प्रेम सुधा सागर पृ. 231

shriprem sudha sagar

dasham skandh
(poorvardh)
chauantisavaan adhyay

bela ke sundar gandh se matavale hokar bhauanre idhar-udhar gunaguna rahe the tatha jalashay mean khili huee kumudini ka sugandh lekar vayu mand-mand chal rahi thi. us samay unaka samman karate hue bhagavan shrikrishn aur balaram ji ne ek hi sath milakar rag alapa. unaka rag aroh-avaroh svaroan ke chadhav-utar se bahut hi sundar lag raha tha. vah jagat ke samast praniyoan ke man aur kanoan ka anand se bhar dene vala tha. unaka vah gan sundar gopiyaan mohit ho gayian. parikshit! unhean apane sharir ki bhi sudhi nahian rahi ki ve us par se khisakate hue vastroan aur chotiyoan se bikharate hue pushpoan ko sanbhal sakean. jis samay balaram aur shyam donoan bhaee is prakar svachchhand vihar kar rahe the aur unmatt ki bhaanti ga rahe the, usi samay vahaan shankhachood namak ek yaksh aya. vah kuber ka anuchar tha. parikshit! donoan bhaiyoan ke dekhate-dekhate vah un gopiyoan ko lekar bekhatake uttar ki or bhag chala. jinake ekamatr svami bhagavan shrikrishn hi haian, ve gopiyaan us samay ro-rokar chillane lagian. donoan bhaiyoan ne dekha ki jaise koee dakoo gauoan ko loot le jay, vaise hi yah yaksh hamari preyasiyoan ko liye ja raha hai aur ve ‘ha krishn! ha ram!’ pukarakar ro-pit rahi haian. usi samay donoan bhaee usaki or dau d p de. ‘daro mat, daro mat’ is prakar abhayavani kahate hue hath mean shalaka vriksh lekar b de veg se kshan bhar mean hi us nich yaksh ke pas pahuanch gaye. yaksh ne dekha ki kal aur mrityu ke saman ye donoan bhaee mere pas a pahuanche. tab vah moodh ghab da gaya. usane gopiyoan ko vahian chho d diya, svayan pran bachane ke liye bhaga. tab striyoan ki raksha karane ke liye balaram ji to vahian kh de rahe gaye, parantu bhagavan shrikrishn jahaan-jahaan vah bhagakar gaya, usake pichhe-pichhe dau date gaye. ve chahate the ki usake sir ki choo damani nikal lean. kuchh hi door jane par bhagavan ne use pak d liya aur us dusht ke sir par kasakar ek ghooansa zamaya aur choo damani ke sath usaka sir bhi dh d se alag kar diya. is prakar bhagavan shrikrishn shankhachood ko marakar aur vah chamakili mani lekar laut aye tatha sab gopiyoan ke samane hi unhoanne b de prem se vah mani b de bhaee balaram ji ko de di.

sanbandhit lekh

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