Shloka 9
हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः
Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode
कथं युद्धम् अभूद् ब्रह्मन्न् उषार्थे हरकृष्णयोः कथं क्षयं च बाणस्य बाहूनां कृतवान् हरिः
kathaṃ yuddham abhūd brahmann uṣārthe harakṛṣṇayoḥ kathaṃ kṣayaṃ ca bāṇasya bāhūnāṃ kṛtavān hariḥ
Wahai Brahmana, bagaimana peperangan antara Hara (Śiva) dan Kṛṣṇa timbul kerana Uṣā? Dan bagaimana Hari memusnahkan lengan-lengan Bāṇa?
Maitreya (questioning Sage Parāśara)
Speaker: Maitreya
Topic: How the Hari–Hara battle began due to Uṣā and how Hari destroyed Bāṇa’s arms
Teaching: Historical
Quality: inquisitive, earnest
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Kṛṣṇa’s līlā is recounted to reveal how dharma is protected through decisive action when divine and asuric powers collide over adharma-driven obstruction.
Leela: Dharma-upadesa
Dharma Restored: Clarification that divine protection prevails and that power must submit to dharma
Concept: Reverent inquiry into Hari’s līlā is itself a doorway to understanding dharma and divine sovereignty.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate śraddhā and thoughtful questioning of sacred narratives, seeking their ethical and devotional import rather than mere entertainment.
Vishishtadvaita: God’s personal līlā in history is meaningful revelation, not illusion: the Lord engages the world while remaining supreme.
Vishnu Form: Hari
FAQs
In this verse, Uṣā becomes the immediate cause that triggers the larger confrontation, showing how personal events in Purāṇic storytelling can unfold into cosmic-scale divine action.
This line is Maitreya’s prompt to Parāśara to narrate the chain of events—how the Uṣā episode leads to a battle—framed within the Purāṇic dialogue tradition where Parāśara provides the authoritative account.
By asking how Hari destroyed Bāṇa’s arms, the verse foregrounds Hari’s decisive sovereignty in restoring order, a Vaishnava emphasis where Krishna’s power ultimately prevails in dharma’s protection.