महाभारत कथा -अमृतलाल नागर पृ. 153

mahabharat katha -amritalal nagar

ashvatthama ka prachand yuddh

doosare din yuddh-kshetr mean shuroo se hi b di tanatani badhane lagi. ashvatthama ne garaj kar sabako apani pratijna sunaee usane lalakar kar kaha- “jhooth bolakar mere pita se hathiyar rakhavane vala vah pakhandi dharmaraj yudhishthir kahaan hai. maian aj use dand diye bina kadapi nahian chho danga. kahaan hai yah nich dhrishtadyumn jisane kal mere nihatthe pita ka sir katane ki kayarata dikhalaee thi. aj maian ek-ek se gin-ginakar badala le looanga.”

yuddh-bhoomi mean aisi lalakaroan ka javab prabal lalakaroan se hi diya jata hai, kintu shrikrishn ke adesh se us samay koee kuchh n bola. arjun aj yoan bhi bahut dukhi the. l daee mean unaka ji nahian lag raha tha. shrikrishn ne kaha- “he arjun! moh mean mat p do, apana karm karo. tumhari udasi dekhakar pandav sena ke hausale past ho jayeange. yah thik n hoga aur meri kal ki bat par bhi dhyan rakhana. mujhe lagata hai ki ashvatthama narayanastr ka prayog avashy kareange.”

arjun bola- “he sakha maian barasoan pahale hi yah pratijna kar chuka hooan ki brahman, gay aur narayanastr ke samane apana gandiv kabhi dharan nahian karooanga.”

yah sunakar bhimasen t dap uthe. unhoanne kaha- “too bhale mat kar, lekin maian yuddh ki bhoomi mean brahma, vishnu aur mahesh tak ki paravah nahian kar sakata. kisi devata ke nam par kisi hathiyar ka nam rakh dene se maian dharmabhiru hokar hathiyar n chalaooan, yah asambhav bat hai. yah kah kar yuddh-bhoomi mean age badhate hue ashvatthama ke rath par unhoanne tikhe banoan ki jh di laga di. donoan pakshoan ke bich ka maidan bhim ke tiroan se bhar gaya. ve ek sath kee-kee ban dhanush par chadha kar poori shakti ke sath chho d rahe the. beant ke bane lohe ke phalak vale vish-bujhe tikhe banoan ki sanasanahat se sara yuddh kshetr bhar utha.

“thahar to dusht” kah kar ashvatthama ne dhanush par apana narayanastr chadhaya. narayanastr is samay ka koee aisa bhayankar astr hoga ki jisaki har noank se ag ke nag sar sar karake nikalate hoange. tir ke chhootane se vayu mean k dak dahat bharati thi aur lohe ke hathiyaroan ko yah chumbak ki tarah chhookar unhean bh daka deta hoga. isalie jaise hi narayanastr chhoota vaise hi shrikrishn ke adesh se sabane apane-apane hathiyar alag rakh die aur rathoan se kood kar utar ae. keval bhim hi aise the jinhoanne abhi tak apane hathiyar nahian rakhe the. shrikrishn ne jab yah dekha to arjun se kaha- “turant varunastr chho dakar hava mean nami paida karo nahian to yah narayanastr ham sab ko jalakar bhasm kar dega.”

tika-tippani aur sandarbh

sanbandhit lekh

kramaank vishay ka nam prishth sankhya
1. satyavati ke bete 7
2. pandu ka rajyabhishek 10
3. shiksha ka prabandh 12
4. drupad se yuddh 17
5. vidur ki chaturaee 19
6. draupadi svayanvar 23
7. rajadhani ka chunav 27
8. sund, upasund ki katha 28
9. arjun ka vanavas 32
10. subhadra aur arjun ka vivah 38
11. rajasooy yajn 42
12. jue mean parajay 53
13. vanagaman 59
14. virat nagar mean pandav 72
15. kauravoan ka akraman 83
16. abhimanyu ka vivah 87
17. shaly ka svagat 93
18. yuddh ki or 97
19. mahanash ki taiyari 108
20. yuddh ka arambh 112
21. bhishm-yudhishthir ki bheant 114
22. dronachary ka parakram 121
23. bhimasen ka yuddh-chamatkar 122
24. dadhichi ka asthidan 123
25. bhishm ki shar-shaiyya 125
27. bhimasen aur dronachary ka parakram 128
28. abhimanyu ka parakram 135
29. arjun subhadra milan 141
30. ashvatthama ki pratijna 148
31. ashvatthama ka prachand yuddh 153
32. mama bhanje ki bheant 159
33. duryodhan aur karn ki salah 165
34. shaly sarathi bane 167
35. kauve aur hans ki kahani 170
36. yudhishthir aur arjun ki mantrana 172
37. bhim du:shasan yuddh 179
38. duryodhan aur kripachary ki varta 186
39. shaly aur yudhishthir ka yuddh 188
40. dhritarashtr aur gaandhari ka vilap 192
41. duryodhan aur ashvatthama ki bheant 194
42. mahavilap 197
43. bhishm pitamah se bheant 198
44. bhishm ki kathaean 199
45. dhruv ki katha 200
46. priyavrat ke vansh ki katha 206
47. rrishabh ki katha 207
48. bharat ki katha 208
49. ved ki katha 209
50. ven aur prithu ki katha 210
51. indr ki katha 212
52. hastinapur mean yudhishthir ka rajyabhishek 215
53. dhritarashtr adi ka sanyas grahan 216
54. ashvamedh yajn 217
55. parikshit ke do janm 219
56. khajane ki khoj 220
57. yajn ka gho da 221
58. sindhu desh mean 222
59. bap bete ki l daee 223
60. yadavoan ka ant 227

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