महावन

mahavan
mathura nath shri dvarika nath, mahavan
vivaran mahavan yamuna ke doosare tat par sthit ati prachin sthan hai, jise balakrishn ki kri dasthali mana jata hai. mahavan nam hi is bat ka dyotak hai ki yahaan par pahale saghan van tha. mugal kal mean sanh 1634 ee. mean samrat shahajahaan ne isi van mean char sheroan ka shikar kiya tha.
rajy uttar pradesh
zila mathura
marg sthiti mathura se 11 kilomitar ki doori par
relave steshan mathura jankshan, mathura chhavani
bas adda purana bas adda, naya bas adda
yatayat bas, aauto, kar adi
kya dekhean gokul, brahmaand ghat, ramanareti adi
sanbandhit lekh kotavan, kamyavan, kokilavan, kumudavan, bahulavan, vrindavan, belavan, madhuvan
any janakari mahavan mean prachin durg ki ooanchi bhoomi ab bhi dekhane ko milati hai jisase jnat hota hai ki yah kuchh to prakritik aur kuchh kritrim tha is durg ke sambandh mean kaha jata hai ki isako meva d ke raja katira ne nirmit kiya tha.

mahavan zila mathura, u.pr. mean mathura ke samip, yamuna ke doosare tat par sthit ati prachin sthan hai jise balakrishn ki kri dasthali mana jata hai. yahaan anek chhote-chhote mandir haian jo adhik purane nahian haian. samast vanoan se ayatan mean b da hone ke karan ise brihadvan bhi kaha gaya hai. isako mahavan, gokul ya vrihadvan bhi kahate haian. golok se yah gokul abhinn hai.[1] vraj ke chaurasi vanoan mean mahavan mukhy tha.

itihas se

mahavan mathura-sadabad s dak par mathura se 11 kilomitar doori par sthit hai. yah ek prachin sthan hai. mahavan nam hi is bat ka dyotak hai ki yahaan par pahale saghan van tha. mugal kal mean sanh 1634 ee. mean samrat shahajahaan ne isi van mean char sheroan ka shikar kiya tha. sanh 1018 ee. mean mahamood gazanavi ne mahavan par akraman kar isako nasht bhrasht kiya tha. is durghatana ke uparant yah apane purane vaibhav ko prapt nahian kar saka.

  • minahaj namak itihasakar ne is sthan ko shahi sena ke thaharane ka sthan bataya hai.
  • san 1234 ee. mean sultan altamash ne kalinjar ki or jo sena bheji thi vah yahaan thahari thi.
  • san 1526 ee. mean babar ne bhi is sthan ke mahattv ko svikar kiya tha.
  • akabar ke shasanakal mean yah agara sarakar ke antargat 33 mahaloan mean se ek mahal tha.
  • san 1803 ee. mean yah aligadh zile ka ek bhag tha.
  • san 1832 ee. mean yah phir mathura zile mean mila diya gaya. aangreji shasan mean yahaan tahasil thi.
  • san 1910 ee. mean tahasil mathura ko sthanantarit kar di gee.
  • bauddhakal mean bhi ek mahattv ki jagah rahi hogi. fahyan namak chini yatri ne jin mathoan ka varnan likha hai unamean se kuchh math yahaan bhi rahe hoange kyoanki usane likha hai ki yamuna nadi ke donoan or bauddh math bane hue the. bahut se itihasakaroan dvara yah nagar eriyan aur plini [2] dvara varnit methora aur klisobora hai.
  • mahavan mean prachin durg ki ooanchi bhoomi ab bhi dekhane ko milati hai jisase jnat hota hai ki yah kuchh to prakritik aur kuchh kritrim tha is durg ke sambandh mean kaha jata hai ki isako meva d ke raja katira ne nirmit kiya tha. paramparagat anushrutiyoan se jnat hota hai ki rana musalamanoan ke akraman se meva d chho dakar mahavan chale aye the aur unhoanne digapal namak mahavan ke raja ke yahaan ashray liya tha. rana ke putr kantakuanar ka vivah digapal ki putri ke sath hua tha aur phir apane shvasur ke rajy ka hi vah ant mean uttaradhikari hua. kantakuanar ne apane parivarik purohitoan ko sampoorn mahavan ka purohitattv pradan kiya. ye brahman sanadhy the. aj bhi un brahmanoan ke vanshaj chaudhari upadhi grahan karate haian aur ab bhi thok chaudhariyan ke nam se ye prasiddh hai.
  • achary shri kailashachandr ‘krishn’ ke ‘mahavan aur ramanareti’ lekh ke anusar qasbe mean ek sthan par british shasanakal ka shilalekh hai. jisake dvara mahavan tatha usake asapas mean akhet karana nishiddh hai. mugal shasak akabar mahan, jahaangir, shahajahaan adi shasakoan ne bhi pushti sampraday ke gosvamiyoan se prabhavit hokar is kshetr mean pashu-vadh ki nishedhajnaean prasarit ki thi.
  • chaurasi khambha mandir se poorv disha mean kuchh hi door yamuna ji ke tat par brahmaand ghat nam ka ramanik sthal hai. yahaan bahut sundar pakke ghat haian. charoan or suramy vrikshavali, udyan evan ek sanskrit pathashala hai. dharmik manyata ke anukool yahaan shrikrishn ne mitti khane ke bahane yashoda ko apane mukh mean samagr brahmaand ke darshan karaye the. yahian se kuchh door lataveshtit sthal mean manohari chintaharan shiv darshan haian.
  • british kal mean mahavan tahasil ban jane se is nagar ki kuchh unnati huee lekin prachin vaibhav ko yah prapt nahian kar saka.
  • mahavan ko aurangazeb ke samay mean usaki dharmaandh niti ka shikar banana p da tha. isake bad 1757 ee. mean afagan ahamadashah abdali ne jab mathura par akraman kiya to usane mahavan mean sena ka shivir banaya. vah yahaan thahar kar gokul ko nasht karana chahata tha. kiantu mahavan ke char hazar naga sannyasiyoan ne usaki sena ke 2000 sipahiyoan ko mar dala aur svayan bhi viragati ko prapt hue. gokul par hone vale akraman ka is prakar nirakaran hua aur abdali ne apani fauj vapas bula li. isake pashchat mahavan ke shivir mean vishoochika (haija) ke prakop se abdali ke anek sipahi mar ge. at: vah shighr dilli laut gaya kiantu jate-jate bhi is barbar akraanta ne mathura, vrindavan adi sthanoan par jo loot machaee aur lomaharshak vidhvans aur raktapat kiya vah isake poorv krityoan ke anukool hi tha.

purani gokul

mahavan gokul se age 2 kilomitar door hai. log ise purani gokul bhi kahate haian. goparaj nand baba ke pita parjany gop pahale nandagaanv mean hi rahate the. vahian rahate samay unake upanand, abhinand, shrinand, sunand, aur nandan-ye paanch putr tatha sananda aur nandini do kanyaean paida hueean. unhoanne vahian rahakar apane sabhi putr aur kanyaoan ka vivah kar diya. madhyam putr shrinand ko koee santan n hone se b de chintit hue. unhoanne apane putr nand ko santan ki prapti ke lie 'narayan' ki upasana ki aur unhean akashavani se yah jnat hua ki shrinand ko asuroan ka dalan karane vala mahaparakrami sarvagun sampann ek putr shighr hi paida hoga. isake kuchh hi dinoan bad keshi adi asuroan ka utpat arambh hone laga. parjany gop poore parivar aur sage sambandhiyoan ke sath is brihadvan mean upasthit hue. is brihadh ya mahavan mean nikat hi yamuna nadi bahati hai. yah van nana prakar ke vrikshoan, lata-vallariyoan aur pushpoan se sushobhit hai, jahaan goooan ke charane ke lie hare-bhare charagah haian. aise ek sthan ko dekhakar sabhi gop brajavasi b de prasann hue tatha yahian par b de sukhapoorvak nivas karane lage. yahian par nandabhavan mean yashoda maiya ne krishn kanhaiya tatha yogamaya ko yamaj santan ke roop mean arddharatri ko prasav kiya. yahian yashoda ke sootikagar mean na dichchhedan adi jatakarm roop vaidik sanskar hue. yahian pootana, trinavart, shakatasur namak asuroan ka vadh kar krishn ne unaka uddhar kiya. pas hi nand ki goshala mean krishn aur baladev ka namakaran hua. yahian pas mean hi ghutanoan par ram krishn chale, yahian par maiya yashoda ne chanchal bal krishn ko okhal se baandha, krishn ne yamalarjun ka uddhar kiya. yahian dhaee-tin varsh ki avastha tak ki krishn aur ram ki balakri daean hueean. vrihadvan ya mahavan gokul ki lilasthaliyoan ka brahmand puran mean bhi varnan kiya gaya hai. [3]

vartaman darshaniy sthal

mathura se lagabhag chhah mil poorv mean mahavan virajaman hai. brajabhakti vilas ke anusar mahavan mean shrinandamandir, yashoda shayanasthal, okhalasthal, shakatabhajannasthan, yamalarjun uddharasthal, saptasamudrik koop, pas hi gopishvar mahadev, yogamaya janmasthal, bal gokuleshvar, rohini mandir, pootana vadhasthal darshaniy haian. bhaktiratnakar granth ke anusar yahaan ke darshaniy sthal haian- janm sthan, janm-sanskar sthan, goshala, namakaran sthan, pootana vadhasthan, agnisanskar sthal, shakatabhajann sthal, stanyapan sthal, ghutanoan par chalane ka sthan, trinavart vadhasthal, brahmand ghat, yashoda ji ka aangan, navanit chori sthal, damodar lila sthal, yamalarjun-uddhar-sthal, gopishvar mahadev, saptasamudrik koop, shrisanatan gosvami ki bhajanasthali, madanamohanaji ka sthan, ramanareti, gopakoop, upanand adi gopoan ke vasasthan, shrikrishn ke jatakarm adi ka sthan, gop-baithak, vrindavan gamanapath, sakarauli adi.

dantadhavan tila

yahaan nand maharaj ji baithakar datun ke dvara apane daantoan ko saf karate the.

nandababa ki haveli

dant dhavan tila ke niche aur asapas nand aur unake bhaeeyoan ki haveliyaan tatha sage-sanbandhi gop, gopiyoan ki haveliyaan thian. aj unaka bhagnavashesh door-door tak dekha jata hai.

radhadamodar mandir

mathura se 18 ki0 mi0 door mahavan mean yamuna ke baanye tat par sthit yah prasiddh mandir tatkalin bodh kala evan sthapaty ka digdarshak hai. isamean assi khambha mukhy darshaniy haian.

nandabhavan

chaurasi khambha, mahavan
Chaurasi Khamba, Mahavan

nand haveli ke bhitar hi shri yashoda maiya ke kaksh mean bhadoan mah ke rohini nakshatrayukt ashtami tithi ko arddharatri ke samay svayan-bhagavan shrikrishn aur yogamaya ne yamaj santan ke roop mean maan yashoda ji ke garbh se janm liya tha. yahaan yogamaya ka darshan hai. shrimadbhagavat mean bhi isaka spasht varnan milata hai ki mahabhagyavan nandababa bhi putr ke utpann hone se b de anandit hue. unhoanne na dichhed-sanskar, snan adi ke pashchat brahmanoan ko bulakar jatakarm adi sanskaroan ko sampann karaya.[4] shriraghupati upadhyayaji kahate haian ki sansar mean janm-maran ke bhay se bhit koee shrutiyoan ka ashray lete haian to koee smritiyoan ka aur koee mahabharat ka hi sevan karate haian to karean, parantu maian to un shrinandaray ji ki vandana karata hooan ki jinake aangan mean parabrahm balak banakar khel raha hai.

pootana uddhar sthal

mata ka vesh banakar pootana apane stanoan mean kalakoot vish bharakar nandabhavan mean is sthal par ayi. usane sahaj hi yashoda-rohini ke samane hi palane par soye hue shishu krishn ko apani god mean utha liya aur stanapan karane lagi. krishn ne kalakoot vish ke sath hi sath usake pranoan ko bhi choosakar rakshasi sharir se use muktakar golok mean dhat ke saman gati pradan ki. pootana poorvajanm mean maharaj bali ki kanya ratnamala thi. bhagavan vamanadev ko apane pita ke rajabhavan mean dekhakar vaise hi sundar putr ki kamana ki thi. kintu jab vamanadev ne bali maharaj ka sarvasv haran kar unhai nagapash mean baandh diya to vah rone lagi. us samay vah yah sochane lagi ki aise kroor bete ko maian vishamishrit stan-pan karakar mar dalooangi. vamanadev ne usaki abhilashaoan ko janakar 'evamh astu' aisa hi ho varadan diya tha. isilie shrikrishn ne usi roop mean usaka vadh kar usako dhatrochit gati pradan ki. [5]

shakatabhanjan sthal

ek samay bal-krishn kisi chhak de ke niche palane mean so rahe the. yashoda maiya unake janmanakshatr utsav ke lie vyast thian. usi samay kans dvara prerit ek asur us chhak de mean pravisht ho gaya aur us chhak de ko is prakar se dabane laga jisase krishn us chhak de ke niche dabakar mar jaean. kintu chanchal balakrishn ne kilakari marate hue apane ek pair ki thokar se sahaj roop mean hi usaka vadh kar diya. chhak da ulat gaya aur usake oopar rakhe hue doodh, dahi, makkhan adi ke bartan chakanachoor ho gaye. bachche ka rodan sunakar yashoda maiya dau di huee vahaan pahuanchi aur ashcharyachakit ho gee. bachche ko sakushal dekhakar brahmanoan ko bulakar bahut si goooan ka dan kiya. vaidik raksha ke mantroan ka uchcharanapoorvak brahmanoan ne kali gay ke mootr aur gobar se krishn ka abhishek kiya. yah sthan is lila ko sanjoye hue aj bhi vartaman hai. shakatasur poorv janm mean hiranyaksh daity ka putr utkach namak daity tha. usane ek bar lomashrrishi ke ashram ke hare-bhare vrikshoan aur lataoan ko kuchalakar nasht kar diya tha. rrishi ne krodh se bharakar shrap diya- 'dusht tum deh-rahit ho jaoan.' yah sunakar vah rrishi ke charanoan mean girakar kshama maangane laga.' usi asur ne chhak de mean avisht hokar krishn ko pis dalana chaha, kintu bhagavan krishn ke shricharanakamaloan ke sparsh se mukt ho gaya. shrimadbhagavat mean isaka varnan hai.

trinavart vadhasthal

ek samay kans ne krishn ko marane ke lie gokul mean trinavart namak daity ko bheja. vah kans ki prerana se bavandar ka roop dharan kar gokul mean aya aur yashoda ke pas hi baithe hue krishn ko u dakar akash mean le gaya. balakrishn ne svabhavik roop mean usaka gala pak da liya, jisase usaka gala ruddh ho gaya, aankhean bahar nikal aeean aur vah prithvi par gir kar mar gaya.[6]

dadhimanthan sthal

yahaan yashoda ji dadhi manthan karati thian. ek samay bal krishn nisha ke aantim bhag mean palang par so rahe the. yashoda maiya ne pahale din sham ko dipavali ke upalakshy mean das, dasiyoan ko unake gharoan mean bhej diya tha. savere svayan krishn ko mitha makkhan khilane ke lie dakshimanthan kar rahi thian tatha ooanche svar evan tal-lay se krishn ki lilaoan ka avisht hokar gayan bhi kar rahi thian. udhar bhookh lagane par krishn maiya ko khojane lage. palagan se utarakar b de kasht se dhulate-dhulate rodan karate hue kisi prakar maan ke pas pahanche. yashoda ji b de pyar se putr ko godi mean bithakar stanapan karane lagian. isi bich pas hi ag ke oopar rakha hua doodh uphanane laga. maiya ne atript krishn ko balapoorvak apani godi se niche baitha diya aur doodh ki raksha ke lie chali geean. atript bal krishn ke adhar krodh se ph dakane lage aur unhoanne lodhe se matake mean chhed kar diya. taral dadhi matake se charoan or bah gaya. krishn usi mean chalakar ghar ke andar ulate okhal par chadhakar chhianke se makkhan nikalakar kuchh svayan khane lage aur kuchh bandaroan tatha kauvoan ko bhi khilane lage. yashoda ji lautakar bachche ki karatoot dekhakar hansane lagian aur unhoanne chhipakar ghar ke andar krishn ko pak dana chaha. maiya ko dekhakar krishn okhal se koodakar bhage, kintu yashodaji ne pichhe se unaki apeksha adhik veg se dau dakar unhean pak d liya, dand dene ke lie okhal se baandh diya. [7] phir grihakary mean lag gayian. idhar krishn ne sakhaoan ke sath okhal ko khianchate hue poorv janm ke shrapagrast kuber putroan ko sparsh kar unaka uddhar kar diya. yahian par nandabhavan mean yashoda ji ne krishn ko okhal se baandha tha. nandabhavan se bahar pas hi nalakuber var manigriv ke uddhar ka sthan hai. ajakal jahaan chaurasi khamba haian, vahaan krishn ka na dichhedan hua tha. usi ke pas mean nandakoop hai.

nandababa ki goshala

goshala mean krishn aur baladev ka namakaran hua tha. gargachary ji ne is nirjan goshala mean krishn aur baladev ka namakaran kiya tha. namakaran ke samay shribalaram aur krishn ke adbhut parakram, daityadalan evan bhagavatochit lilaoan ke sanbandh mean bhavishyavani bhi ki thian. kans ke atyacharoan ke bhay se nand maharaj ne bina kisi utsav ke namakaran sanskar karaya tha.

mall tirth

yahaan nange bal krishn aur balaram paraspar mall yuddh karate thean. gopiyaan laddoo ka lobh dikhalakar unako mallayuddh ki prerana detian tatha yuddh ke lie ukasatian. ye donoan balak ek doosare ko parajit karane ki lalasa se mall yuddh karate the. yahaan par vartaman samay mean gopishvar mahadev virajaman haian.

nandakoop

maharaj nand ji is kuean ka jal vyavahar karate the. isaka namantar saptasamudrik koop bhi hai. aisa kaha jata hai ki devataoan ne bhagavan shrikrishnaki seva ke lie ise prakat kiya tha. isaka pani shitakal mean ushn tatha ushnakal mean shital rahata tha. isamean snan karane se samast papoan se mukti mil jati hai.

mahavan mean shrichaitany mahaprabhu

shri roop sanatan ke braj agaman se poorv shri chaitany mahaprabhu van bhraman ke samay yahaan padhare the. ve mahavan mean krishn janmasthan mean shrimadanamohan ji ka darshanakar prem mean vihval hokar nrity karane lage. unake netroan se ashrudhara pravahit hone lagi. [8]

shrisanatan gosvami ka bhajanasthal

chaurasi khamba mandir se niche utarane par samudrik koop ke pas hi gufa ke bhitar sanatan gosvami ki bhajanakuti hai. sanatan gosvami kabhi-kabhi yahaan gokul mean ane par isi jagah bhajan karate the aur shrimadanagopalaji ka pratidin darshan karate thean.[9] ek samay sanatan gosvami yamuna pulin ke ramaniy baloo mean ek adbhut balak ko khelate hue dekhakar ashcharyachakit ho gaye. khel samapt hone par ve balak ke pichhe-pichhe chale, kintu mandir mean pravesh hi vah balak dikhaee nahian diya, vigrah ke roop mean shrimadanagopal dikhe. vahi shrimadanagopal kuchh samay bad pun: mathura ke chaubain ke ghar mean usake balak ke sath mean khelate hue mile. shrimadanagopal ne sanatanaji se unake sath vrindavan mean le chalane lie agrah kiya. sanatan gosvami unako apani bhajanakuti mean le aye aur vishal mandir banava kar unaki seva-pooja arambh karavaee. janmasthali nandabhavan se pray: ek mil poorv mean brahmand ghat virajaman hai.

koleghat

brahmand ghat se yamuna par mathura ki or koleghat virajaman hai. shri vasudev ji navajat krishn ko lekar yahian se yamuna par hokar gokul nandabhavan mean pahuanche the. jis samay vasudev ji yamuna par karate samay bich mean upasthit hue, us samay yamuna shrikrishn ke charanoan ko sparsh karane ke lie badhane lagi. vasudev ji krishn ko oopar uthane lage. jab vasudev ji ke gale tak pani pahuancha to ve balak ki raksha karane ki chinta se ghab dakar kahane lage ise 'ko leve' arthat ise kaun lekar bachaye. isalie vajranabh ji ne yamuna ke is ghat ka nam koleghat rakha. yamuna ke star ko badhate dekhakar balakrishn ne pichhe se apane pairoan ko yamuna ji ke kol mean (godi mean) sparsh kara diya. yamuna ji krishn ke charanoan ka sparsh pakar jhat niche utar geean. pichhe se vahaan tapoo ho gaya aur vahaan kolegaanv bas gaya. kole ghat ke tatapar uthaleshvar aur pandeshvar mahadevaji ke darshan haian. daooji se paanch kos uttar ki taraph devaspati gopaka nivas sthan devanagar hai. vahaan ramasagarakund, prachin brihad kadamb vriksh aur devaspati gop ke poojan ki govardhan shila darshaniy hai. daooji ke pas hi hataura gram haian vahaan nandarayaji ki baithak hai.

karnachhedan sthan

yahaan balakrishn aur balaram ka karnachhedan sanskar hua tha. isaka vartaman nam karnaval gaanv hai. yahaan karnabedh koop, ratnachauk aur shrimadanamohan tatha madhavarayaji ke shrivigrahoan ke darshan haian.

mahavan aur brahmand ghat vithika

tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. golokaroopine tubhyan gokulay namo nam:. atidirghay ramyay dvavianshadyojanayate ॥ (bhavishyottare)
  2. plini, nechural histri, bhag 6, pri 19; tulaniy e, kaniangham, di aianshh‍yeantajyographi aph iandiya, (iandolajikal buk haus, varanasi, 1963), pri 315
  3. ekavianshati tirthanaan yuktan bhoorigunanvitam . yamalarjun punyatmanamh, nandakoopan tathaiv ch ॥ chintaharanan brahmandan, kundan sarasvatan tatha. sarasvatishila tatr, vishnukundan samanvitamh ॥ karnakoopan, krishnakundan gopakoopan tathaiv ch . ramanan ramanasthanan trinavartakhyapatanamh ॥ pootanapatanasthanan trinavartakhyapatanamh . nandaharmy nandageh ghatan ramanasanjnakamh ॥ mathuranathodbhavan kshetran punyan papapranashanamh. janmasthanan tu sheshasy janm yogamayaya ॥ (brahmand puran
  4. nandastvatmaj utpanne jatahvado mahamana:. ahooy vipranh vedajnanh snat:shuchirankrit: ॥ (shrimadbha0 10/5/1
  5. shrutimapare smritimitare bharamanye bhajantu bhavabhita:. ahamih nandan vande yasyalinde paranbrahm ॥ (shripadyavali prishth 67
  6. daityo namna trinavart: kansabhrity: pranodit:. chakravataroopen jaharasinamarbhakamh ॥ (shrimadbha. 10/7/20
  7. svamatu: svinnagatraya visrastakabarasraj:. drishtva parishraman krishn: kripayaaasith svabandhane ॥ (shrimadbha0 10/9/19
  8. ahe shrinivas ! krishn chaitany ethay . janmotsav sthan dekhi ullas hiyay ॥ bhavaveshe prabhu nrity, gite magn haila. kripa kari sarvachitt akasharn kaila ॥ bhaktiratnakar
  9. sanatan madanagopal darshan. mahasukh paeeya rahe mahavane ॥ (bhaktiratnakar

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