vishay soochi
bharat savitri -vasudevasharan agraval
3. aranyak parv
adhyay : 50-78
us din se damayanti nal ke lie asvasth rahane lagi. sakhiyoan ne bhim se sab hal bataya. raja ne akar dekha aur samajh liya ki isaka svayanvar karana chahie. unhoanne sab rajaoan ko svayanvar ka samachar bhej diya. use sunakar anek raja svayanvar ke lie aye. usi samay narad aur parvat nam ke rrishi ghoomate hue svargalok mean aye. narad ne indr ko damayanti ke svayanvar ka samachar kaha. usi samay agni, yam aur varun ye lokapal bhi vahaan a ge. narad ke vachan sunakar sabane kaha, “ham bhi us svayanvar mean chaleange.” yah kah ve sab vidarbh ki or chale. idhar nal bhi svayanvar mean sammilit hone ke lie chala. devata marg mean nal ko sakshat kamadev ke saman dekhakar thak rah ge. unhoanne akar kaha, ‘he naishadh, tum b de satyavrati ho. hamari sahayata karo aur hamari or se doot banakar jao.’ nal ne kaha, achchha karooanga’, aur poochha, ‘ap kaun haian, aur vah kaun hai, jisake pas mujhe doot banakar jana hai aur mujhe vahaan kya kam karana hai?’ yah sunakar indr ne kaha, “ham devata haian, damayanti ke lie aye haian. maian indr hooan, yah agni haian, yah varun haian aur yah yam hai. tum damayanti ke pas jakar kaho ki vah hamamean se kisi ek ko apana pati chun le.” yah sunate hi nal sannate mean a gaya aur bola, “maian bhi usi kam se aya hooan. mujhe vahaan n bhejie.” devataoan ne ghu dakakar kaha, “tumhara kam karooanga, yah tum kah chuke ho. phir kaise n karoge? jaldi jao, der mat karo.” lachar nal ne phir kaha, “usake mahaloan mean b da pahara hai. maian kaise vahaan ja paooanga?” indr ne bharosa diya ki tum ja sakoge. ‘achchha jata hooan’ kahakar nal damayanti ke mahal mean pahuancha aur vahaan sakhiyoan ke bich mean atyant roopavati damayanti ko dekhate hi usake hriday mean kamagni jal uthi. par vah sachcha tha. usane apane kam-bhav ko rok liya. nal ko dekhakar un striyoan mean khalabali mach gee. sab usake roop se mohit ho gee. damayanti ne hansate hue usase poochha, ‘tum kaun ho aur yahaan tak kaise chale aye?’ |
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