shri shaunak ji ne sutji se pucha -
sarvashaktiman vyas bhagvan ne devarshi
narad ji ke abhipray ko sunakar v
chale jane par kya kiya?
shri sutji ne kaha - brahmanadi
sarasvati ke pashchim tat par
shamyapras ashram ke nikat charane
or se ghire hue ber ke vanon se
sushobhit apne ashram men vyas ji
ne baithakar bhakti yog ke dvara apne
man ko purnataya ekagra aur nirmal
karke adipurush parmatma men sthir
kar purneshvar bhagvan aur unke
ashram men rahne vali maya aur
usse sanbandhit alaukik shaktiyon
v lilaon ka darshan kiya tatha
jiv matra ke kalyanarth bhaktiras
men nimagn karne vali parmhanson ki
sanhita shrimadbhagavat ki rachna ki.
bina vishad prasad prapt nahin hota,
bina bhukh svadisht bhojan bhi achcha
nahin lagta tatha bina shram nind bhi
nahin ati. kurukshetra men arjun ka
vishad-bhagavadgita, balmiki ka
vishad balmiki ramayan, siddharth
gautam ka vishad - tyagaparak (dhamm
pad) evam vyasji ka vishad -
shrimadbhagavat mahapuran ki divya
rachna ka karan bana. bhagavat granth
ke dvadash skandh, parmatma shri krishn
ke ek-ek ang ke pratik hain. pratham
skandh-dayan bhag, dvitiya-bayan bhag,
tritiya-dayan charan, chaturtha-bayan charan,
panchm-dayin jangha, shashtha-bayin jangha,
saptama-dayan hath, ashtama-bayan hath,
navm-dayan vakshasthal, dashm-bayan
vakshasthal, ekadsh-mastak aur
dvadash skandh- bhagvan shrikrishn ka
utha hua hath abhay v var mudra
ka pratik yani sanpurnata ka dyotak,
samast mano'bhilashaon ko purn karne
vala hai. isi karan vyasji ne is
bhagavat - sanhita ko nivrittiprayan
putra shrishukdev ji ko parhaya.
shri shukdev ji to atyant nivritti
parayan hain, apni atma men hi sarvada
raman karte hain, fir bhi bhagvan
ki heturhit bhakti karne vale shri
shukdev ji ki man-buddhi-hriday
bhagvan ke madhuryapurn gunon ke karan
akarshit ho gae aur vivash hokar
is vishal granth ka adhyayan kiya.
bhagavat granth ka ek-ek shlok
pyare shrikrishn ka v shlok ka arth
(bhav) pyari radha ka svarup darshan
karane vala hai. shrisutji shaunkji
ko rajarshi parikshit ke janma-karm
adi ka varnan karne lage. tab
rishiyon ne kaha ki bhagvan! ham to
shrikrishn ki katha sunna chahte hain.
ap parikshit ko kyon suna rahe hain.
shri sutji ne uttar diya ki ‘‘krishn
katho dayam7 1/7/12 isi men se
krishn ki katha niklti hai. bij
dekhakar gyan nahin hoga ki ismen
se vriksh niklega aur bare-bare sundar
fal niklenge, parantu yah sab bij se
hi niklte hain.
to, bat dvapar yug ki hai jis samay
mahabharat yuddh men kaurav aur pandav
donon pakshon ko bahut se vir virgti
ko prapt ho gae the aur bhimsen
ne gada ke prahar se duryodhan ki
jangh tod di thi, ashniya pira
v jivan ki antim shvanson ki or
agrasar apne svami duryodhan ka priya
karya manakar draupdi ke sote hue
putron ke sir katakar use bhent kie.
yah ghatna duryodhan ko bari hi
apriya lagi, kyonki aise nich karm
ki sabhi ninda hi karte hain. draupdi
apne kaleje ke tukron (putron) ka
nidhan sunakar karun krandan karne
lagi. draupdi ka vilap keval
guru putra ashvatthama ke kalyan v
mare hue putron (bachchon) ko bhagavatkripa
bhagvdabhimukhya prapti ka sadhan matra
tha. draupdi to bhagvan ke sanyog
men khush hoti thi aur bhagvan ke
viyog men roti thi. draupdi ke charitra
se sansari jiv ko yah shiksha avashya
hi apne jivan men grahan kar leni
chahie ki bhagvan ke sanyog men
prasannata aur viyog men aprasannata
ka anubhav ho, svajan sanbandhi adi
ke sanyog-viyog se koi prayojan
hi n ho.
ashru pravahit draupdi ke netron ko
dekhakar arjun ne use santvana
dete hue kaha ki kalyani. main
tumhare ansu tab pochunga, jab us
atatayi brahmanadham ko pakarakar
le aunga aur sir gandiv dhanush ke
banon se katakar tumhen bhent karunga.’’
tab apne mitra bhagvan shrikrishn ko
sarthi banakar virochit veshbhusha
dharan kar rath par savar ho guruputra
ashvatthama ke piche daur pare. pran
raksharth ashvatthama prithvi par jahan tak
bhag sakta tha, bhaga.
rath ke ghore thak gae, bhaybhit
ho gaya aur yah janakar ki main
bilkul akela hun, tab usne lautane
ka gyan n hone par bhi brahmastra ka
hi arjun par sandhan kar diya.
sachchidanandasvarup anantashakti sanpann
shrikrishn ki prerna se arjun ne bhi
sprishtapastan parikramya brahman brahmayan
sanddhe (1-7-29) achaman aur
bhagvan ki parikrama karke brahmastra
ke nivaran ke lie brahmastra ka hi
sandhan kar diya.
brahmanon ke divya tej se charon taraf
hahakar mach gaya. lokon v lokon ke
jivon ka nash hote dekhakar bhagvan
ki agya se arjun ne un donon
ko hi lauta liya. unhonne jhapatakar
krur ashvatthama ko balpurvak rassi
se bandhakar shivir ki or le jana
chaha, tab unse kamalanayan bhagvan
govind ne kupit hokar kaha - mainan
partharhasi shratun brahmabandhumiman jahi.
(1-7-35) arjun !
brahmanadharm ko chorna thik nahin hai,
isko to mar hi dalo. isne rat
men soye hue nirpradh balkon ki
hatya ki hai. tumne ise marne ki
pratigya ki hai. arjun ne bhagvan ke
vachnon ko svikar nahin kiya aur
kaha- madhav ! yah brahman hai, hamare
guru ka putra hai isne hamare bachchon ko
mara to kya hua, ham vivek gyan
shunya, rathhin aur bhaybhit shatru ko
nahin marenge.
iske bad shrikrishn ke sath arjun
ne shivir men pahunchakar apne mrit
putron ke shok men nimagn draupdi ko
ashvatthama ko saunp diya. nich
mukh kie hue apmanit guru putra
ashvatthama ko dekhakar komal hriday
vali tatha prem karuna se paripurn
draupdi ne ashvatthama ko namaskar
kiya aur apne kasht ki bhanti
ashvatthama ki mata pativrata gautmi
ke kasht ka dhyan kar kaha muchyatan
muchyatamesh brahmanon nitran guruah .
(1-7-43) ‘‘chor do inhen, chor do.
ye brahman hain, ham logon ke atyant
pujniya hain.’’ praupdi ki kaptrhit,
dharm aur nyas sangat vani ko
sunakar bhimsen ko chorakar sabhi ne
samarthan kiya. tab bhagvan shrikrishn
ne sabhi ki vani aur pratigyaon
ko dhyan men rakhakar arjun ki or
dekhakar kuch muskurate hue se kaha-
patit brahman ka bhi vadh nahin karna
chahie aur atatayi ko mar hi
dalna chahie.’’ sutji kahte hain
- arjun bhagvan ke hriday ki bat
jan gae aur apni talvar se
ashvatthama ke sir ki mani uske
balon ke sath utar li. hatya ke
dosh se shrihin to pahle hi ho gaya
tha ab mani v brahmatej se bhi rahit
ho gaya. iske bad rassi ka bandhan
kholakar ashvatthama ko shivir se
bahar nikal diya. pandvon ne apne
mrit bhai bandhuon ko dahadi antyeshti
kriya sanpann ki v gangatat par
mare hue svajnon ka tarpanadi karya
kiya.
agyat shatru maharaj yudhishthar
sinhasnarurh hue aur bhagvan
shrikrishn ne tin ashvamegh yagya karakar
yudhishthir ke pavitra yash ko sau yagya
karne vale indra ke yash ki tarah
sarvatra faila diya. bhagvan shrikrishn
pandvon se vida lekar dvarka jane
ke lie rath par savar ho gae. tabhi
bhay se vihval samne se dauri chali
a rahi uttara ne shrikrishn se kaha-
pahi pahi mahayogindevdev jagatpate.
nanyan tvadbhyan pashye yatra mrityuah
parasparam. (1-8-9) devadhidev
jagishvar! ap mahayogi hain. ap
meri raksha kijie, raksha kijie.
apke atirikt is lok men mujhe
abhay dene vala aur koi nahin hai.
bhaktavatsal bhagvan shrikrishn uski
bat sunte hi pandvon ke vansh ko
nirvij karne vale ashvatthama ke
dvara chore gae brahmastra ka rahasya
janakar sarvasamarth sarvashcharyamay prabhu
ne nij astra sudarshan chakra se amogh
brahmastra ke tej ko shant karte hue
uttara ke garbh ki lila karte hue hi
raksha kar di. jab bhagvan shrikrishn
punah dvarka jane lage tabhi kunti ne
apne putron v draupdi ke sath bhagvan
shrikrishn ki vibhinn lilaon ka
smaran v vibhinn apdaon vipattiyon
se raksha ke prasang ke smaran karte
hue stuti ki aur rath ke sthan se
shrikrishn ko hastinapur vapis lauta
layi. stuti karte samay kunti ne
bari sundar, marmik, hridayagrahi bat
kahi- vipdah santu nah shashvantatra tatra
jagatduro.
bhavto darshanan yatsyahpunarbhavadarshanam..
(1-8-25) ‘he jagadguro. hamare
jivan men sarvada pad-pad par vipattiyan
ati rahen, kyonki vipattiyon men hi
nishchitrup se apke darshan hua
karte hain aur apke darshan ho jane
par fir janma-mrityu ke chakkar men
nahin ana parta. vastav men manav
jivan prabhu bhakti v prabhu darshan ke
lie hi hai, bhog ke lie nahin. bhog
to kisi bhi yoni men prapt ho sakta
hai, parantu bhagavadbhakti manav yoni men
hi prapt hoti hai. bhagvan shrikrishn,
vyas adi maharshiyon ne unko
shokmukt karne ke anek itihas
kahe, parantu fir bhi mahabharat yuddh
men sabhi ko mare jane ka apna hi
karan samjhte hue maharaj yudhishthir
ka shok shant nahin hua.
vastavikta men to shrikrishn ke dvarka
n jane ka karan unka paramapriya
bhakt bhishm pitamah hi the, unka
hriday bhaktavar se milne ko lalayit
tha, isi karan devkinandan shrikrishn
ne dharmaraj ke hriday men bhishmaji ke
milan ki utkantha ka bhav jagrit
kar diya. pandav, shrikrishn, vyas,
dhaumya adi brahmanon se ghire hue
dharmaraj yudhishthir sabhi dharmon ka
gyan prapt karne hetu kurukshetra men
sharashayya par anand men nimagn pare
hue bhishm pitamah ke pas divya rathon
par savar hokar pahunch gae. sabhi
ne pitamah ko pranam kiya. usi
samay bhartvanshiyon ke gaurvpurn bhishm
pitamah ke darshan ki abhilasha v
gyan prapti hetu brahmarshi, devarshi, rajarshi,
munigan adi apni-apni prajaon
v shishyon sahit padhare. pitamah ne
un barbhagi rishiyon ka yathayogya
samman kar jagdishvar ke rup men
hriday men virajman bhagvan shrikrishn
ki bahar tatha bhitar donon jagah
puja ki. tab dharmaraj yudhishthir ke
dvara puche gae nivritti aur pravritti
rup dvividh dharm, dan dharm, rajadharm,
mokshadharm, stridharm aur bhagavaddharm adi
ka alg-alag varnan kiya.
draupdi hansne lagi aur kaha dada
ji vastra haran ke samay apka
yah gyan kahan gaya tha? shrisukt
ji kahne lage beti us samay mainne
duryodhan ke dushit ann ka sevan
kiya tha ab mera man nirmal hai.
sutji shaukji se kahte hain ki
vibhinn dharmon ke varnan ko shravan kar
yudhishthir mritak parijnon adi ke
shok se mukt ho gae. tab bhishm
pitamah ne man, vani aur drishti
ki vrittiyon se atmasvarup bhagvan
shrikrishn men apne ap ko lin karte
hue bhagvan ki sundar stuti is
prakar ki- iti matirupakalpita
vitrishna bhagvti satvatpundve.
vibhumi. svasukhmupgte vavachidvihartu
prakritimupeyupi yadvapravahah
(1-9-32) prabho mrityu ke samay men
yah apni buddhi jo anek prakar
ke sadhnon ka anushthan karne se
atyant shuddh evan kamnarhit ho
gayi hai, yaduvansh shiromni anant
bhagvan shrikrishn ke charnon men samarpit
karta hun. mano is bhav ko vyakt
karte hue pitamah govind se kahna
chahte hain ki madhav mere jivan ki
antim ichcha hai ki meri suputri ka
vivah ap jaise tribhuvn-sundar evan
shyam tamal ke saman sanvle varn
se yukt, karoron kamdev ki chavi
ko bhi dhumil karne vale ap se
sanpann ho jave. bhagvan shrikrishn
mand-mand muskurate hue- se kahne
lage-pitamah ! ap ajivan
brahmachari rahe, fir yah kanya ka
sanyog kaise ban gaya? kya apne
sansar ke samaksh kuch kaha aur
chupakar pani grahan sanskar kar,
kanya ratn ko janm diya.
bhishm pitamah bole- govind ! ap
sabke atma ho, sab kuch jante
hue bhi anjan ban rahe ho. meri
to ek hi kanya hai- ‘‘buddhi rupi’’.
is kanya ka sanbandh svikar kar
lo. mainne is kanya ko sansar ke
logon ki drishti se ajatak surakshit
rakha hai, yah kanya sarvagun sanpann hai
keval bhakti tatva men hi raman karne
vali hai. devatva ka samman karti
hai. isi karan yah apke divya
gunon par rijh gayi hai aur sanbandh
ki pragarhta ka bhav meri vani ke
dvara vyakt kar rahi hai. shyamsundar
ne pitamah ki kanya ka varan kar
liya. bhishmaji ashvast ho gae.
panchon karmendriyon, pancho gyanendriyon,
gyarhvan man, buddhi tatha antahkaran
chatushtay pravritti ko bhagvan, shrikrishn
ke svarup men sthit kar diya.
shrikrishn ke madhuratimdhur mukharvind
ke darshanon ka labh prapt karte hue
bhishm ne apne pranon ko vahin vilin
kar diya aur aur unke sharir ka
divya tej bhagvan madhav ke vigrah men
samahit ho gaya. is shubh avasar
par devta v manushya nagare bajane
lage, akash se pushpon ki varsha hone
lagi. yudhishthir ne unke mrit sharir
ki antyeshti kriya karayi tatha sabhi
apne hridyon ko shrikrishnamay banakar
apne-apne ashramon ko laut gae.
dharmaraj shrikrishn ke sath hastinapur
ae tatha chacha dhritrashtra aur
tapasvini gandhari ko dhiraj bandhaya
aur bhagvan vasudev ki agya se
vansh paranpragat samrajya par dharmapurvak
shasan karne lage.