शिखंडी

shikhandi mahabharat ke patroan mean se ek hai. mahabharat ki kathanusar, kashiraj ki tin kanyaoan mean aanba sabase b di thi. bhishm ne svayanvar mean apani shakti se un tinoan ka apaharan kar apane chhote bhaee vichitraviry se vivah ke nimitt mata satyavati ko sauanpana chaha, tab aanba ne bataya ki vah shalvaraj se vivah karana chahati hai. use vayovriddh brahmanoan ke sath raja shalv ke pas bhej diya gaya. shalv ne aanba ko grahan nahian kiya. at: usane van mean tapasviyoan ki sharan grahan ki.

parashuram ki sharan

tapasviyoan ke madhy usaka sakshatkar apane nana mahatma rajarshi hotravahan se hua. hotravahan ne use pahachanakar gale se laga liya. sanyogavash vahaan parashuram ke priy sakha akritavran bhi upasthit the. unase salah kar nana ne aanba ko parashuram ki sharan mean bhej diya. parashuram ne samast katha sunakar poochha ki vah kisase adhik rusht hai- bhishm se athava shalvaraj se? aanba ne kaha ki yadi bhishm usaka apaharan n karate to use yah kasht nahian uthana p data. at: parashuram bhishm ko mar dalean. parashuram ne use abhayadan diya tatha kurukshetr mean jakar bhishm ko lalakara.

bhishm-parashuram yuddh

parashuram bhishm ke guru rahe the. adarapoorvak unhean pranam kar donoan ka yuddh praanrabh hua. kabhi parashuram moorchchhit ho jate, kabhi bhishm. ek bar moorchchha mean bhishm rath se girane lage to unhean ath brahmanoan ne adhar mean apani bhujaoan par rok liya ki ve bhoomi par n girean. unaki mata ganga ne rath ko tham liya. brahmanoan ne pani ke chhiante dekar unhean nirbhay rahane ka adesh diya. us rat athoan brahmanoan (asht vasuoan) ne svapn mean darshan dekar bhishm se abhay rahane ke lie kaha tatha yuddh mean prayukt karane ke lie 'svap' namak astr bhi pradan kiya. vasuoan ne kaha ki poorvajanm mean bhishm usaki prayog-vidhi janate the, at: anayas hi 'svap' ka prayog kar leange tatha parashuram isase anabhijn haian. agale din ranakshetr mean pahuanchakar gat anek divasoan ke kramanusar donoan ka yuddh praranbh hua. bhishm ne 'svap' namak astr ka prayog karana chaha, kiantu narad adi devataoan ne tatha mata ganga ne bich mean p dakar donoan ka yuddh rukava diya. unhoanne kaha ki yuddh vyarth hai, kyoanki donoan paraspar avadhy haian. parashuram ne aanba se usaki pratham ichchha poori n kar pane ke karan kshama-yachana ki tatha doosari koee ichchha janani chahi.

shiv dvara varadan prapti

aanba ne is akaanksha se ki vah svayan hi bhishm ko marane yogy shakti sanchay kar paye, ghor tapasya ki. ganga ne darshan dekar kaha- "teri yah ichchha kabhi poorn nahian hogi. yadi too tapasya karati huee hi pran tyag karegi, tab bhi too matr barasati nadi ban payegi." tirth karane ke nimitt vah vats desh mean bhatakati rahati thi. at: mrityu ke uparaant tapasya ke prabhav se usake adhe aang vats desh sthit aanba namak barasati nadi ban gaye tatha shesh adhe aang vatsadesh ki rajakanya ke roop mean prakat hue. us janm mean bhi usane tapasya karane ki than li. use nari-roop se virakti ho gayi thi. vah purush-roop dharan kar bhishm ko marana chahati thi. shiv ne use darshan diye. unhoanne varadan diya ki vah drupad ke yahaan kanya-roop mean janm legi, kalaantar mean yuddh-kshetr mean jane ke lie use purushatv prapt ho jayega tatha vah bhishm ki hatya karegi. aanba ne santusht hokar, bhishm ko marane ke sankalp ke sath chita mean pravesh kar atmadah kiya.

drupad ke yahaan janm

udhar drupad ki patarani ke koee putr nahian tha. kauravoan ke vadh ke lie putr-prapti ke hetu drupad ne ghor tapasya ki aur shiv ne unhean bhi darshan dekar kaha ki ve kanya ko prapt kareange jo bad mean putr mean parinat ho jayegi. at: jab shikhandini ka janm hua, tab usaka lalan-palan putravat kiya gaya. usaka nam shikhandi batakar sab par usaka l daka hona hi prakat kiya gaya.

vivah

kalaantar mean hiranyavarma ki putri se shikhandi ka vivah kar diya gaya. putri ne pita ke pas shikhandi ke nari hone ka samachar bheja to vah atyant kruddh hua tatha drupad se yuddh karane ki taiyari karane laga. idhar sab log bahut vyakul the. shikhandini ne van mean jakar tapasya ki. yakshasthoolakarn ne bhavi yuddh ke sankat ka vimochan karane ke nimitt kuchh samay ke lie apana purushatv usake stritv se badal liya. shikhandi ne yah samachar mata-pita ko diya. hiranyavarma ko jab yah vidit hua ki shikhandi purush hai-yuddh-vidya mean dronachary ka shishy hai, tab usane shikhandi ki nirikshan-parikshan kar drupad ke prati pun: mitrata ka hath badhaya tatha apani kanya ko mithya vachan ke lie daantakar raja drupad ke ghar se sasamman prasthan kiya. inhian dinoan sthoolakarn yaksh ke avas par kuber gaye, kiantu striroop mean hone ke karan lajjavash sthoolakarn ne pratyaksh upasthit hokar unaka satkar nahian kiya. at: kuber ne kupit hokar yajn ko shikhandi ke jivit rahane tak stri-roop mean rahane ka shap diya. at: shikhandi jab purushatv lautane vahaan pahuancha to sthoolakarn purushatv vapas nahian le paya.[1]


tika tippani aur sandarbh

  1. mahabharat, udyogaparv, 173-192

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