पौण्ड्रक का उद्धार

'shrimadbhagavat mahapuran'[1] ke anusar- shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! jab bhagavan balaramaji nandababa ke braj mean gaye hue the, tab pichhe se karoosh desh ke ajnani raja paundrak ne bhagavan shrikrishn ke pas ek doot bhejakar yah kahalaya ki "bhagavan vasudev maian hooan." moorkh log use bahakaya karate the ki "ap hi bhagavan vasudev haian aur jagat ki raksha ke liye prithvi par avatirn hue haian." isaka phal yah hua ki vah moorkh apane ko hi bhagavan man baitha. jaise bachche apas mean khelate samay kisi balak ko hi raja man lete haian aur vah raja ki tarah unake sath vyavahar karane lagata hai, vaise hi mandamati ajnani paundrak ne achintyagati bhagavan shrikrishn ki lila aur rahasy n janakar dvaraka mean unake pas doot bhej diya. paundrak ka doot dvaraka aya aur rajasabha mean baithe hue kamalanayan bhagavan shrikrishn ko usane apane raja ka yah sandesh kah sunaya-

"ekamatr maian hi vasudev hooan. doosara koee nahian hai. praniyoan par kripa karane ke liye maianne hi avatar grahan kiya hai. tumane jhooth-mooth apana nam vasudev rakh liya hai, ab use chho d do. yaduvanshi! tumane murkhata vash mere chihn dharan kar rakhe haian. unhean chho dakar meri sharan mean ao aur yadi meri bat tumhean svikar n ho, to mujhase yuddh karo."

shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! mandamati paundrak ki yah bahak sunakar ugrasen adi sabhasad jor-jor se hansane lage. un logoan ki hansi samapt hone ke bad bhagavan shrikrishn ne doot se kaha- "tum jakar apane raja se kah dena ki 're moodh! maian apane chakr adi chihn yoan nahian chhodooanga. inhean maian tujh par chhodooanga aur keval tujh par hi nahian, tere un sab sathiyoan par bhi, jinake bahakane se too is prakar bahak raha hai. us samay moorkh! too apana muanh chhipakar, auandhean muanh girakar chil, gidh, bater adi maansabhoji pakshiyoan se ghirakar so jayega aur too mera sharanadata nahian, un kuttoan ki sharan hoga, jo tera maans chianth-chianth kha jayange.' parikshit! bhagavan ka yah tiraskar poorn sanvad lekar paundrak ka doot apane svami ke pas aya aur use kah sunaya. idhar bhagavan shrikrishn ne bhi rath par savar hokar kashi par chadhaee kar di.[2]

bhagavan shrikrishn ke akraman ka samachar pakar maharathi paundrak bhi do akshauhini sena ke sath shighr hi nagar se bahar nikal aya. kashi ka raja paundrak ka mitr tha. atah vah bhi usaki sahayata karane ke liye tin akshauhini sena ke sath usake pichhe-pichhe aya. parikshit! ab bhagavan shrikrishn ne paundrak ko dekha. paundrak ne bhi shankh, chakr, talavar, gada, sharang dhanush aur shrivats chihn adi dharan kar rakhe the. usake vakshahsthal par banavati kaustubhamani aur vanamala latak rahi thi. usane reshami pile vastr pahan rakhe the aur rath ki dhvaja par garu d ka chihn bhi laga rakha tha. usake sir par amooly mukut tha aur kanoan mean makarakrit kundal jagamaga rahe the.

usaka yah sara-ka-sara vesh banavati tha, mano koee abhineta rangamanch par abhinay karane ke liye aya ho. usaki vesh-bhoosha apane saman dekhakar bhagavan shrikrishn khilakhilakar hansane lage. ab shatruoan ne bhagavan shrikrishn par trishool, gada, mudgar, shakti, rrishti, pras, tomar, talavar, pattish aur ban adi astr-shastroan se prahar kiya. pralay ke samay jis prakar ag sabhi prakar ke praniyoan ko jala deti hai, vaise hi bhagavan shrikrishn ne bhi gada, talavar, chakr aur ban adi shastrastroan se paundrak tatha kashiraj ke hathi, rath, gho de aur paidal ki chaturangini sena ko tahas-nahas kar diya. vah ranabhoomi bhagavan ke chakr se khand-khand hue rath, gho de, hathi, manushy, gadhe aur ooantoan se pat gayi. us samay aisa maloom ho raha tha, mano vah bhootanath shankar ki bhayankar kri dasthali ho. use dekh-dekhakar shooraviroan ka utsah aur bhi badh raha tha.

ab bhagavan shrikrishn ne paundrak se kaha- "re paundrak! toone doot ke dvara kahalaya tha ki mere chihn astr-shastradi chho d do. so ab maian unhean tujh par chho d raha hooan. toone jhooth-muth mera nam rakh liya hai. atah moorkh! ab maian tujhase un namoan ko bhi chhu dakar rahooanga. rahi tere sharan mean ane ki bat; so yadi maian tujhase yuddh n kar sakooanga to teri sharan grahan karooanga." bhagavan shrikrishn ne is prakar paundrak ka tiraskar karake apane tikhe banoan se usake rath ko to d-pho d dala aur chakr se usaka sir vaise hi utar liya, jaise indr ne apane vajr se paha d ki chotiyoan ko u da diya tha. isi prakar bhagavan ne apane banoan se kashinaresh ka sir bhi dh d se oopar u dakar kashipuri mean gira diya, jaise vayu kamal ka pushp gira deti hai. is prakar apane sath dah rakhane vale paundrak ko aur usake sakha kashinaresh ko marakar bhagavan shrikrishn apani rajadhani dvaraka mean laut aye. yah samay siddhagan bhagavan ki amritamayi katha ka gan kar rahe the.

parikshit! paundrak bhagavan ke roop ka, chahe vah kisi bhav se ho, sada chintan karata rahata tha. isase usake sare bandhan kat gaye. vah bhagavan ka banavati vesh dharan kiye rahata tha, isase bar-bar usi ka smaran hone ke karan vah bhagavan ke sarupy ko hi prapt hua.


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. dasham skandh, adhyay 66, shlok 1-24
  2. kyoanki vah karoosh ka raja un dinoan vahian apane mitr kashiraj ke pas rahata tha.

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