वसुषेण

vasushen athava 'vasusen' mahabharat ke shreshth maharathiyoan mean se ek karn ka vastavik nam tha, jo sooryadev ki kripa se kuanti ke garbh se utpann hue the.

mahabharat ke ullekhanusar kanyavastha mean jab kunti apane dharm-pita raja kuntibhoj ke pas rah rahi thi, to ek din durvasa muni vahaan aye. kunti ne muni ki atyant shraddha aur bhakti se seva ki, jisase prasann hokar durvasa muni ne ek aisa mantr kunti ko sikhaya, jisaka jap karane se aisi siddhi prapt ho jaye ki jis devata ka vah smaran kare, vahi devata usake pas upasthit hokar usaki manokamana poorn kare.

is mantr-siddhi ki pariksha karane ke liye kunti ne ek din sooryadev ka smaran kiya aur sooryadev kunti ke samaksh akar kh de ho gaye. is soory avahn ke phalasvaroop kunti ke kanyavastha mean hi kundal aur kavachadhari sooryamay tejasvi putr utpann hua. kiantu lokanianda aur samaj bhay se bhayanvit ho kunti ne us putr ko nadi mean baha diya. radhapati sootaputr ne is balak ko nadi mean bahata dekha to unhoanne usako bahar nikal liya aur apane pas rakhakar putr ke saman palan-poshan karane lage. radhapati ne is balak ka nam 'vasusen' rakha. yah vasusen mahapratapi, parakrami, tejasvi hone ke atirikt mahadani bhi tha. nity soory ki aradhana karake prachur svarn ka dan diya karata tha.[1] yahi age chalakar danavir karn ke nam se vikhyat hua.

vasusen ki danashilata ka jvalant udaharan jo mahabharat mean milata hai, vah yahi hai ki jab devaraj indr apane putr arjun ka hit karane ke liye brahman vesh mean vasusen ke aang-rakshak avaran, kundal-kavach ka bhiksharthi hua to vasusen ne saharsh vah avaran apane sharir se alag karake de diya. is tyag aur danashilata se prasann hokar indr ne bhi vasusen ko ek aisi amogh shakti pradan ki, jisaka dev, asur, gandharv ya manav mean kisi bhi ek par prayog karane par vah vyarth nahian ho aur nishchayapoorvak jayalabh ho. is ghatana ke pashchath vasusen 'karn' kahalane laga aur 'karn' nam se prakhyat hua. duryodhan ne karn ke parakram evan virata ko dekhakar hi use aangadesh ka raja bana diya aur karn 'aangaraj' kahalane laga.


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. gita amrit -joshi gulabanarayan pri. 99

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