- Aniruddha
Aniruddha ( _sa. अनिरुद्ध) means uncontrolled or "without obstacles". In
Hindu mythology , Aniruddha was son ofPradyumna and grandson ofKrishna .He was very much like his grandfather, the re is a confusson,this Aniruddha was jana avatar.The four important Vishnu extensions are Vasudev Krishna, Prdumana,Sankarsana and Aniruddha these four are Vishnutattav or Vishnu avatars. Aniruddha is the one who is present in every soul as super soul.A
Daitya princess named Usha, daughter of Bana, fell in love with him, and had him brought by magic influence to her apartments in her father's city of Sonitapura. Bana sent some guards to seize him, but the valiant youth, taking an iron club, slew his assailants. Bana then brought his magic powers to bear and secured him.On discovering that Aniruddha had been carried,
Krishna ,Balarama , andPradyumna went to rescue him. Bansura was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and had 1000 arms as a result of which no one even fought with him.Once out of pride and ego he asked Lord Shiva to give him a chance to fight with someone as strong as himself.Lord Shiva then cursed him to get defeated in war by another powerful warrior i.e Lord Krishna.Thus a great battle was fought. When Krishna was about to kill Banasura ,Lord Shiva intervened and told both of them to stop the fighting amongst themselves. Both Shiva Mahapuran and Vishnupuran, tell tales of how Lord Krishna's and Lord Shiva's armies fought against each other but there was no outcome of the war.Both Krishna and Shiva remained invincible .The war ended peacefully with Shiva and Krishna showing the Hari-Hara(Shiv-Vishnu) unity by giving a message that both are one and united with each other and Shiv cannot win without Krishna and Krishna cannot win without Shiva .Both are incomplete without each other and both are each other's Lord.Both gave due repect to each other and offered prayers to each other and said that the lesson to be learnt is "Shiva is Krishna and Krishna is Shiva.".
Bana was defeated, but his life was spared at the intercession of Shiva, and Aniruddha was carried home to
Dwaraka with Usha as his wife. He is also called Jhashanka and Ushapati. He had a son namedVajra .References
*Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology
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