Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 116
Sourceअथ षोडशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः बाण उवाच अनिरुद्ध बुधोऽसि त्वं त्वयोक्तं सत्यमेव च । शंभुना चैवमुक्तं च सर्वं बुद्धं स्वचेतसा ।। १ ।। त्वयोक्तं शंकरवरात्पञ्चानां स्वामिनां प्रिया । द्रौपदी च महाभागा तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ।। २ ।। शम्बरेण हृता पूर्व तव माता कथं रतिः । देवैरपि कथं दत्ता देवास्तेन जिता कथम् ।। ३ ।। अनिरुद्ध उवाच एकदा रघुनाथश्च सीतया लक्ष्मणो च । स्नातः सरसि तत्रस्थो रम्ये पञ्चवटीतटे ।। ४ ।। उवाच सीता हेमन्ते जलं सुस्वादु निर्मलम् । तथाऽन्नं व्यञ्जनं रम्यं सर्वं वस्तु सुशीतलम् ।। ५ ।। फलावबचयनं चक्रे सीतायै प्रददौ मुदा । ततो ददौ लक्ष्मणाय पश्चाद्भङ्क्ते स्वयं प्रभुः ।। ६ ।। लक्ष्मणस्तद्गृहीत्वा च नैव भुङ्क्ते फलं जलम् । मेघनादवधार्थं च सीतोद्धारणकारणात् ।। ७ ।। निद्रां न याति नो भुङ्क्ते वर्षाणां च चतुर्दश । य एवं पुरुषो योगी तद्वध्यो रावणत्मजः ।। ८ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रामं द्रष्टुं कमललोचनम् । वहनिस्तत्र समायातो द्विजरूपी कृपानिधिः भविष्यत्कथयामाम श्रुतिकौटपरं वचः ।। ९ ।। वह्निरुवाच शृणु राम महाभाग सीतासंगोपनं कुरु । सप्ताहाभ्यन्तरे चैव रावणो दुष्टराक्षसः ।। १० ।। दुर्निवार्यः प्राक्तनेन जानकीं च हरिष्यति । विधात्रा लिखितं कर्म प्राक्तंनं केन वार्यते ।। ११ ।। वेदैश्चतुर्भिः कथितं न च दैवात्परं वरम् ।। १२ ।। राम उवाच सीतां गृहीत्वा त्वं गच्छ च्छायाऽत्रैव तु तिष्ठतु । कलत्रवर्जनं कर्म सर्वेषां च जुगुप्सितम् ।। १३ ।। सीतां गृहीत्वा प्रययौ रुदतीं च हुताशनः । सीतया सदृशी छाया तस्थौ श्रीरामसंनिधौ ।। १४ ।। सा च च्छाया हृता पूर्व रावणेनावलीलया । समुद्दधार तां रामो निहत्य तं सबान्धवम् ।। १५ ।। वह्नौ परीक्षाकाले च च्छाया वह्नौ विवेश सा । अग्निश्छायां च संरक्ष्य ददौ रामाय जानकीम् ।। १६ ।। रामस्तां च गृहीत्वा च प्रययौ स्वाश्रमं मुदा । छाया तस्थौ वह्निपार्श्वे हृदयेन विदूयता ।। १७ ।। सा च च्छाया तपश्चक्रे नारायणसरोवरे । तपश्चकार दिव्यं च शातवर्षं च शूलिनः ।। १८ ।। वरं वृणुष्व भद्रे त्वमुवाच शंकरश्च ताम् । उवाच शिवं व्यग्रा भर्तुर्दुःखेन दुःखिता ।। १९ ।। पतिं देहि पञ्चधा सा वरं वव्रे त्रिलोचनम् । सर्वसंपत्प्रदस्तुष्टस्तस्यै शर्वो वरं ददौ ।। २० ।। महादेव उवाच साध्वि त्वं पञ्चधा ब्रूहि पतिं देहीति व्याकुला । पञ्चेन्द्राश्च हरेरंशा भविष्यन्ति प्रियास्तव ।। २१ ।। ते च सर्वे च पञ्चेन्द्राश्चाधुना पञ्च पाण्डवाः । सा च च्छाया द्रौपदी च यज्ञकुण्डसमुद्भवा ।। २२ ।। कृतयुगे वेदवती त्रेतायां जनकात्मजा । द्वापरे द्रौपदी छाया तेन कृष्णा त्रिहायणी ।। २३ ।। वैष्णपी कृष्णभक्ता च तेन कृष्णा प्रकीर्तिता । स्वर्गलक्ष्मीर्महेन्द्राणां सा च पश्चाद्भविष्यति ।। २४ ।। राजा ददौ फाल्गुनाय कन्यायाश्च स्वयंवरे । पप्रच्छ मातरं वीरो वस्तु प्राप्तं मयाऽधुना ।। २५ ।। तमुवाच स्वयं माता गृहाण भ्रातृभिः सह । शंभोर्वरेण पूर्व च परत्र मातुराज्ञया ।। २६ ।। द्रौपद्याः स्वामिनस्तेन हेतुना पञ्च पाण्डवाः । चतुर्दशानामिन्द्राणां पञ्चेन्द्राः पञ्च पाण्डवाः ।। २७ ।। शंकरेणाभिसंशप्ता सा मात्रा भर्त्सितेन च । भर्ताते भस्मसाद्भूतो हरकोपानलेन च ।। २८ ।। हे रति त्वं मया शप्ता दैत्यग्रस्ता भवाधुना । विजित्यदेवान्सेन्द्राश्च शम्बरस्त्वा हरिष्यति ।। २९ ।। पुनरुवतं वरं प्रादात्सतीत्वां ते न यास्यति । छायां दत्त्वा तिष्ठ गेहे यावज्जीवति ते पतिः ।। ३० ।। इति ते कथितं सर्वमितिहासं पुरातनम् । देवानां गुप्तचरितं श्रृणु दैत्येन्द्र सांप्रतम् ।। ३१ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सुभद्रश्च महाबलः । कुम्भाण्डभ्राता बलवान्बाणसेनापतीश्वरः ।। ३२ ।। निर्भत्सर्य बाणं समरे शस्त्रपाणिर्महारथः । श्रीकृष्णपौत्रं शूलं च चिक्षेप प्रलयाग्निवत् ।। ३३ ।। अर्धयन्द्रेण तच्छूलं चिच्छेद कामपुत्रकः । शक्तिं चिक्षेप भद्रश्च शतसूर्यसमप्रभाम् ।। ३४ ।। वैष्णवास्त्रेण चिच्छेद तां शक्तिं कामपुत्रकः । नारायणास्त्रं चिक्षेप सुभद्रो रणमूर्धनि ।। ३५ ।। प्रणम्य शेते निर्भीतो मदनस्य सुतो बली । ऊर्ध्वमस्त्रं च बभ्राम शतसूर्यसमप्रभम् ।। ३६ ।। प्रलीनमस्त्रमाकाशे विश्वसंहारकारणम् । अस्त्रे गते सोऽनिरुद्धो गृहीत्वा च महानसिम् ।। ३७ ।। प्रबभञ्जभद्ररथं जघानाश्वांश्च सारथिम् । जघान तं सुभद्रं च लीलया रणमूर्धनि ।। ३८ ।। हते सुभद्रे बाणश्च महाबलपराक्रमः । वाणानां शतकं चापि चक्षेप रणमूर्धनि ।। ३९ ।। कामात्मजोऽग्निबाणेन बाणोधं प्रददाह सः । बाणश्चिक्षेप ब्रह्मास्त्रं सृष्टिसंहारकारणम् ।। ४० ।। दृष्ट्वा कामात्मजः शीघ्रं सबीजं मन्त्रपूर्वकम् । ब्रह्मस्त्रेणैव सहसा संजहारावलीलया ।। ४१ ।। बाणः पाशुपतं क्षेप्तुं समारेभे च कोपतः । निषिद्धश्च गणेशेन स्कन्देन शंभुना तथा ।। ४२ ।। तद्दृष्ट्वा सोऽनिरुद्धस्तं धनुर्बाणौघ संयुतम् । मुमोच जृम्भणे युद्धे शीघ्रं तं च महारथम् ।। ४३ ।। जडो बभूव बाणश्च निश्चेष्टो रणमूर्धनि । पुनश्चिक्षेप निद्रास्यं निद्रितं तं चकार सः ।। ४४ ।। बाणं तं निद्रितं दृष्ट्वा गृहीत्वा खड्गमुत्तमम् । बाणं हन्तुं समुद्यन्तं वारयामास कार्तिकः ।। ४५ ।। स्कन्दश्च शतबाणौश्च वारयामास लीलया । अनिरुद्धं महाभागं बलवान्तं धनुर्धरम् ।। ४६ ।। अनिरुद्धश्च सहसा तथा शक्त्या दुरत्यया । बभञ्ज कार्तिकरथं रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मितम् ।। ४७ ।। गदया कार्तिकः क्रुद्धोऽप्यनिरुद्धरयं मुदा । बभञ्ज लीलया तत्र क्षणेन रणमूर्धनि ।। ४८ ।। अनिरुद्धोऽर्धचन्द्रेण क्षुरधारेण लीलया । चिच्छेद कार्तिकधनुर्भल्लास्त्रेण नियोजितम् ।। ४९ ।। जधान कार्तिकस्तं च गदया च दुरन्तया । गदां जग्राह तद्धस्ताज्जवेन मदनात्मजः ।। ५० ।। शूलं गृहीत्वा स्कन्दं च तमेव हन्तुमु द्यतम् । अनिरुद्धश्च कोपेन प्रेरयामास दूरतः ।। ५१ ।। कार्तिकः पुनरागत्य गृहीत्वा कामपुत्रकम् । गृहीत्वा च करेणैव पातयामास भूतले ।। ५२ ।। अनिरुद्धो गृहीत्वाऽसिं प्रभुस्तस्थौ महाबलः । तयोर्विरोधं दूरं च प्रचकार गणेश्वरः ।। ५३ ।। कार्तिकः प्रययौ गेहमूषागेहं स्मरात्मजः । सर्व निवेदितुं शंभुं प्रययौ स गणेश्वरः ।। ५४ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारादनाo बाणयुo षोडशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ।। ११६ ।।
atha ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ bāṇa uvāca aniruddha budho'si tvaṃ tvayoktaṃ satyameva ca | śaṃbhunā caivamuktaṃ ca sarvaṃ buddhaṃ svacetasā || 1 || tvayoktaṃ śaṃkaravarātpañcānāṃ svāmināṃ priyā | draupadī ca mahābhāgā tanme vyākhyātumarhasi || 2 || śambareṇa hṛtā pūrva tava mātā kathaṃ ratiḥ | devairapi kathaṃ dattā devāstena jitā katham || 3 || aniruddha uvāca ekadā raghunāthaśca sītayā lakṣmaṇo ca | snātaḥ sarasi tatrastho ramye pañcavaṭītaṭe || 4 || uvāca sītā hemante jalaṃ susvādu nirmalam | tathā'nnaṃ vyañjanaṃ ramyaṃ sarvaṃ vastu suśītalam || 5 || phalāvabacayanaṃ cakre sītāyai pradadau mudā | tato dadau lakṣmaṇāya paścādbhaṅkte svayaṃ prabhuḥ || 6 || lakṣmaṇastadgṛhītvā ca naiva bhuṅkte phalaṃ jalam | meghanādavadhārthaṃ ca sītoddhāraṇakāraṇāt || 7 || nidrāṃ na yāti no bhuṅkte varṣāṇāṃ ca caturdaśa | ya evaṃ puruṣo yogī tadvadhyo rāvaṇatmajaḥ || 8 || etasminnantare rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ kamalalocanam | vahanistatra samāyāto dvijarūpī kṛpānidhiḥ bhaviṣyatkathayāmāma śrutikauṭaparaṃ vacaḥ || 9 || vahniruvāca śṛṇu rāma mahābhāga sītāsaṃgopanaṃ kuru | saptāhābhyantare caiva rāvaṇo duṣṭarākṣasaḥ || 10 || durnivāryaḥ prāktanena jānakīṃ ca hariṣyati | vidhātrā likhitaṃ karma prāktaṃnaṃ kena vāryate || 11 || vedaiścaturbhiḥ kathitaṃ na ca daivātparaṃ varam || 12 || rāma uvāca sītāṃ gṛhītvā tvaṃ gaccha cchāyā'traiva tu tiṣṭhatu | kalatravarjanaṃ karma sarveṣāṃ ca jugupsitam || 13 || sītāṃ gṛhītvā prayayau rudatīṃ ca hutāśanaḥ | sītayā sadṛśī chāyā tasthau śrīrāmasaṃnidhau || 14 || sā ca cchāyā hṛtā pūrva rāvaṇenāvalīlayā | samuddadhāra tāṃ rāmo nihatya taṃ sabāndhavam || 15 || vahnau parīkṣākāle ca cchāyā vahnau viveśa sā | agniśchāyāṃ ca saṃrakṣya dadau rāmāya jānakīm || 16 || rāmastāṃ ca gṛhītvā ca prayayau svāśramaṃ mudā | chāyā tasthau vahnipārśve hṛdayena vidūyatā || 17 || sā ca cchāyā tapaścakre nārāyaṇasarovare | tapaścakāra divyaṃ ca śātavarṣaṃ ca śūlinaḥ || 18 || varaṃ vṛṇuṣva bhadre tvamuvāca śaṃkaraśca tām | uvāca śivaṃ vyagrā bharturduḥkhena duḥkhitā || 19 || patiṃ dehi pañcadhā sā varaṃ vavre trilocanam | sarvasaṃpatpradastuṣṭastasyai śarvo varaṃ dadau || 20 || mahādeva uvāca sādhvi tvaṃ pañcadhā brūhi patiṃ dehīti vyākulā | pañcendrāśca hareraṃśā bhaviṣyanti priyāstava || 21 || te ca sarve ca pañcendrāścādhunā pañca pāṇḍavāḥ | sā ca cchāyā draupadī ca yajñakuṇḍasamudbhavā || 22 || kṛtayuge vedavatī tretāyāṃ janakātmajā | dvāpare draupadī chāyā tena kṛṣṇā trihāyaṇī || 23 || vaiṣṇapī kṛṣṇabhaktā ca tena kṛṣṇā prakīrtitā | svargalakṣmīrmahendrāṇāṃ sā ca paścādbhaviṣyati || 24 || rājā dadau phālgunāya kanyāyāśca svayaṃvare | papraccha mātaraṃ vīro vastu prāptaṃ mayā'dhunā || 25 || tamuvāca svayaṃ mātā gṛhāṇa bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | śaṃbhorvareṇa pūrva ca paratra māturājñayā || 26 || draupadyāḥ svāminastena hetunā pañca pāṇḍavāḥ | caturdaśānāmindrāṇāṃ pañcendrāḥ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ || 27 || śaṃkareṇābhisaṃśaptā sā mātrā bhartsitena ca | bhartāte bhasmasādbhūto harakopānalena ca || 28 || he rati tvaṃ mayā śaptā daityagrastā bhavādhunā | vijityadevānsendrāśca śambarastvā hariṣyati || 29 || punaruvataṃ varaṃ prādātsatītvāṃ te na yāsyati | chāyāṃ dattvā tiṣṭha gehe yāvajjīvati te patiḥ || 30 || iti te kathitaṃ sarvamitihāsaṃ purātanam | devānāṃ guptacaritaṃ śrṛṇu daityendra sāṃpratam || 31 || etasminnantare tatra subhadraśca mahābalaḥ | kumbhāṇḍabhrātā balavānbāṇasenāpatīśvaraḥ || 32 || nirbhatsarya bāṇaṃ samare śastrapāṇirmahārathaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇapautraṃ śūlaṃ ca cikṣepa pralayāgnivat || 33 || ardhayandreṇa tacchūlaṃ ciccheda kāmaputrakaḥ | śaktiṃ cikṣepa bhadraśca śatasūryasamaprabhām || 34 || vaiṣṇavāstreṇa ciccheda tāṃ śaktiṃ kāmaputrakaḥ | nārāyaṇāstraṃ cikṣepa subhadro raṇamūrdhani || 35 || praṇamya śete nirbhīto madanasya suto balī | ūrdhvamastraṃ ca babhrāma śatasūryasamaprabham || 36 || pralīnamastramākāśe viśvasaṃhārakāraṇam | astre gate so'niruddho gṛhītvā ca mahānasim || 37 || prababhañjabhadrarathaṃ jaghānāśvāṃśca sārathim | jaghāna taṃ subhadraṃ ca līlayā raṇamūrdhani || 38 || hate subhadre bāṇaśca mahābalaparākramaḥ | vāṇānāṃ śatakaṃ cāpi cakṣepa raṇamūrdhani || 39 || kāmātmajo'gnibāṇena bāṇodhaṃ pradadāha saḥ | bāṇaścikṣepa brahmāstraṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇam || 40 || dṛṣṭvā kāmātmajaḥ śīghraṃ sabījaṃ mantrapūrvakam | brahmastreṇaiva sahasā saṃjahārāvalīlayā || 41 || bāṇaḥ pāśupataṃ kṣeptuṃ samārebhe ca kopataḥ | niṣiddhaśca gaṇeśena skandena śaṃbhunā tathā || 42 || taddṛṣṭvā so'niruddhastaṃ dhanurbāṇaugha saṃyutam | mumoca jṛmbhaṇe yuddhe śīghraṃ taṃ ca mahāratham || 43 || jaḍo babhūva bāṇaśca niśceṣṭo raṇamūrdhani | punaścikṣepa nidrāsyaṃ nidritaṃ taṃ cakāra saḥ || 44 || bāṇaṃ taṃ nidritaṃ dṛṣṭvā gṛhītvā khaḍgamuttamam | bāṇaṃ hantuṃ samudyantaṃ vārayāmāsa kārtikaḥ || 45 || skandaśca śatabāṇauśca vārayāmāsa līlayā | aniruddhaṃ mahābhāgaṃ balavāntaṃ dhanurdharam || 46 || aniruddhaśca sahasā tathā śaktyā duratyayā | babhañja kārtikarathaṃ ratnendrasāranirmitam || 47 || gadayā kārtikaḥ kruddho'pyaniruddharayaṃ mudā | babhañja līlayā tatra kṣaṇena raṇamūrdhani || 48 || aniruddho'rdhacandreṇa kṣuradhāreṇa līlayā | ciccheda kārtikadhanurbhallāstreṇa niyojitam || 49 || jadhāna kārtikastaṃ ca gadayā ca durantayā | gadāṃ jagrāha taddhastājjavena madanātmajaḥ || 50 || śūlaṃ gṛhītvā skandaṃ ca tameva hantumu dyatam | aniruddhaśca kopena prerayāmāsa dūrataḥ || 51 || kārtikaḥ punarāgatya gṛhītvā kāmaputrakam | gṛhītvā ca kareṇaiva pātayāmāsa bhūtale || 52 || aniruddho gṛhītvā'siṃ prabhustasthau mahābalaḥ | tayorvirodhaṃ dūraṃ ca pracakāra gaṇeśvaraḥ || 53 || kārtikaḥ prayayau gehamūṣāgehaṃ smarātmajaḥ | sarva nivedituṃ śaṃbhuṃ prayayau sa gaṇeśvaraḥ || 54 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nārādanāo bāṇayuo ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 116 ||
English translation
The episode of Draupadi having five said- O Aniraddha, you are quite an intelligent person. You have spoken the truth, also told me like that. I have well understood in my mind everything.
You have told me that the virtuous Draupadi could have five spouses because of the boon of you narrate the same episode to me in Why did ^ambara abduct Rati your mother and why did the gods hand her over to him. How could the gods over-power him.
Aniruddha said- Once Rama and Sita having bath in Pancavati were seated on the bank of the river. At that point of time Sita said, ”In the autumn season the water becomes spotless and tasteful; the food and other dishes become cool."
Rama collected some fruits and handed them over to Sita. Then handing over some fruits to Laksmana, he ate himself; Laksmana received the fruits, the water but did not consume the same, because in order to redeem Sita, he intended to kill Meghanada. Only such a person could kill Meghanada who could never have slept for fourteen years nor had he eaten anything. In order to have an audience with the lotus eyed lord, the merciful Agni taking to the form of a Brahmana arrived there and started speaking harsh words.
Agni said- O virtuous Rama, you hide Sita somewhere, because Ravana influenced with the evil deeds of his earlier births, would arrive here and abduct Sita. This cannot be prevented. This has been ordained by destiny. Who can escape from the same? It has been ordained, in the Vedas that destiny is most powerful.
Rama said- You carry Sita with you and her shadow he should remain here because it is difficult to perform any deed without a woman.
The god of fire then took away Sita who was feeling gloomy and crying. Since then the shadow of Sita remained with Rama.
The same shadow Sita was carried by Ravana playfully in earlier times. Thereafter Rama after killing Ravana with all his relatives, redeemed At the time of fire ordeal, the shadow Sita entered the fire. The god of fire protected the shadow Sita and handed her over to him SM in two forms.
Rama delightfully went back to his asrama.
The shadow Sita on the other hand started living with Agni with a very heavy heart.
The shadow Sita then performed severe tapas at a pool named N^rayana. For a hundred divine years she adored Siva.
Thereafter, Siva appeared before her and said, O virtuous lady, ask for a bom, suffering from the pain from the separation of her husband and getting upset, she spoke to Siva, "Give me my husband back." These words were repeated by her five times. Lord Siva getting pleased with her tapas granted her the boon.
Mahadeva said- O chaste lady, getting upset you had desired for the husband uttering five times therefore five Indras would become your spouses from the amsa of Visnu.
Those five Indras have currently appeared on earth in the form of five Pandavas and Draupadi is the shadow Sita who appeared from the sacrificial alter. The same shadow was known as Vedavati in Satyayuga. In Tretayuga she was known as Janakr and in Dvapara she is bom as Draupadi. Because of this, Draupadi is known of having been bom thrice.
Draupadi is an extremely chaste and Vaisnava woman, a devotee of Krsna and because of the same she is also called Krsna. In future she would be bom as SvargalaksmI of Indra.
The king in the Svayamvara of Draupadi gave her to Arjuna. The valorous Arjuna spoke to the mother I have brought a unique thing with me.
But the mother spoke out, "You enjoy the same with your brothers.” Therefore because of the earlier boon of Siva and because of command of the mother later on, Draupadi had five spouses. These five Pandavas happen to be five Indras out of the fourteen Indras.
Siva had pronounced a curse on my mother what her husband would be burnt to ashes because of his anger. At this she denounced Siva thereafter Siva again who said to her, ”0 Rati, because of my curse you would be over-powered by a demon." Sambara after conquering the gods would abduct you.
Thus speaking, l.e again pronounced a boon on her, "Your chacu.;/ would not be lost You entrusting your shadow the demon, would live in your own abode, till suci. 'me your husband is brought back to life".
Thus I have naixated to you the ancient story, now O demon, listen to the secret story of the gods. At the same time the valorous Subhadra arrived there, who happened to be the brother of Kumbhanda and was more valorous warrior of The great warrior denounced Bana and getting equipped with all the weapons, he threw a trident at Aniraddha, the grandson of Krspa.
But the son of the god of love neutralised it with the use of the crescent arrow. Bhadra then shot a sakti which was illumining like hundreds of suns. Animddha on his part destroyed the same with the use of Vaisnavdstra, Subhadra then used Ndrdyandstra in the battle-field.
But Animddha the son of the god of love bowed before Ndrdyaifdstra and fearlessly slept there. The weapon issuing the lustre of the hundred suns started moving round and round above Aniruddha.
After sometime the weapon which could be cause of the destruction of the universe disappeared. After the disappearing of the weapon, Aniruddha held a sword in his hand and broke the chariot of Bhadra, killing, horses as well as the charioteer. Moving forward then he After the killing of Subhadra, Bana shot a hundred arrows which were burnt out by the son of Kamadeva with the shooting of an arrow.
Thereafter Bana shot Brahmdstra which could destroy the entire universe. Aniruddha on the other hand shot another Brahmdstra reciting the mantras and destroyed the one shot by Bana.
Bana getting enraged, was about to shoot Pdsupata, weapon but was presented from doing so by Ganesa, Karttikeya and Siva.
Finding Bana attempting to use Brahmdstra, Aniruddha shot a number of arrows as a result of which the valorous Bana started yawning in the Thereafter Bana became motionless in the battle-field. Thereafter Aniruddha shot a sleeping arrow, as a result of which Bana was over¬ powered by sleep. Finding Bana over-powered with sleep in the battle-field, he took out his sword and was about to kill the demon king when KMtikeya prevented him from doing so.
Karttikeya prevented Aniruddha from attacking Bana with the shooting of a hundred Aniruddha then shot Sakti-astra which was indestructible and broke into pieces the chariot of Karttikeya which was built with the best of Karttikeya on the other hand getting enraged broke the chariot of Aniruddha into pieces.
Aniruddha then shot a crescent anow at Karttikeya which broke his bow and thereafter the Bhalldstra was used by Aniruddha.
Karttikeya then attacked Aniruddha with a massive club but Aniruddha the son of the god of love, held the club in his hands forcefully and shot it back to Karttikeya who was about to throw a trident at Aniruddha. In the meantime Karttikeya moved forward and holding Aniruddha with his hands threw him on the Most powerful lord Aniruddha took a sword in his hand. At this, Ganesa the great, intervened and pacified bom of them.
Karttikeya then left for his home and Animddha went back to the abode of OsS.
Ganesa left the place for the abode of ^iva in order to narrate to him the entire story.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 76573 (2016-08-26T01:29:44Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1620–n1625: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1620/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.