O brother Karttikeya, listen to what I speak. The people performing deeds have to face the good or bad results according to the deeds performed by them. Who can get the reward of any type without performing a deed.

A person cannot die, ahead of times even when wormded with hundreds of arrows and when the time comes even with the touch of the blade of grass one cannot survive.

In which ever way the destiny has ordained the person has to meet with the death in the same way, who can avert the result of an action which one has to face definitely.

The one who becomes a coward in the battle-field, his life becomes useless, the person who is victories in the battle-field, he earns the glory and after the death he achieves the heaven.

He entered the eity which was protected by Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha and accepted the daughter, in the same way as a valorous person does in the battle-field. Who can abduct anyone's daughter like this, who is still, alike. In the court, the guard has spoken that the girl has conceived. These words entered my ears like vajra. Therefore, after killing Aniruddha, I shall also kill the girl, otherwise I shall jump into the burning fire.

Kotari said- O son, you listen, since I happen to be your mother according to dharma. The parents have to suffer from, mental agony at every step, because of the conduct of the wicked son. Since Usha had been accepted by somebody, therefore she cannot be given by you to anyone else. You give away your daughter to Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna and the son of Pradyumna. By doing so your seven generations in the land of Bharata would be purified.

In order to achieve the glory and lustre on the land of Bharata, you give away everything in dowry otherwise lord Hari would surely kill you with the use of the Sudarshana-chakra in the battle¬ field. "Who would be able to save you?" On hearing the words of Kotari the demon was further enraged. O sage, mounted on chariot he went to the place where the grandson of Krishna was lodged. Thereafter with the permission of Shiva, Karttikeya took the command of army and marched on. Bana then performed the welfare ceremony. Ganesa, Shiva, Parvati and Kotariblessed Bapa variously. All the eight Bhairavas, eleven Rudras, holding the weapons in their hands started for a war. In the meantime, under the influence of Parvati and the wife of Bana, messenger carried the words, to Aniruddha and spoke to him.

The messenger said- O Aniruddha, get up and listen to the welfare words of Parvati. O son, you wear the kavacha and coming out you start the war.

The terrified Usha remembered the chaste goddess Parvati saying, "O Mahamaya, you protect the one who is the lord of my life; you extend him all protection in the terrific battle-field. You are the mother of the universe and your love extends to all equally".

Thereafter, Aniruddha wearing the coat of arms and holding the weapons in his hand, mounted the chariot, given to him by Usha. Getting out of the camp he spotted Bana who was wearing the coat of arms and holding weapons in his hands. His eyes were burning in anger.

At the sight of Aniruddha, Bana was enraged and in the terrific battle-field he started emitting venom.

Bana said- O valorous one, you are extremely wicked, devoid of the knowledge of polity; you are the- form of fire flame for the solar race, you are acting disgracefully in the auspicious land, your father owned the wife of Sambrasura after killing him. You were born out of her. You are a blot on your race.

Your grandfather known as Krishna is the Kshatriya of Mathura. He is the son of a Vaishya in Gokula known by the name of Nanda.

In Vrundavana he happens to be a cowherds of Nanda who grazed the cows; he is the lover of the cowherdesses and is an extremely wicked person.

He killed during his childhood, Putana and is therefore the killer of the woman. Reaching Mathura, he killed Kubja after enjoying conjugal pleasures with her.

named Rati is quite a chaste lady. She had to stay in the house of Sambara because of the desire for her husband, who had abducted her forcibly. She gave away her shadow to the demon and saved her chastity. Dharma stands witness to the same.

My father killing the demon Sambara took his chaste wife with him and went to Dvaraka. Both the sun and moon are witness to the same; how can you like a fool understand my grandfather Vasudeva who is unknown even to the Vedas. Vasu is the place which happens to be the abode of all, one in whose hair-pits, the globe is lodged, he lord came to be known as Vasudeva.

You better ask about him from Shiva to whom you are serving. You happen to be the son of Bali who is the servant of Krishna and as such you happen to be his slave.

You are devoid of wisdom and as such you call him as the son of Vaishya of Gokula. The Vedas permit the taking of food with Kshatriyas and the Vaishyas.

Drona was Prajapati and his wife Dhara was quite chaste; both of them performed tapas and achieved the lord as their son.

The same Drona was born as Nanda and the chaste Dhara was born as Yashoda. Radha on the other hand was born as the daughter of Vrushabhana due to the curse of Sudama; she at the command of her lord accompanied with thirty crores of cowherdesses arrived in the land of Bharata from the Goloka

Because of this, the lord kept the company of those damsels. He married Radha and Brahma performed himself as the priest of the marriage.

  A crore of cowherd boys arrived from the Goloka on earth. All of them were the best of the attendants of Hari and were illustrious like him.

The lord with his illusion turning to the form of the cowherds is protecting the cows with his illusion.

O demon, Putana was the daughter of Bali and your sister; she was childless in earlier birth and looking at the lord as the incarnation of Vamana had desired to achieve a son like him and could feed the child with her breasts.

The lord fulfilled her desire; after feeding the child with her breasts she left the earth mounted over a gem-studded plane to Goloka. Kubja on the other hand was the sister of Ravana known as Surpanakha in her earlier birth, who passionately desired Rama as her husband but the extremely religious Lakshmana severed her nose. Thereafter she performed tapas and achieved a boon from Brahma, as a result of which he achieved the lord as her husband and then proceeded to Goloka as a result of her embrace by lord Krishna, she went to Goloka as a cowherdesses. Narakasura was killed because of his earlier misdeeds and Hari married the damsels. The sun and the moon stand witness to the same.

Mahalaksmi the daughter of Bhishma became the chaste wife of Krishna who arrived on earth at the command of Brahma from Vaikuntha. She was born as Satyabhama the wife of Satrajita; the king gave away the daughter in marriage to Krishna together with and auspicious gem. Lord Hari incarnated on earth in order to rid her from the burden. That is why engaging the Kauravas and the Pandavas in the battle-field, he relieved the earth of her burden.

Sishupala and Dantavakra happened to be the two guards of the lord in Vaikuntha, known by the name of Jaya and Vijaya. Both of them had fallen from Vaikuntha because of the curse from Sanaka and were born on earth thrice; in one birth they were born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha, he had conquered Varuna. Lord Vishnu taking to the form of Nrusimha killed him playfully.

The other one Hiranyaksha was killed by the lord incarnating himself as Varaha; now you listen to the story of his second births, In the second birth they were born as Ravana and Kumbhakarna who were killed by Rama; thereafter both of them were born as the sons of Dharma and were killed by Krishna. Jarasandha, Salva and the wicked Kamsa had also to reap the results of their misdeeds and had to be killed at the hands of Krishna. Yavana who was among the sons of Mandhata was also killed because of his earlier misdeeds. How is Krishna lord of Laksmi concerned with the riches?

Because of the Punyaka-vrata performed by Satya the lord had to bring the Parijita tree for her. Jambavati the daughter of Bhalluka was herself born as amsha of Durga. Lord Hari accepted her as his spouse because of the tapas performed by her.

The kshetraja sons were born to Kunti at the command of her lord. This practise is prohibited in the Kaliyuga but was well-known in all the other three yugas.

Yudhisthira had been the son of Dharma, Bhima was the son of the wind god, Arjuna was the son of Indra who achieved victory on the earth and in earlier times Shiva bestowed him the Pashupata weapon. In Kaliyuga the practice of five things are prohibited which include, Ashvamedha sacrifice, Gomedha sacrifice, samnyasa, conception through artificial insemination and conception from Devara. Draupadi was bestowed with five spouses because of the boon of Shiva.

Balarama always consumed the auspicious nectar of the flowers which is always religious and pious. He had summoned Yamuna for taking bath.

Krishna had given away his sister Subhadra to Arjuna, the marriage with the daughter of maternal uncle is not prohibited in the south. But in other countries it is considered to be sinful.