जांबवती

jaanbavan apani putri jaanbavati ka hath shrikrishn ko sauanpate huye.

jaanbavati rriksharaj jaanbavan ki putri v shrikrishn ki patni thi. satrajit soory ka bhakt tha. use soory ne syamantak mani pradan ki thi. mani atyant chamakili tatha pratidin ath bhar (tol map) svarn pradan karati thi. shrikrishn ne satrajit se kaha ki vah mani ugrasen ko pradan kar de, kiantu vah nahian mana.

ek din satrajit ka bhaee prasen us mani ko dharan kar shikar khelane chala gaya. dirghakal tak usake vapas n ane par satrajit ko laga ki krishn ne use marakar mani hastagat kar li hai. aisi kanaphoosi sunakar shrikrishn ko bahut bura laga. ve prasen ko dhooandhane svayan jangal gaye. prasen aur gho de ko mara dekh tatha usake pas hi sianh ke pairoan ke nishan dekhakar un logoan ne anuman lagaya ki use sher ne mar dala hai. tadanantar sianh ke pairoan ke nishanoan ka anugaman kar aise sthan par pahuanche, jahaan sher mara p da tha tatha richh ke paanv ke nishan the. ve nishan unhean ek aandheri gufa tak le gaye.

vah gufa rriksharaj jaanbavan ki thi. krishn akele hi usamean ghuse to dekha ki ek balak syamantak mani se khel raha hai. anajan vyakti ko dekhakar balak ki dhay ne shor machaya. jaanbavan ne vahaan pahuanchakar krishn se yuddh aranbh kar diya. bad mean krishn ko pahachanakar jaanbavan ne vah mani to unhean bheant kar hi di, sath-hi-sath apani kanya jaanbavati ka vivah bhi shrikrishn se kar diya. ugrasen ki sabha mean pahuanchakar shrikrishn ne satrajit ko bulavakar mani lauta di, sath hi use prapt karane mean ghatit samast ghatanaean bhi suna dian. satrajit atyant lajjit ho gaya. usane vah mani shrikrishn ko hi deni chahi. shrikrishn ne kaha ki satrajit soory ka mitr hai tatha vah mitr ki bheant hai. at: vahi us mani ko apane pas rakhe, kiantu usase utpann hua svarn ugrasen ko de diya kare.[1]

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran ka ullekh

'shrimadbhagavat mahapuran'[2] ke anusar- shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! satrajit ne shrikrishn ko jhootha kalank lagaya tha. phir us aparadh ka marjan karane ke liye usane svayan syamantak mani sahit apani kanya satyabhama bhagavan shrikrishn sauanp di."

"raja parikshit ne poochha- "bhagavan! satrajit ne bhagavan shrikrishn ka kya aparadh kiya tha? use syamantak mani kahaan se mili? aur usane apani kanya unhean kyoan di?"

shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! satrajit bhagavan soory ka bahut b da bhakt tha. ve usaki bhakti se prasann hokar usake bahut b de mitr ban gaye the. soory bhagavan ne prasann hokar b de prem se use syamantak mani di thi. satrajit us mani ko gale mean dharan kar aisa chamakane laga, mano svayan soory hi ho. parikshit! jab satrajit dvaraka mean aya, tab atyant tejasvita ke karan log use pahachan n sake. door se hi use dekhakar logoan ki aankhean usake tej se chauandhiya gayian. logoan ne samajha ki kadachit svayan bhagavan soory a rahe haian. un logoan ne bhagavan ke pas akar unhean is bat ki soochana di. us samay bhagavan shrikrishn chausar khel rahe the. logoan ne kaha- "shankh-chakr-gadadhari narayan! kamalanayan damodar! yaduvanshashiromani govind! apako namaskar hai. jagadishvar! dekhiye! apani chamakili kiranoan se logoan ke netroan ko chauandhiyate hue prachandarashim bhagavan soory apaka darshan karane a rahe haian. prabho! sabhi shreshth devata triloki mean apaki prapti ka marg dhooandhate rahate haian; kintu use pate nahian. aj apako yaduvansh mean chhipa hua janakar svayan sooryanarayan apaka darshan karane a rahe haian."

shrishukadevaji kahate haian- "parikshit! anajan purushoan ki yah bat sunakar kamalanayan bhagavan shrikrishn hansane lage. unhoanne kaha- "are, ye sooryadev nahian hai. yah to satrajit hai, jo mani ke karan itana chamak raha hai. isake bad satrajit apane samriddh ghar mean chala aya. ghar par usake shubhagaman ke upalakshy mean mangal-utsav manaya ja raha tha. usane brahmanoan ke dvara syamantak mani ko ek devamandir mean sthapit kara diya. parikshi! vah mani pratidin ath bhar[3] sona diya karati thi, aur vahaan vah poojit hokar rahati thi. vahaan durbhiksh, mahamari, grahapi da, sarpabhay, manasik aur sharirik vyatha tatha mayaviyoan ka upadrav adi koee bhi ashubh nahian hota tha. ek bar bhagavan shrikrishn ne prasangavash kaha- "satrajit! tum apani mani raja ugrasen ko de do." parantu vah itana arthalolup-lobhi tha ki bhagavan ki ajna ka ullanghan hoga, isaka kuchh bhi vichar n karake use asvikar kar diya.

ek din satrajit ke bhaee prasen ne us param prakashamayi mani ko apane gale mean dharan kar liya aur phir vah gho de par savar hokar shikar khelane van mean chala gaya. vahaan ek sianh ne gho de sahit prasen ko mar dala aur us mani ko chhin liya. vah abhi parvat ki gufa mean pravesh kar hi raha tha ki mani ke liye rriksharaj jambavan ne use mar dala. unhoanne vah mani apani gufa mean le jakar bachche ko khelane ke liye de di. apane bhaee prasen ke n lautane se usake bhaee satrajit ko b da duahkh hua. vah kahane laga- "bahut sambhav hai shrikrishn ne hi mere bhaee ko mar dala ho; kyoanki vah mani gale mean dalakar van mean gaya tha." satrajit ki yah bat sunakar log apas mean kana-phoosi karane lage. jab bhagavan shrikrishn ne suna ki yah kalank ka tika mere hi sir lagaya gaya hai, tab ve use dho-bahane ke uddeshy se nagar ke kuchh sabhy purushoan ko sath lekar prasen ko dhooandhane ke liye van mean gaye. vahaan khojate-khojate logoan ne dekha ki ghor jangal mean sianh ne prasen aur usake gho de ko mar dala hai. jab ve log sianh ke pairoan ka chihn dekhate hue age badhe, tab un logoan ne yah bhi dekha ki parvat par ek richh ne sianh ko bhi mar dala hai. bhagavan shrikrishn ne sab logoan ko bahar hi bitha diya aur akele hi ghor andhakar se bhari huee rriksharaj ki bhayankar gufa mean pravesh kiya. bhagavan ne vahaan jakar dekha ki shreshth mani syamantak ko bachchoan ka khilauna bana diya gaya hai. ve use har lene ki ichchha se bachche ke pas ja kh de hue. us gufa mean ek aparichit manushy ko dekhakar bachche ki dhay bhayabhit ki bhaanti chilla uthi. usaki chillahat sunakar paramabali rriksharaj jambavan krodhit hokar vahaan dau d aye.

parikshit! jambavan us samay kupit ho rahe the. unhean bhagavan ki mahima, unake prabhav ka pata n chala. unhoanne unhean ek sadharan manushy samajh liya aur ve apane svami bhagavan shrikrishn se yuddh karane lage. jis prakar maans ke liye do baj apas mean l date haian, vaise hi vijayabhilashi bhagavan shrikrishn aur jambavan apas mean ghamasan yuddh karane lage. pahale to unhoanne astr-shastroan ka prahar kiya, phir shilaoan ka, tatpashchath ve vriksh ukha dakar ek-doosare par pheankane lage. ant mean unamean bahuyuddh hone laga. parikshit! vajr-prahar ke saman kathor ghooansoan se apas mean ve atthaees din tak bina vishram kiye rat-din l date rahe. ant mean bhagavan shrikrishn ke ghooansoan ki chot se jambavan ke sharir ki ek-ek gaanth toot-phoot gayi. utsah jata raha. sharir pasine se lathapath ho gaya. tab unhoanne atyant vismit-chakit hokar bhagavan shrikrishn se kaha- "prabho! maian jan gaya. ap hi samast praniyoan ke svami, rakshak, puranapurush bhagavan vishnu haian. ap hi sabake pran, indriyabal, manobal aur sharirabal haian. ap vishv ke rachayita brahma adi ko bhi banane vale haian. banaye hue padarthoan mean bhi sattaroop se ap hi virajaman haian. kal ke jitane bhi avayav haian, unake niyamak param kal ap hi haian aur sharir-bhed se bhinn-bhinn pratiyaman aantaratmaoan ke param atma bhi ap hi haian.

prabho! mujhe smaran hai, apane apane netroan mean tanik-sa krodh ka bhav lekar tirachhi drishti se samudr ki or dekha tha. us samay samudr ke andar rahane vale b de-b de nak (gh diyal) aur magaramachchh kshubdh ho gaye the aur samudr ne apako marg de diya tha. tab apane us par setu baandhakar sundar yash ki sthapana ki tatha lanka ka vidhvans kiya. apake banoan se kat-katakar rakshasoan ke sir prithvi par lot rahe the.[4] parikshit! jab rriksharaj jambavan ne bhagavan ko pahachan liya, tab kamalanayan shrikrishn ne apane param kalyanakari shital karakamal ko unake sharir par pher diya aur phir ahaitu ki kripa se bharakar prem-gambhir vani se apane bhakt jambavan se kaha- "rriksharaj! ham mani ke liye hi tumhari is gufa mean aye haian. is mani ke dvara maian apane par lage jhoothe kalank ko mitana chahata hooan." bhagavan ke aisa kahane par jambavan ne b de anand se unaki pooja karane ke liye apani kanya kumari jaanbavati ko mani ke sath unake charanoan mean samarpit kar diya.

bhagavan shrikrishn jin logoan ko gufa ke bahar chho d gaye the, unhoanne barah din tak unaki pratiksha ki. parantu jab unhoanne dekha ki ab tak ve gufa se nahian nikale, tab ve atyant duahkhi hokar dvaraka ko laut aye. vahaan jab mata devaki, rukmini, vasudev tatha any sambandhiyoan aur kutumbiyoan ko yah maloom hua ki shrikrishn gufa mean se nahian nikale, tab unhean b da shok hua. sabhi dvarakavasi atyant duahkhit hokar satrajit ko bhala-bura kahane lage aur bhagavan shrikrishn ki prapti ke liye mahamaya durgadevi ki sharan mean gaye, unaki upasana karane lage. unaki upasana se durgadevi prasann hueean aur unhoanne ashirvad kiya. usi samay unake bich mean mani aur navavadhu jaanbavati ke sath saphalamanorath hokar shrikrishn sabako prasann karate hue prakat ho gaye. sabhi dvarakavasi bhagavan shrikrishn ko patni ke sath aur gale mean mani dharan kiye hue dekhakar paramanand mean magn ho gaye, mano koee marakar laut aya ho.

bhagavan shrikrishn aur jambavati ki santanoan ke nam-

maharani jambavati ki santan
putr samb sumitr puroojit shatajit sahasrajit
vijay chitraketu vasuman dravid kratu
putri mitravati

tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. shrimadh bhagavat, 10.56,
  2. dasham skandh, adhyay 56, shlok 1-37
  3. bhar ka pariman is prakar hai-arthath ‘char vrihi (dhan) ki ek guanja, paanch guanja ka ek pan, ath pan ka ek dharan, ath dharan ka ek karsh, char karsh ka ek pal, sau pal ki ek tula aur bis tula ka ek bhar kahalata hai.
  4. avashy hi ap mere ve hi 'ramaji' shrikrishn ke roop mean aye haian."

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