Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 62: The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.62.33

taḿ nāga-pāśair bali-nandano balī

ghnantaḿ sva-sainyaḿ kupito babandha ha

ūṣā bhṛśaḿ śoka-viṣāda-vihvalā

baddhaḿ niśamyāśru-kalākṣy arautsīt

SYNONYMS

tam — Him; nāga-pāśaiḥ — with the mystic nāga noose; bali-nandanaḥ — the son of Bali (Bāṇāsura); balī — powerful; ghnantamas He was striking; sva — at his own; sainyam — army; kupitaḥ — angered; babandha hahe captured; ūṣāŪṣā; bhṛśam — extremely; śoka — by sorrow; viṣāda — and discouragement; vihvalā — overwhelmed; baddham — captured; niśamya — hearing; aśru-kalā — with teardrops; akṣīin her eyes; arautsīt — cried.

TRANSLATION

But even as Aniruddha was striking down the army of Bāṇa, that powerful son of Bali angrily caught Him with the mystic nāga-pāśa ropes. When Ūṣā heard of Aniruddha's capture, she was overwhelmed with grief and depression; her eyes filled with tears, and she wept.

PURPORT

The ācāryas explain that Bāṇāsura could not actually capture the powerful grandson of Lord Kṛṣṇa. However, the Lord's līla-śakti, or pastime potency, allowed this to happen so that the events described in the next chapter could take place.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Sixty-second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Meeting of Ūṣā and Aniruddha."

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