श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण चतुर्थ स्कन्ध अध्याय 13 श्लोक 21-38

chaturth skandh: trayodash adhyay

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: chaturth skandh: trayodash adhyayah shlok 21-38 ka hindi anuvad vidur ji ne poochha- brahmanh! maharaj aang to b de shilasampann, sadhusvabhav, brahman-bhakt aur mahatma the. unake ven jaisa dusht putr kaise hua, jisake karan duahkhi hokar unhean nagar chho dana p da. rajadandadhari ven ka bhi aisa kya aparadh tha, jo dharmajn munishvaroan ne usake prati shaparoop brahmadand ka prayog kiya. praja ka kartavy hai ki vah prajapalak raja se koee pap ban jaye to bhi usaka tiraskar n kare; kyoanki vah apane prabhav se ath lokapaloan ke tej ko dharan karata hai. brahmanh! ap bhoot-bhavishy ki batean janane valoan mean sarvashreshth haian, isaliye ap mujhe sunitha ke putr ven ki sab karatootean sunaiye. maian apaka shraddhalu bhakt hooan. shrimaitrey ji ne kaha- vidur ji! ek bar rajarshi aang ne ashvamedh mahayajn ka anushthan kiya. usamean vedavadi brahmanoan ke avahan karane par bhi devata log apana bhag lene nahian aye. tab rritvijoan ne vismit hokar yajaman aang se kaha- ‘rajanh! ham ahutiyoan ke roop mean apaka jo ghrit adi padarth havan kar rahe haian, use devata log svikar nahian karate. ham janate haian apaki hom-samagri dooshit nahian hai; apane use b di shraddha se jutaya hai tatha vedamantr bhi kisi prakar balahin nahian haian; kyoanki unaka prayog karane vale rritvijh gan yajakochit sabhi niyamoan ka poornataya palan karate haian. hamean aisi koee bat nahian dikhati ki is yajn mean devataoan ka kianchith bhi tiraskar hua hai- phir bhi karmadhyaksh devata log kyoan apana bhag nahian le rahe haian? shrimaitrey ji kahate haian- rritvijoan ki bat sunakar yajaman aang bahut udas hue. tab unhoanne yajakoan ki anumati se maun to dakar sadasyoan se poochha. ‘sadasyoan! devata log avahan karane par bhi yajn mean nahian a rahe haian aur n somapatr hi grahan karate haian; ap batalaiye mujhase aisa kya aparadh hua hai? sadasyoan ne kaha- rajanh! is janm mean to apase tanik bhi aparadh nahian hua; haan poorvajanm ka ek aparadh avashy hai, jisake karan ap aise sarvagun-sampann hone par bhi putrahin haian. apaka kalyan ho! isaliye pahale ap suputr prapt karane ka koee upay kijiye. yadi ap putr ki kamana se yajn kareange, to bhagavanh yajneshvar apako avashy putr pradan kareange. jab santan ke liye sakshath yajnapurush shrihari ka avahan kiya jayega, tab devata log svayan hi apana-apana yajn-bhag grahan kareange. bhakt jis-jis vastu ki ichchha karata hai, shrihari use vahi-vahi padarth dete hai. unaki jis prakar aradhana ki jati hai usi prakar upasak ko phal bhi milata hai. is prakar raja aang ko putr prapti karane ka nishchay kar rritvijoan ne pashu mean yajnaroop se rahane vale shrivishnu bhagavanh ke poojan ke liye purodash namak charu samarpan kiya. agni mean ahuti dalate hi agnikund se sone ke har aur shubhr vastroan se vibhooshit ek purush prakat hue; ve ek svarnapatr mean siddh khir liye hue the. udar buddhi raja aang ne yajakoan ki anumati se apani aanjali mean vah khir le li aur use svayan sooanghakar prasannatapoorvak apani patni ko de diya. putrahina rani ne vah putrapradayini khir khakar apane pati ke sahavas se garbh dharan kiya. usase yatha samay usake ek putr hua.