Shloka 11
हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः
Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode
उषा बाणसुता विप्र पार्वतीं सह शम्भुना क्रीडन्तीम् उपलक्ष्योच्चैः स्पृहां चक्रे तदाश्रयाम्
uṣā bāṇasutā vipra pārvatīṃ saha śambhunā krīḍantīm upalakṣyoccaiḥ spṛhāṃ cakre tadāśrayām
O brāhmaṇa, Uṣā—the daughter of Bāṇa—having noticed Pārvatī sporting together with Śambhu, felt a powerful longing for that same sheltered intimacy and companionship.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: descriptive, revealing
FAQs
It functions as the narrative trigger: witnessing their divine companionship awakens Uṣā’s longing for a similar bond, setting the causal chain that leads into the Aniruddha–Uṣā episode.
Parāśara presents it as an observed, immediate inner movement—arising from a powerful exemplar—through which later events unfold according to the story’s destined order.
Though not named in this verse, the broader episode belongs to the Krishna lineage narrative where Vishnu’s sovereignty operates through human-like emotions and relationships, guiding outcomes within dharma and cosmic order.