mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
6.yayati
raja yayati pandavoan ke poorvajoan mean the. vah kushal yoddha the. kabhi l daee ke maidan mean unaki har nahian huee. vah b de hi shilavan the. pitaroan aur devataoan ki pooja b di shraddha ke sath karate aur sada praja ki bhalaee mean lage rahate. isase unaka yash door-door tak phaila hua tha. aise kartavyashil raja javani bitane se pahale hi shapavash rang-roop biga dane aur duahkh dene vale budhape ko prapt ho gaye. jo budhape ko pahuanch chuke haian, ve hi anubhav kar sakate haian ki budhapa kaisi buri bala hai. tis par yayati ki to abhi javani ki dupahari bhi n ho paee thi. unaki glani ka kya poochhana? yayati ki bhog-lalasa bhi abhi chhooti n thi. unake paanchoan putr abhi sundar aur javan the. ve astr-vidya mean nipun the aur gunavan bhi the. yayati ne apane paanchoan betoan se ek-ek karake prarthana ki ki apani javani tho de din ke lie unako de dean. unhoanne kaha- "pyare putroan, tumhare nana shukrachary ke shap se mujhe achanak hi budhape ne daba liya hai. abhi tak maianne bhog-vilas ki taraph jyada dhyan nahian diya tha. niyamapoorvak kartavy karane mean hi maianne apana samay bita diya. mujh par daya karo aur apani javani kuchh samay ke lie mujhe de do. jo mera budhapa le lega aur mujhe apani javani de dega, vahi mere rajy ka adhikari hoga. maian usaki javani lekar kuchh din bhog-lalasa poori kar lena chahata hooan." raja ki is prarthana ke uttar mean b de bete ne kaha- "pita ji, ap yah kya maang rahe haian? agar maian apako apani javani dekar apaka budhapa khud le looan to naukar-chakar aur yuvatiyaan meri hansi nahian u dayeangi? yah mujhase nahian ho sakata. mujhase jyada apako mere aur bhaiyoan par pyar hai, unhian se kyoan nahian maangate?" doosare bete ne kaha- "budhapa adami ko kamazor bana deta hai, rang roop biga d deta hai. boodhe ki buddhi bhi sthir nahian rahati. ap mujhe kahate haian ki aisa budhapa le lo! kshama kijiyega, pita ji, mujhamean itani himmat nahian hai." tisare bete ne bhi isi tarah inkar kar diya. usane kaha- "boodha n hathi par chadh sakata hai, n gho de par hi savar ho sakata hai. usaki jaban l dakh dati hai. aisa budhapa lekar maian kya karooan? isase to maut hi achchhi. nahian pita ji, maian apaki yah bat nahian man sakata." jab is tarah tinoan betoan ne inkar kar diya to raja nirash se ho gaye. unhean b da krodh aya. phir bhi unhoanne chauthe bete se bahut anunayapoorvak kaha- "pyare putr, maian asamay hi boodha ho gaya hooan. tum tho de din ke lie mera budhapa apane oopar le lo aur apani javani mujhe de do. kuchh din sukh bhogane ke bad maian apana budhapa vapas le looanga aur tumhari javani lauta dooanga. itani daya to mujh par karo." |
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