Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.62.1
śrī-rājovāca
bāṇasya tanayām ūṣām
upayeme yadūttamaḥ
tatra yuddham abhūd ghoraḿ
hari-śańkarayor mahat
etat sarvaḿ mahā-yogin
samākhyātuḿ tvam arhasi
SYNONYMS
śrī-rājā uvāca — the King (Parīkṣit Mahārāja) said; bāṇasya — of the demon Bāṇa; tanayām — the daughter; ūṣām — named Ūṣā; upayeme — married; yadu-uttamaḥ — the best of the Yadus (Aniruddha); tatra — in connection with that; yuddham — a battle; abhūt — occurred; ghoram — fearsome; hari-śańkarayoḥ — between Lord Hari (Kṛṣṇa) and Lord Śańkara (Śiva); mahat — great; etat — this; sarvam — all; mahā-yogin — O great mystic; samākhyātum — to explain; tvam — you; arhasi — deserve.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit said: The best of the Yadus married Bāṇāsura's daughter, Ūṣā, and as a result a great, fearsome battle occurred between Lord Hari and Lord Śańkara. Please explain everything about this incident, O most powerful of mystics.
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