श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण नवम स्कन्ध अध्याय 7 श्लोक 16-27

navam skandh: saptamoadhyay: adhyay

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: navam skandh: saptam adhyayah shlok 16-27 ka hindi anuvad jab rohit ko is bat ka pata chala ki pitaji to mera balidan karana chahate haian, tab vah apane pranoan ki raksha ke liye hath mean dhanush lekar van mean chala gaya. kuchh din ke bad use maloom hua ki varun devata ne rusht hokar mere pitaji par akraman kiya hai-jisake karan ve mahodar rog se pi dit ho rahe haian, tab rohit apane nagar ki or chal p da. parantu indr ne akar use rok diya. unhoanne kaha- ‘beta rohit! yajn pashu banakar marane ki apeksha to pavitr tirth aur kshetroan ka sevan karate hue prithvi mean vicharana hi achchha hai.’ indr ki bat manakar vah ek varsh tak aur van mean hi raha. isi prakar doosare, tisare, chauthe aur paanchavean varsh bhi rohit ne apane pita ke pas jane ka vichar kiya; parantu boodhe brahman ka vesh dharan kar har bar indr ate aur use rok dete. is prakar chhah varsh tak rohit van mean hi raha. satavean varsh jab vah apane nagar ko lautane laga, tab usane ajigart se unake majhale putr shunahshep ko mol le liya aur use yajn pashu banane ke liye apane pita ko sauanpakar unake charanoan mean namaskar kiya. tab param yashasvi evan shreshth charitr vale raja harishchandr ne mahodar rog se chhootakar pushpamedh yajn dvara varun adi devataoan ka yajan kiya. us yajn mean vishvamitr ji hota hue. paramasanyami jamadagni ne adhvaryu ka kam kiya. vasishth ji brahma bane aur ayasy muni samagam karane vale udgata bane. us samay indr ne prasann hokar harishchandr ko ek sone ka rath diya tha. parikshit! age chalakar maian shunahshep ka mahatmy varnan karooanga. harishchandr ko apani patni ke sath saty mean dridhatapoorvak sthit dekhakar vishvamitr ji bahut prasann hue. unhoanne unhean us jnan ka upadesh kiya, jisaka kabhi nash nahian hota. usake anusar raja harishchandr ne apane man ko prithvi mean, prithvi ko jal mean, jal ko tej mean, tej ko vayu mean aur vayu ko akash mean sthir karake, akash ko ahankar mean lin kar diya. phir ahankar ko mahattattv mean lin karake usamean jnan-kala ka dhyan kiya aur usase ajnan ko bhasm kar diya. isake bad nirvan-sukh ki anubhooti se us jnan-kala ka bhi parityag kar diya aur samast bandhanoan se mukt hokar ve apane us svaroop mean sthit ho gaye, jo n to kisi prakar batalaya ja sakata hai aur n usake sambandh mean kisi prakar ka anuman hi kiya ja sakata hai.