Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 62 Verse 10

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.62.10

tasyoṣā nāma duhitā

svapne prādyumninā ratim

kanyālabhata kāntena

prāg adṛṣṭa-śrutena sā

SYNONYMS

tasya — his; ūṣā nāma — named Ūṣā; duhitā — daughter; svapne — in a dream; prādyumninā — with the son of Pradyumna (Aniruddha); ratim — an amorous encounter; kanyā — the unmarried maiden; alabhata — obtained; kāntena — with her lover; prāk — previously; adṛṣṭa — never seen; śrutena — or heard of; sā — she.

TRANSLATION

In a dream Bāṇa's daughter, the maiden Ūṣā, had an amorous encounter with the son of Pradyumna, though she had never before seen or heard of her lover.

PURPORT

The incidents now described will lead up to the fight predicted by Lord Śiva. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura quotes the following verses from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, which explain Ūṣā's dream:

ūṣā bāṇa-sutā vipra

pārvatīm śambhunā saha

krīḍantīm upalakṣyoccaiḥ

spṛhāḿ cakre tad-āśrayām

"O brāhmaṇa, when Ūṣā, the daughter of Bāṇa, happened to see Pārvatī playing with her husband, Lord Śambhu, Ūṣā intensely desired to experience the same feelings."

tataḥ sakala-citta-jña

gaurī tām aha bhāvinīm

alam atyartha-tāpena

bhartrā tvam api raḿsyase

"At that time Goddess Gaurī [Pārvatī], who knows everyone's heart, told the sensitive young girl, 'Don't be so disturbed! You will have a chance to enjoy with your own husband.' "

ity uktā sā tadā cakre

kadeti matim ātmanaḥ

ko vā bhartā mamety enāḿ

punar apy āha pārvatī

"Hearing this, Ūṣā thought to herself, 'But when? And who will my husband be?' In response, Pārvatī addressed her once more."

vaiśākha-śukla-dvādaśyāḿ

svapne yo 'bhibhavaḿ tava

kariṣyati sa te bhartā

rāja-putri bhaviṣyati

" 'The man who approaches you in your dream on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Vaiśākha will become your husband, O princess.' "

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