अश्वमेध यज्ञ

vaidik yajnoan mean ashvamedh yajn ka mahattvapoorn sthan hai. yah mahakratuoan mean se ek hai.

  • rrigved mean isase sambandhit do mantr haian.
  • shatapath brahman[1] mean isaka vishad varnan prapt hota hai.
  • taittiriy brahman[2],
  • katyayaniy shrotasootr[3],
  • apastamb:[4],
  • ashvalayan[5],
  • shankhayan[6] tatha doosare saman granthoan mean isaka varnan prapt hota hai.
  • mahabharat[7] mean maharaj yudhishthir dvara kauravauan par vijay prapt karane ke pashchath pap mochanarth kiye gaye ashvamedh yajn ka vishad varnan hai.

ashvamedh mukhyat: rajanitik yajn tha aur ise vahi samrat kar sakata tha, jisaka adhipaty any sabhi naresh manate the. apastamb: mean likha hai:[8] sarvabhaum raja ashvamedh kare asarvabhaum kadapi nahian. yah yajn usaki vistrit vijayoan, sampoorn abhilashaoan ki poorti evan shakti tatha samrajy ki vriddhi ka dyotak hota tha.

yajn ka prarambh

  • digvijay-yatra ke pashchath saphaly mandit hone par is yajn ka anushthan hota tha. aitarey brahman[9] is yajn ke karane vale maharajoan ki soochi prastut karata hai, jinhoanne apane rajyarohan ke pashchath prithvi ko jita evan is yajn ko kiya. is prakar yah yajn samrat ka pramukh kartavy samajha jane laga. janata isamean bhag lene lagi evan isaka paksh dharmik ki apeksha adhik samajik hota gaya. vakchatury, shastrarth adi ke pradarshan ka isamean samavesh hua. is prakar is yajn ne doosare shrot yajnoan se bhinn roop grahan kar liya.
  • yajn ka prarambh basant athava grishm rritu mean hota tha tatha isake poorv prarambhik anushthanoan mean pray: ek varsh ka samay lagata tha. sarvapratham ek ayukt ashv chuna jata tha. yajn stambh mean baandhane ke pratikatmak kary se mukt kar ise snan karaya jata tha tatha ek varsh tak abandh dau dane tatha boodhe gho doan ke sath khelane diya jata tha. isake pashchath isaki digvijay yatra prarambh hoti thi. isake sir par jay-patr baandhakar chho da jata tha. ek sau rajakumar, ek sau raj sabhasad, ek sau uchchadhikariyoan ke putr tatha ek sau chhote adhikariyoan ke putr isaki raksha ke liye sashastr pichhe-pichhe prasthan karate the isake svatantr vicharan mean koee badha upasthit nahian hone dete the. is ashv ke churane ya ise rokane vale naresh se yuddh hota tha. yadi yah ashv kho jata to doosare ashv se yah kriya arambh se pun: ki jati thi.

digvijay-yatra

  • jab yah ashv digvijay-yatra par jata tha to sthaniy log isake punaragaman ki pratiksha karate the. madhyakal mean anekoan prakar ke utsav manaye jate the. savitadev ko nity upahar diya jata tha. raja ke sammukh purohit utsav ke madhy mantragan karata tha. is mantragan ka chakr pratyek gyarahavean din duharaya jata tha. isamean gan, vanshi-vadan tatha ved ke vishesh adhyayoan ka path hota tha. is avasar par rajakavi raja ki prashansa mean rachit gitoan ko sunata tha.
  • mantragan natak ke roop mean vividh prakar ke patroan, vriddh, navayuvak, sanperoan, dakoo, machhuva, akhetak evan rrishiyoan ke madhyam se prastut hota tha. jab varsh samapt hota aur ashv vapas a jata, tab raja ki diksha ke sath yajn prarambh hota tha.
  • vastavik yajn tin din chalata tha, jisamean any pashu yajn hote the evan somaras bhi nicho da jata tha. doosare din yajn ka ashv svarnabharan se susajjit kar, tin any ashvoan ke sath ek rath mean baandha jata tha aur use charoan or ghumakar phir raniyoan dvara abhishikt evan susajjit kiya jata tha, jabaki hota (yajaman, havan karane vala) evan pramukh purohit brahmodm karate the.
  • pun: ashv ek bakare ke sath yajn stambh mean baandh diya jata tha. doosare pashu jo saik doan ki sankhya mean hote the, bali ke liye stambhoan mean baandhe jate the. kap doan se dhakakar inaka shvas phulaya jata tha. pun: mukhy rani ashv ke sath vastra-varan ke bhitar pratikatmak roop se letati thi. purohitadi brahman mahilaoan ke sath pramodpoorvak prashnottar karate the.[10] jyoan-hi mukhy rani uth kh di hoti, tyoan-hi chaturipoorvak yajn-ashv kat diya jata tha.
  • abodhagamy krityoan ke pashchat, jisamean sabhi purohit evan yajn karane vale sammilit hote the, ashv ke vibhinn bhagoan ko bhoonakar prajapati ko ahuti di jati thi. tisare din yajnakarta ko vishuddhi-snan karaya jata, jisake bad vah yajn karane vale purohitoan tatha brahmanoan ko dan deta tha.
  • dakshina jite hue deshoan se prapt dhan ka ek bhag hoti thi. kahian-kahian dasiyoan sahit raniyoan ko bhi upahar samagri ke roop mean diye jane ka ullekh paya jata hai.
  • ashvamedh brahm-hatya adi papakshay, svarg prapti evan moksh prapti ke liye bhi kiya jata tha. gupt samrajy ke patan ke bad ashvamedh pray: band hi ho gaya. isake paravarti ullekh pray: paramparagat haian. inamean bhi is yajn ke bahut se shrot aang sanmpann nahian hote the.


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. shatapath brahman 13.1-5
  2. taittiriy brahman 3.8-1
  3. katyayaniy shrotasootr 20
  4. apastamb 20
  5. ashvalayan 10.6
  6. shankhayan 16
  7. mahabharat 10.71.14
  8. raja sarvabhaum: ashvamedhen yajeth. napyasarvabhaum:
  9. aitarey brahman 8.20
  10. vajasaneyi-sanhita,23,22

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