Portrait Of Dreams

There was a princess named Usha who was the daughter of the asura king, Bana. She once had a dream of a handsome prince but she did not know who he was. She confessed this dream to her friend, Chitralekha. Chitralekha was an expert artist. She drew portraits of various princes and asked Usha to identify the prince. But Usha could not find the prince of her dream among them. Finally when Chitralekha drew the portrait of Aniruddha, the son of Pradyumna, Usha felt bashful and nodded. Chitralekha went to Dwaraka with her yogic powers and bought the sleeping Aniruddha to Bana's kingdom. When Aniruddha woke up, he saw Usha standing in front of him. He immediately fell in love with her and both of them got married inside her chambers. The attendants of Bana felt suspicious that the princess never stepped out of her chambers and informed Bana about this. Bana was furious when he heard Usha had married Aniruddha. He immediately went to her room and attacked Aniruddha. Aniruddha was quick and counter attacked Bana. Meanwhile, the people of Dwaraka were worried about the disappearance of Aniruddha. Sage Narada narrated the incident to them. Then Lord Krishna, Pradyumna and a few other soldiers set out to the kingdom of Bana. A great battle ensued between the Yadava army and Bana army. Krishna cut nine hundred and ninety six arms of Bana and then let him escape as Lord Shiva had blessed him with immortality. (As Bana was a devotee of Lord Shiva). Bana then blessed Usha and Aniruddha and they left for Dwaraka.

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