pahala adhyay
krishn ki janmabhoomi
siankadar lodhi ke pashchat jahaangir ke samay tak mathura ne punah chain ki saans li, parantu phir aurangajeb ka akraman hua. san 1669 ee. mean aurangajeb ne mathura par akraman kiya aur keshavadev ke b de bhari mandir ko giravakar hi lauta. isi avasar par mathura ka nam islamabad ya islamapur rakha gaya. is mandir par 33 lakh ki lagat aee thi. is mandir ki moortiyaan navab kudasiya begam ki masjid[1] ki sidhiyoan mean daba di gee taki ve pratyek ane-jane vale ke niche avean aur mandir ki jagah ek b di bhari masjid taiyar ki gee jo ab tak bani huee hai. is mandir ka niche ka chabootara 286 × 268 phut tha. antatah musalamani atyachar ka samay bita aur auraganjeb ke marate hi hinduoan ka bhagy phir jaga! mathura praant par jatoan ne adhikar jamaya aur ve aangreji rajy se l date-bhi date is praant ke kuchh-n-kuchh bhag ko apane adhin banaye rahe. mathura ki vartaman imaratean isi samay ki bani huee haian. in imaratoan ki banavat aisi uttam hai ki ye bharatavarsh ki darshaniy imaratoan mean gini jati haian. ham any imaratoan ko chho dakar keval unhian imaratoan ka yahaan ullekh kareange jinaka krishn ki jivani se kuchh sanbandh hai.
(1) keshavadev ke navin mandir ke nikat ek jalashay hai jo pot da kuand kaha jata hai, jisamean krishn maharaj ke pot de dhoe jate the.
(2) isi jalashay ke tat par ek kothari hai jo ‘karagrih’ ke nam se prasiddh hai, jisamean vasudev aur devaki bandi banakar rakhe gaye the. yahi kothari hai jahaan puranoan ke anusar krishn ne janm liya.
(3) yamuna ke sab ghatoan mean vishramaghat prasiddh hai. isake vishay mean kivadanti hai, ki kans ka vadh karake krishn aur balaram ne yahaan vishram kiya tha. is ghat ki imaratean darshaniy haian.
(4) yog ghat us sthan ka nam hai jahaan kahate haian ki kans ne nand aur yashoda ki sadyojat balika yoganidra ko[2] devaki ki santan samajhakar jamin par de mara aur vahaan se vah devi ka roop dharan karake akash marg mean chali gee.
(5) ‘kubja kua’ namak sthan par vrindavan se lautate samay krishn ne ek kub di ki kamar sidhi kar di thi. ise ek chamatkar mana jata hai.
(6) isi prakar ranabhoomi vah sthan hai jahaan krishn v balaram ne kans ke pahalavanoan se yuddh karake unhean parajit kiya tha.
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