Shloka 6

बाणयुद्धम्, हरिहरसंवादः, ज्वरप्रकरणम्, अनिरुद्धमोचनम्

Bāṇa’s War, the Jvara Episode, Hari–Hara Dialogue, and Aniruddha’s Release

Devanagari script

कन्यान्तःपुरमध्ये तं रममाणं सहोषया विज्ञाय रक्षिणो गत्वा शशंसुर् दैत्यभूपतेः

Transliteration

kanyāntaḥpuramadhye taṃ ramamāṇaṃ sahoṣayā vijñāya rakṣiṇo gatvā śaśaṃsur daityabhūpateḥ

Translation

守卫见他在少女内宫之中与乌莎嬉游，便立刻前去向阿修罗王禀报此事。

Word by Word

कन्यान्तःपुरमध्येin the middle of the maidens’ inner apartments

तम्him

रममाणम्sporting/enjoying

सहwith

उषयाUṣā

विज्ञायhaving learned

रक्षिणःthe guards

गत्वाhaving gone

शशंसुःreported

दैत्यभूपतेःto the Daitya king

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Madhurya

Vyuha Form: Aniruddha

Characters & Entities

Uṣā

Daitya king (Bāṇa/Bāṇāsura)

Guards (rakṣiṇaḥ)

Aniruddha (implied, as 'him' in Uṣā’s chamber)

FAQs

What is the significance of the guards reporting this event in the Vishnu Purana?

It is the immediate narrative trigger that brings the private union in the palace into the public sphere of royal authority, setting up the Daitya king’s response and the ensuing confrontation.

How does Sage Parāśara present cause-and-effect in this episode?

By a tight sequence—discovery, recognition, and report—Parāśara shows how a single breach of palace boundaries rapidly becomes a political crisis under a sovereign’s rule.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the episode belongs to the broader Vaishnava narrative current in which such conflicts ultimately highlight the supremacy of Vishnu (often through Krishna’s intervention) over Daitya power and worldly sovereignty.