देवकी विवाह

devaki vadh ko prayatnashil kans

devaki mathura ke raja ugrasen ke bhaee devak ki kanya thi. vah shrikrishn aur balaram ki mata thian. devaki ko 'aditi' ka avatar bhi mana jata hai. yah bhi mana jata hai ki unaka punarjanm 'prishni' ke roop mean hua tha aur us janm mean unaka vivah raja sutapas se hua.

vivah tatha akashavani

kans apani chhoti chacheri bahan devaki se atyant sneh karata tha. jab usaka vivah vasudev se hua to kans svayan rath haankakar apani bahan ko usaki sasural pahuanchane ke lie chala. jab kans rath haank raha tha, tabhi marg mean akashavani huee-

"moorkh! too jise itane prem se pahuanchane ja raha hai, usi ke athavean garbh se utpann putr tera vadh karega."

akashavani sunate hi kans ka bahan ke prati sara prem samapt ho gaya. vah rath se kood p da aur devaki ke kesh pak d kar talavar se usaka vadh karane ke liye taiyar ho gaya. harsh ke sthan mean udasi chha gayi, sneh ka sthan dvesh ne grahan kar liya. kans krodh ke sath bola- "bas, n rahega baans n bajegi baansuri. vish ke vriksh ko badhane hi kyoan diya jay ki phir usake phaloan se mrityu ki sanbhavana ho. badhane ke pahale vriksh ko kat hi dena buddhimani hai. maian abhi is devaki ka ant kiye deta hooan." pas mean baithe hue vasudev ne b de dhairy ke sath use samajhaya, jnan ki batean batayi, dharm sujhaya aur ant mean vishvas dilaya ki- "isake jitane bhi putr hoange, ham sab tumhean de jaya kareange. tum is abala ko, jo tumhari chhoti bahan hai, navavivahita hai, kyoan marate ho?" bhagavan ki prerana se kans ke man mean yah bat baith gayi.

pati sahit karavas

kans ne devaki ko chho d diya, parantu pichhe se vasudev ke sahit devaki ko karavas mean band kar diya. kramashah devaki ke garbh se sat santanean huee. apani pratijnanusar vasudev ne unhean kans ko sauanp diya aur us dusht ne sabhi ko mar dala. ashtam garbh mean sakshat shribhagavan chaturbhuj roop mean prakat hue. yah garbh devaki ke liye ‘harshashokavivirdhanah’ hua. harsh to is bat ka tha ki sakshat bhagavan avatirn hue haian, shok kans ke atyacharoan ko lekar, jab bhagavan apani prabha se dasoan dishaoan ko jagamagate hue shankh, chakr, gada padm ke sath chaturbhuj roop mean prakat hue, tab devaki mata ne unaki b di stuti ki aur prarthana ki-

"prabho! maian kans se bahut darati hooan, vah tumhean bhi mar dalega. atah usase meri raksha karo aur apana yah alaukik roop chhipa lo." lilamay bhagavan ne kaha- "yadi aisa hi hai to mujhe nand ke gokul mean bhej do; vahaan yashoda ke garbh mean meri maya utpann huee hai, use le ao." yah kahakar prabhu sadharan shishu ho gaye. vasudev bhagavan ko nand ji ke yahaan pahuancha aye aur vahaan se kanya ko le aye.

bandi jivan se mukti

balak utpann hua hai, yah sunakar kans aya aur usane us shishu-kanya ko jyoan hi patthar par pataka, tyoan hi vah asadharan kanya akash mean u dakar ashtabhuja ke roop mean parivartit ho gayi. bhagavan shrikrishn braj mean hi b de hue. devaki mata apane hriday ke tuk de ko dekhane ke liye tarasati rahian. unaka man us shyamasundar saloni manamohini moorti ke liye tarasata raha. kans ko marakar jab bhagavan devaki ji aur vasudev ke pas aye, tab bhagavan ne atyant sneh pradarshit karate hue kaha- "ap log sada mere liye utkanthit rahe; kiantu maian ap lagoan ki kuchh bhi seva shushroosha nahian kar saka. balyakal ki kri daean karake balak mata-pita ko pramudit karata hai; mere dvara yah bhi nahian ho saka, atah ap kshama karean." is prakar bhagavan ne matri-pitri bhakti pradarshit ki.