mata devaki
asha ki apeksha bahut shighr maharshi mathura laut aye the. unhhoanne maharaj ugrasen se lautakar kaha- ‘maharaj maianne pramukh rajakul dekh lie. ekanht mean tribhuvan ke, sur-asur sabake pradhan purushoan ki kunhdaliyoan par vichar kar liya. devaki ke lie vasudevaji ke atirikt tribhuvan mean doosara upayukt var nahian hai.’
kans tathkal uth kh da hua tha rajasabha mean- ‘maian praramhbh se kah raha hooan ki bechari balika mathura se door bhej di jayagi to du:khi ho jayagi. vaise hi vah gooangi jaisi hai. apane abhav-kashht ki bat kahana use ata nahian hai. usake shil-shvabhav se parichit shvajanoan se door use kaise bheja ja sakata hai? usaki sab bahinean jahaan haian, vahian vah rahe.’
sachamuch kans ka praramhbh se agrah tha ki devaki ka vivah vasudevaji ke sath hi ho. prativad sahan karana kans ke shvabhav mean nahian tha. devakiji ke prati atishay shneh ke karan pita ke nirnay mean usane pahile badha nahian di thi. ab maharshi ki bat sunakar usane nishchit shvar mean kaha- ‘maharshi! ap muhoort nishchit karean.’
‘shoorasenaji se poochhana hoga putr.’ maharaj ugrasen ne hansakar kaha- ‘vasudevaji bhi ab balak nahian haian. unaki bhi anumati avashhyak hai.’
‘ap bhi adbhut haian maharaj.’ kans khulakar hansa- ‘shoorasenaji ko kisi ki bhi prarthana ashvikar karana ata hai? niyam poora kar lean ap ya pitrivy devakaji un tapas ke samhmukh jakar. ve to shvikriti aur ashirvad dena hi janate haian. maharshi ki muhoort–ganana anumati deti ho to maian vasudevaji ke pas abhi ja raha hooan.’
‘tumhhean anumati hai tat!’ maharshi ne kans ki or dekhakar gamhbhir vani mean kaha- ‘tum praramhbh karo. ath mean iti ka sada sannivesh rahe, yahi vidhata ka vidhan hai.’
kans ne ya kisi ne nahian dhhyan diya achary ki gudh vani par. vivah to usi din nishchit ho gaya. shoorasenaji ne saharsh nariyal shvikar kar liya.
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