Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /385

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उषापरिणय: - THE MARRIAGE OF
 

ANIRUDDHA AND USHA
 
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बाणः पुत्रशतज्येष्ठो बलेरासीन्महात्मनः ।

शोणिताख्ये पुरे रम्ये स राज्यमकरोत् पुरा ॥
 

There was Bana, the eldest of the

hundred sons of the great Bali.* In olden

times, that Bana was ruling from the

beautiful city named Sonita.
 

 
सहस्रबाहुर्वाद्येन ताण्डवेऽतोषयन्मृडम् ।

वरेण च्छन्दयामास स तं वत्व्रे पुराधिपम् ॥
 

With his thousand hands, Bana pleased

Siva by providing instrumental music for

His dance, and Siva persuaded him to

accept a boon. Bana asked Him to be the

guardian of his city.
 

 
तस्योषा नाम दुहिता स्वप्ने प्राद्ययुम्निना रतिम् ।

कन्याऽलभत कान्तेन प्रागदृष्टश्रुतेन सा ॥
 

 
*Same as the Asura king figuring in the story of

the Vamana Avatara, See above.