खांडव वन

khaandav van ko iandraprasth kaha gaya hai. khaandav van ek prasiddh arany tha. mahabharat mean isaka pramukhata se varnan ata hai. takshak pahale kurukshetr mean, bad mean khaandav van mean chhipakar raha tha. nagaraj takshak ki iandr ne chhipane mean sahayata ki thi. agni khaandav ko prajvalit lapatoan mean lekar bhakshan karana chahata tha. usane sat bar prayatn kiya ki khaandav ka bhakshan kare. brahma ne paramarsh diya ki vah krishn aur arjun ki sahayata lean. krishn aur arjun ne khaandav mean rahane vale praniyoan ko marane se roka tha. iandr aur devataoan ka unase sangharsh hua. lekin iandr ki nahian chali. nagaraj takshak ka putr bachakar bhag gaya. asur maya ko bhi chho d diya gaya. dahit khaandav van ke sabhi prani vyakul ho uthe. is khaandav van dah se agni ki tripti huee.[1]

katha

shvaitaki ke yajn mean nirantar barah varshoan tak ghritapan karane ke uparaant agni devata ko tripti ke sath-sath apach ho gaya. unhean kisi ka havishy grahan karane ki ichchha nahian rahi. svasthy ki kamana se agnidev brahma ke pas gaye. brahma ne kaha ki yadi ve khaandav van ko jala deange to vahaan rahane vale vibhinn jantuoan se tript hone par unaki aruchi bhi samapt ho jayegi. agni ne kee bar prayatn kiya, kiantu indr ne takshak nag tatha janavaroan ki raksha ke hetu agnidev ko khaandav van nahian jalane diya. agni punah brahma ke pas pahuanche. brahma se kaha ki nar aur narayan roop mean arjun tatha krishn khaandav van ke nikat baithe haian, unase prarthana karean to agni apane manorath mean nishchit saphal hoange.

agnidev ki kamana

ek bar arjun aur krishn apani raniyoan ke sath jal-vihar ke lie gaye. agnidev ne un donoan ko akela pakar brahman ke vesh mean jakar unase yathechchha bhojan ki kamana ki. unaki svikriti prapt kar agnidev ne apana parichay diya tatha bhojan ke roop mean khaandav van ki yachana ki. arjun ke yah kahane par ki usake pas vegavahan karane vala koee dhanush, amit banoan se yukt tarakash tatha vegavan rath nahian hai, agnidev ne varun dev ka avahan karake gaandiv dhanush, akshay tarakash, divy gho doan se juta hua ek rath[2] lekar arjun ko samarpit kiya. agni ne krishn ko bhi ek chakr samarpit kiya.

gaandiv dhanush alaukik tha. vah varun se agni ko aur agni se arjun ko prapt hua tha. vah dev, danav tatha gandharvoan se anant varshoan tak poojit raha tha. vah kisi shastr se nasht nahian ho sakata tha tatha any lakh dhanushoan ki samata kar sakata tha. usamean dharan karane vale ke rashtr ko badhane ki shakti vidyaman thi. usake sath hi agnidev ne ek akshay tarakash bhi arjun ko pradan kiya tha, jisake ban kabhi samapt nahian ho sakate the. gati ko tivrata pradan karane ke lie jo rath arjun ko mila, usamean alaukik gho de jute hue the tatha usake shikhar par ek divy vanar baitha tha. us dhvaj mean any janavar bhi vidyaman rahate the, jinake garjan se dil dahal jata tha. pavak ne krishn ko ek divy chakr pradan kiya, jisaka madhy bhag vajr ke saman tha. vah manaviy tatha amanaviy praniyoan ko nasht kar punah krishn ke pas laut ata tha.

khaandav van ka dahan

tadanantar agnidev ne khaandav van ko sab or se prajvalit kar diya. jo bhi prani bahar bhagane ki cheshta karata, arjun tatha krishn usaka pichha karate. is prakar dahit khaandav van ke prani vyakul ho uthe. unaki sahayata ke lie indr samast devataoan ke sath ghatanasthal par pahuanche, kiantu un sabaki bhi arjun tatha krishn ke sammukh ek n chali. aantatogatva ve sab maidan mean bhag kh de hue. tabhi indr ke prati ek akashavani huee- 'tumhara mitr takshak nag kurukshetr gaya hua hai, atah khaandav van dah se bach gaya hai. arjun tatha krishn 'nar-narayan' haian, atah unase koee devata jit nahian payega.' yah sunakar indr bhi apane lok ki or badhe. khaandav van–dah se ashvasen, mayasur tatha char shaangark namak pakshi bach gaye the. is van dah se agni dev tript ho gaye tatha unaka rog bhi nasht ho gaya.

usi samay indr marudgan adi devataoan ke sath prakat hue tatha devataoan ke lie bhi jo kary kathin hai, use karane vale arjun tatha krishn ko unhoanne var maangane ke lie kaha. arjun ne sab prakar ke divyastroan ki kamana prakat ki. indr ne kaha ki shiv ko prasann kar lene par hi divyastr prapt hoange. krishn ne indr se var prapt kiya ki arjun se unaka[3] prem nity prati badhata jaye.[4]



tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. mahabharat, adiparv adhyay 1, 2, 61 123, 223-232, vanaparv, adhyay 48, 49, 160
  2. jis par kapidhvaj lagi thi
  3. krishn ka
  4. mahabharat adiparv,adhyay 221 se 227 tak, adhyay 233, shlok 7 se14 tak

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