vishay soochi
bharat savitri -vasudevasharan agraval
3. aranyak parv
adhyay : 89-153
yamuna ke pashchimi tat se kurukshetr tak ka pradesh prachin kal se hi bahut pavitr mana jata tha. yamuna, sarasvati, kurukshetr in pradashoan ke sath ary jati ka purana sambandh tha. is vishay mean puranoan ki anushruti bahut prakash dalati hai. atev tirthayatra-parv ki tirth-parikramaoan mean yatra ke sootr bahar ki or phailakar bar-bar phir kurukshetr ki or simatata hua dikhaee p data hai. mandhata ke yajn
yamuna ke tat par mandhata ke anek yajn kiye the. yuvanashv ke putr mandhata ikshvaku vansh ke pratapi samrat the. unhoanne kritayug mean ek sahasr ashvamedh yajn kiye. in yajnoan ki visheshata yajnoan mean di huee bhoori dakshinaean thian. ‘bhoori dakshina’ shabd yajn ki paribhasha mean vishesh arth rakhata tha. rritvijoan ke atirikt yajn ke avasar par aur jitane bhi brahman evan patr ekatr hote the, un sabako unmukt bhav se baanti jane vali dakshinaean ‘bhoori dakshina’ kahalati thian. aj bhi vivah samay agni-sakshik karm karane valoan ke atirikt any upasthit bahusankhyak brahmanoan aur any logoan ko jo dakshina baanti jati hai, use ‘bhoor’ ya ‘boor’ kahate haian. vastutah samast janapad ki samriddhi aur prajyakam janata ki tushti ke lie yajn prachinakal ki ek prabhavashali yukti tha. janapad ke bhitar door-door tak phaile hue jan-samooh ke manas ko ne utsah, nee prerana, ne sangathan aur ne utthan ke vidhan mean lane ka sadhan yajn tha. vasant aur sharadh ki sasy-sampatti se bhare hue koshthagar prati varsh ne-ne yajnoan ke lie manoan janata ka avahan karate the. is prakar janapadiy bhoo-sannivesh ke yugoan mean yajn janata ke jivan ki avashyakataoan ki poorti ke sadhan the. yajn-vediyoan ko ‘dhishny’ kaha gaya hai. se vediyaan prayah nadiyoan ke tatoan ke sath-sath ary bhoo-sannivesh ka vistar karati huee badhati jati thian: nadiyaan yajn-vediyoan ki mata ya dhatri thian. ‘brahman-granthoan’ ke anusar dauahshanti bharat ne yamuna ke kinare 78 aur ganga ke tatoan par 55 ashvamedh yajn kiye the.[2] shatapath ke isi prakaran mean bharat dvara sarv-prithvi-vijay ke prasang mean ek sanhasr se adhik ashvamedh yajnoan ka ullekh hai. lagabhag usi svar mean mandhata ke yajnoan ki sankhya bhi ek sahasr kahi gee hai.[3] mandhata ne apane dakshinavan rrituoan mean prajvalit agni se chaturant prithvi ka chha liya. isake phalasvaroop unhean indr ka ardhasan prapt hua. |
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