कृष्ण के सोलह हज़ार विवाह

'shrimadbhagavat mahapuran' ke anusar- shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! bhagavan ki stuti karate hue prithvi devi ne kaha- "shankhachakragadadhari dev-deveshvar! maian apako namaskar karati hooan. paramatman! ap apane bhaktoan ki ichchha poorn karane ke liye usi ke anusar roop prakat kiya karate haian. apako namaskar karati hooan. prabho! apaki nabhi se kamal prakat hua hai. ap kamal ki mala pahanate haian. apake netr kamal se khile hue aur shantidayak haian. apake charan kamal ke saman sukumar aur bhaktoan ke hriday ko shital karane vale haian. apako maian bar- bar namaskar karati hooan. ap samagr aishvary, dharm, yash, sampatti, jnan aur vairagy ke ashray haian. ap sarvavyapak hone par bhi svayan vasudevanandan ke roop mean prakat haian. maian apako namaskar karati hooan. ap hi purush haian aur samast karanoan ke bhi param karan haian. ap svayan poorn jnanasvaroop haian. maian apako namaskar karati hooan. ap svayan to haian janmarahit, parantu is jagat ke janmadata ap hi haian. ap hi anant shaktiyoan ke ashray brahma haian. jagat ka jo kuchh bhi kary- karanamay roop hai, jitane bhi prani ya aprani haian, sab apake hi svaroop haian. paramatman! apake charanoan mean mera bar-bar namaskar."

"prabho! jab ap jagat ki rachana karana chahate haian, tab utkat rajogun ko, aur jab isaka pralay karana chahate haian, tab tamogun ko, tatha jab isaka palan karana chahate haian, sattvagun ko svikar karate haian. parantu yah sab karane par bhi ap in gunoan se dhakate nahian, lipt nahian hote. jagatpate! ap svayan hi prakriti, purush aur donoan ke sanyog-viyog ke hetu kal haian tatha un tinoan se pare bhi haian. bhagavan! maian (prithvi), jal, agni, vayu, akash, panchatanmatraean, man, indriy aur inake adhishthatri- devata, ahankar aur mahatattv- kahaan tak kahooan, yah sampoorn charachar jagat apake advitiy svaroop mean bhram ke karan hi prithak pratit ho raha hai. sharanagat-bhay-bhanjan prabho! mere putr bhaumasur ka yah putr bhagadatt atyant bhayabhit ho raha hai. maian ise apake charanakamaloan ki sharan mean le ayi hooan. prabho! ap isaki raksha kijiye aur isake sir par apana vah karakamal rakhiye, jo sare jagat ke samast pap-tapoan ko nasht karane vala hai."

shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! jab prithvi ne bhaktibhav se vinamr hokar is prakar bhagavan shrikrishn ki stuti-prarthana ki, tab unhoanne bhagadatt ko abhayadan diya aur bhaumasur ke samast sampattiyoan se sampann mahal mean pravesh kiya. vahaan jakar bhagavan ne dekha ki bhaumasur ne balapoorvak rajaoan se solah hazar rajakumariyaan chhinakar apane yahaan rakh chho di thian. jab un rajakumariyoan ne antahpur mean padhare hue narashreshth bhagavan shrikrishn ko dekha, tab ve mohit ho gayian aur unhoanne unaki ahaitu ki kripa tatha apana saubhagy samajhakar man-hi-man bhagavan ko apane param priyatam pati ke roop mean varan kar liya. un rajakumariyoan mean se pratyek ne alag-alag apane man mean yahi nishchay kiya ki ‘ye shrikrishn hi mere pati hoan aur vidhata meri is abhilasha ko poorn karean.’ is prakar unhoanne prem-bhav se apana hriday bhagavan ke prati nichhavar kar diya. tab bhagavan shrikrishn ne un rajakumariyoan ko sundar- sundar nirmal vastrabhooshan pahanakar palakiyoan se dvaraka bhej diya aur unake sath hi bahut-se khajane, rath, gho de tatha atul sampatti bhi bheji. airavat ke vansh mean utpann hue atyant vegavan char-char daantoan vale safed rang ke chauansath hathi bhi bhagavan ne vahaan se dvaraka bheje.

isake bad bhagavan shrikrishn amaravati mean sthit devaraj indr ke mahaloan mean gaye. vahaan devaraj indr ne apani patni indrani ke sath satyabhamaji aur bhagavan shrikrishn ki pooja ki, tab bhagavan ne aditi ke kundal unhean de diye. vahaan se lautate samay satyabhamaji ki prerana se bhagavan shrikrishn ne kalpavriksh ukha dakar garu d par rakh diya aur devaraj indr tatha samast devataoan ko jitakar use dvaraka le aye. bhagavan ne use satyabhama ke mahal ke bagiche mean laga diya. isase us bagiche ki shobha atyant badh gayi. kalpavriksh ke sath usake gandh aur makarand ke lobhi bhaurean svarg se dvaraka mean chale aye the. parikshit! dekho to sahi, jab indr ko apana kam banana tha, tab to unhoanne apana sir jhukakar mukut ki nok se bhagavan shrikrishn ke charanoan ka sparsh karake unase sahayata ki bhiksha maangi thi, parantu jab kam ban gaya, tab unhoanne unhian bhagavan shrikrishn se l daee than li. sachamuch ye devata bhi b de tamoguni haian aur sabase b da dosh to unamean dhanadhyata ka hai. dhikkar hai aisi dhanadhyata ko.

tadanantar bhagavan shrikrishn ne ek hi muhoort mean alag-alag bhavanoan mean alag-alag roop dharan karake ek hi sath sab rajakumariyoan ka shastrokt vidhi se panigrahan kiya. sarvashaktiman avinashi bhagavan ke liye isamean ashchary ki kaun-si bat hai. parikshit! bhagavan ki patniyaan ke alag-alag mahaloan mean aisi divy samagriyaan bhari huee thian, jinake barabar jagat mean kahian bhi aur koee bhi samagri nahian hai; phir adhik ki to bat hi kya hai. un mahaloan mean rahakar mati-gati ke pare ki lila karane vale avinashi bhagavan shrikrishn apane atmanand mean magn rahate hue lakshmiji ki aanshasvaroopa un patniyoan ke sath thik vaise hi vihar karate the, jaise koee sadharan manushy ghar-grihasthi mean rahakar grihasth-dharm ke anusar acharan karata ho. parikshit! brahma adi b de-b de devata bhi bhagavan ke vastavik svaroop ko aur unaki prapti ke marg ko nahian janate. unhian ramaraman bhagavan shrikrishn ko un striyoan ne pati ke roop mean prapt kiya tha. ab nity-nirantar unake prem aur anand ki abhivriddhi hoti rahati thi aur ve premabhari musakarahat, madhur chitavan, navasamagam, premalap tatha bhav badhane vali lajja se yukt hokar sab prakar se bhagavan ki seva karati rahati thian. unamean se sabhi patniyoan ke sath seva karane ke liye saik doan dasiyaan rahatian, phir bhi jab unake mahal mean bhagavan padharate tab ve svayan age jakar adarapoorvak unhean liva latian, shreshth asan par baithatian, uttam samagriyoan se pooja karatian, charanakamal pakharatian, pan lagakar khilatian, paanv dabakar thakavat door karatian, pankha jhalati, itr- phulel, chandan adi lagatian, phooloan ke har pahanatian, kesh sanvaratian, sulatian, snan karatian aur anek prakar ke bhojan karakar apane hi hathoan bhagavan ki seva karatian."