श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण चतुर्थ स्कन्ध अध्याय 19 श्लोक 1-18

chaturth skandh: ekonaviansh adhyay

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: chaturth skandh: ekonaviansh adhyayah shlok 1-18 ka hindi anuvad maharaj prithu ke sau ashvamedh yajn shrimaitrey ji kahate haian- vidur ji! maharaj manu ke brahmavart kshetr mean, jahaan sarasvati nadi poorvamukhi hokar bahati hai, raja prithu ne sau ashvamedh yajnoan ki diksha li. yah dekhakar bhagavanh indr ko vichar hua ki is prakar to prithu ke karm mere karmoan ki apeksha bhi badh jayeange. isaliye ve unake yajnamahotsav ko sahan n kar sake. maharaj prithu ke yajn mean sabake antaratma sarvalokapoojy jagadishvar bhagavanh hari ne yajneshvar roop se sakshath darshan diya tha. unake sath brahma, rudr tatha apane-apane anucharoan ke sahit lokapalagan bhi padhare the. us samay gandharv, muni aur apsaraean prabhu ki kirti ga rahe the. siddh, vidyadhar, daity, danav, yaksh, sunand-nandadi bhagavanh ke pramukh parshad aur jo sarvada bhagavanh ki seva ke liye utsuk rahate haian- ve kapil, narad, dattatrey evan sanakadi yogeshvar bhi unake sath aye the. bharat! us yajn mean yajnasamagriyoan ko dene vali bhoomi ne kamadhenuroop hokar yajaman ki sari kamanaoan ko poorn kiya tha. nadiyaan dakh aur eekh adi sab prakar ke rasoan ko baha lati thian tatha jinake madhu choota rahata tha- aise b de-b de vriksh doodh, dahi, ann aur ghrit adi tarah-tarah ki samagriyoan samarpan karate the. samudr bahut-si ratnarashiyaan, parvat bhakshy, bhojy, choshy aur lehy- char prakar ke ann tatha lokapaloan ke sahit sampoorn lok tarah-tarah ke upahar unhean samaparn karate the. maharaj prithu to ekamatr shrihari ko hi apana prabhu manate the. unaki kripa se us yajnanushthan mean unaka b da utkarsh hua. kintu yah bat devaraj indr ko sahan n huee aur unhoanne usamean vighn dalane ki bhi cheshta ki. jis samay maharaj prithu antim yajn dvara bhagavanh yajnapati ki aradhana kar rahe the, indr ne eershyavash guptaroop se unake yajn ka gho da har liya. indr ne apani raksha ke liye kavacharoop se pakhand vesh dharan kar liya tha, jo adharm mean dharm ka bhram utpann karane vala hai- jisaka ashray lekar papi purush bhi dharmatma-sa jan p data hai. is vesh mean ve gho de ko liye b di shighrata se akash marg se ja rahe the ki un par bhagavanh atri ki drishti p d gayi. unake kahane se maharaj prithu ka maharathi putr indr ko marane ke liye unake pichhe dau da aur b de krodh se bola, ‘are kh da raha! kh da rah’. indr sir par jatajoot aur sharir mean bhasm dharan kiye hue the. unaka aisa vesh dekhakar prithukumar ne unhean moortimanh dharm samajha, isaliye un par ban nahian chho da. jab vah indr par var kiye bina hi laut aya, tab maharshi atri ne punah use indr ko marane ke liye ajna di- ‘vats! is devatadham indr ne tumhare yajn mean vighn dala hai, tum ise mar dalo’. atri muni ke is prakar utsahit karane par prithukumar krodh mean bhar gaya. indr b di teji se akash mean ja rahe the. unake pichhe vah is prakar dau da, jaise ravan ke pichhe jatayu. svargapati indr use pichhe ate dekh, us vesh aur gho de ko chho dakar vahian antardhan ho gaye aur vah vir apana yajnapashu lekar pita ki yajnashala mean laut aya. shaktishali vidur ji! usake is adbhut parakram ko dekhakar maharshiyoan ne usaka nam vijitashv rakha.