युधिष्ठिर द्वारा दुर्योधन की रक्षा

gandhamadan parvat sthit kuber ke mahal mean char varsh vyatit karane ke pashh‍chat pandav vahaan se chale. marg mean anek vanoan mean rukate-rukate, sthan-sthan par apane shaury aur parakram se dushtoan ka daman karate, rrishiyoan aur brahmanoan ke satsang ka labh uthate ve dvaitavan pahuanche aur vahian rahakar vanavas ka shesh samay vyatit karane lage. ab tak vanavas ke gyarah varsh poorn ho chuke the. pandavoan ke dvaitavan mean hone ki soochana duryodhan tatha usaki dusht mandali[1] ko mili. ve ek bar phir vahaan jakar pandavoan ko mar dalane ki yojana banane lage. sanyogavash un dinoan kauravoan ki gau-sampatti dvaitavan mean hi thi. apani gau-sampatti aankekshan, nirikshan adi karane ke bahane duryodhan ne dhritarashtr se dvaitavan jane ki anumati prapt kar li. is prakar duryodhan aur usaki dusht mandali ne apani ek vishal sena ke sath dvaitavan mean pahuanchakar vahaan apana dera dal diya.

ve apane rajasi that-bat ka pradarshan kar pandavoan ko jalana chahate the, isaliye bahumooly vastrabhooshanoan se susajjit rajamahilaoan ko bhi unhoanne apane sath rakh liya tha. ek din ve jalavihar karane ke udh‍deshy se duryodhan apani mandali tatha raj mahilaoan ke sath dvaitavan mean sthit manoram sarovar mean pahuancha. kintu us sarovar mean gandharvaraj chitrarath pahale se hi akar apani patniyoan ke sath jalakri da kar rahe tha. chitrarath ke sevakoan ne duryodhan ko sarovar mean utarane se rokate huye kaha- "is samay gandharvaraj chitrarath apani patniyoan ke sath is sarovar mean jalakri da kar rahe haian, atah unake bahar ane se pahale any koee bhi sarovar mean nahian utar sakata.” sevakoan ke in vachanoan ko sunakar duryodhan ne krodhit hokar kaha- "too shayad janata nahian ki too kisase bat kar raha hai. maian hastinapur naresh dhritarashtr ka mahabali putr duryodhan hooan. yah sarovar hamare rajy ki sima ke antargat ata hai. too jakar chitrarath se kah de ki is rajy ka yuvaraj yahaan jalavihar karane aya hai aur tumhean is sarovar se bahar nikalane ki ajna di hai.”

duryodhan ke darpayukt sandesh ko sunakar gandharvaraj chitrarath ke krodh ka paravar n raha aur usane duryodhan tatha usaki mandali ke sath yuddh arambh kar diya. duryodhan ke sathi aur sena kuchh samay tak to yuddh karate rahe, kintu chitrarath ko adhik balavan pakar ve sabhi duryodhan evan rajamahilaoan ko vahian chho dakar bhag kh de huye. chitrarath ne duryodhan aur un rajamahilaoan ko kaid kar liya. duryodhan ki bhago de sainikoan ko jab kuchh n soojha to ve vahaan nivas karate hue pandavoan ke pas jakar unase duryodhan aur rajamahilaoan ki mukh‍ti ke liye yachana karane lage. unaki yachana sunakar bhim ne prasann hokar yudhishthir se kaha- "b de bhaiya! duryodhan apane rajasi vaibhav ka hamare samane pradarshan karane yahaan aya tha. gandharvoan ne duryodhan ki durdasha karake hamare hit ka kam kiya hai. ap kadapi use mat chhu dana.” is par yudhishthir bole- "bhaiya bhim! ye log hamari sharan mean aye haian aur sharan mean aye logoan ki raksha karana kshatriyoan ka dharm hota hai. phir dusht svabhav ka hone ke bad bhi duryodhan akhir hamara bhaee hi hai. usake sath ki raj mahilaean hamare hi kul ki mahilaean haian aur unaka niradar hone se hamare hi kul ko kalank lagega. isaliye uchit yahi hai ki tum aur arjun jakar unaki raksha karo.”

apane b de bhaee ki ajna manakar bhim aur arjun ne sarovar ke pas jakar chitrarath ko yuddh ke liye lalakara. unaki lalakar sunakar chitrarath krodhit hone ke bajay muskurate huye arjun ke pas aya aur bola- "he parth! maian to tumhara sakha hi hooan. vastav mean dusht duryodhan apani sena ke sath tum logoan ka vadh karane ke liye yahaan aya tha. indr ko is bat ki soochana mil chuki thi, isaliye unhoanne mujhe yahaan bheja tha. he sakha! niti kahati hai ki aise dushtoan ko kabhi kshama nahian karana chahiye, kintu apane b de bhrata ki ajna manakar yadi tum duryodhan ko chhu dana hi chahate ho, to lo maian ise tatha isake sath ki rajamahilaoan ko abhi chho d deta hooan." itana kahakar chitrarath ne duryodhan sahit samast kaidiyoan ko mukh‍t kar diya. ve sabhi vahaan se yudhishthir ke pas aye. glani se bhare duryodhan ne yudhishthir ko pranam kiya aur lajja se sir jhukaye apane nagar ki or chal diya.



pichhe jaean
yudhishthir dvara duryodhan ki raksha
age jaean


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. dushasan, shakuni, karn adi.

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