pandvon ke mahaprayan ke
pashchat bhagvan ke param
bhakt raja parikshit shreshth
brahmanon ki shikshanusar prithvi ka
shasan karne lage. unhonne uttar ki
putri ‘iravti’ se vivah kiya. usse
janmejay adi char putron ki prapti
hui. kripacharya ko acharya banakar
tin ashvamedh yagya kie. maharaj
parikshit digvijay ke samay jahan bhi
jate vahin unhen pandvon v shrikrishn
(yaduvanshiyon) ke sanudar charitra shravan
karne ko milte ki kis prakar
shrikrishn ne arjun ka sarthi banakar
mahabharat ke yuddh men vijay dilayi,
kis prakar angushth matra ka svarup
dharan kar garbh men tumhari (parikshit)
raksha ki adi-adi. in divya
charitron ka shravan karte-karte parikshit
ka rom-rom pulkit ho jata, hriday
gadgad ho jata tatha antahkaran
anand ka anubhav karta aur vichar
karte main v mera kul dhanya hai jinhonne
paratpar parabrahm shrikrishn ki sannaidhyata
ka anitya sukh sanpann labh prapt
kiya. digvijay ke prasang men raja
parikshit ne dekha-kaliyug raja ka
vesh dharan karke ek gay aur bail
ke jore ko thokron se mar raha hai.
kamal tantu ke saman shvet rang ka bail
ek pair se khara kanp raha tha. tin
pad nasht ho chuke the. dharmopyogi dudh,
ghi adi havishya padarthon ko dene vali
vah gay bhi bar-bar shudra ke pairon
ki thokren khakar atyant din ho rahi
thi. uska bachra bhi uske nikat
nahin tha. netron se ashru nikal rahe the.
svarnajatit rath par arurh raja ne
apna dhanush charhakar megh ke saman
ganbhir vani se usko lalkara aur
kaha- tu nirpradhon par prahar karne
vala apradhi hai, atah vadh ke yogya
hai. dhenuputra v gomata ko parikshit ne
ashvast kiya aur kaha- main dushton
ko dand dene vala hun ap royen nahin.
dukhiyon ke dukh ko dur karna hi
rajaon ka param dharm hai.
dharm ne kaha- rajan ! ap panduvanshjon
ka duahkhiyon ko ashvasan dena apke
yogya hi hai; jo apne pucha ki tin
pair kisne kat die to narendra! shastron
ke vibhinn vachnon se mohit hone ke
karan ham us purush ko nahin jante,
jisse sankton ke karan utpann hote
hain. koi prarabdh ko karan batlate hain,
to koi karm ko. kuch log svabhav
ko, to kuch log ishvar ko dukh ka
karan mante hain, adi adi. inmen
kaun sa mat thik hai, yah ap svayan
hi vichar kar lijie!
sutji kahte hain- rishishreshth shaunkji!
dharm ka yah pravachan sunakar samrat
parikshit atyant prasann hue aur vrishabh
ke rup men sthit dharm ko unhonne jan
liya. dharm dev ! tapah shauchan daya
satyamiti padaah krite kritaah.
adharman shaistrayo bhagnaah smayasangmdaistav..
satyayug men apke char charan the- tap,
pavitrata, daya aur satya. is samay
adharm ke vansh garva, asakti aur mad
se tin charan nasht ho gae hain chaturth
charan ‘satya’ hi bach raha hai. adharmarup
kali use bhi gras bana lene ki
tatparata men hai. yah gaumata sakshat
prithvi devi hain. maharaj ne donon ko
santvana di aur adharm ke karan rup
kaliyug ko marne hetu diksha talvar
uthayi tabhi usne apne rajchihnon ka
parityag kar bhay se thar-thar kanpte
hue parikshit ke charnon men apna sir
rakh diya.
parikshit bole - sharnagat ki raksha
karna mera dharm hai atah is brahmavart
ka tu shighra hi parityag kar de,
kyonki yah dharm, satya aur yagyapurush
bhagvan ki aradhna ka nivas
sthan hai. kali ne kaha- sarvabhaum! main
jidhar bhi drishtipat karta hun udhar mujhe
ap dhanush par ban charhaye khare dikhte
hain. dharmik shiromni ! ab ap hi
bataiye main apki agya ko shirodharya
kar kahan nivas karun? kaliyug ki
prarthana svikar kar use char sthan
dyut, madyapan, stri sang aur hinsa
tatha asundar sthan janakar kali ki
punah prarthana par ek sthan-suvarn
(dhan) aur de diya. suvarn dhan se
tatparya us dhan se hai jisko adharm
se arjit kiya jaye. uprokt panchon
sthanon ka atmakalyankami purush
ko sevan nahin karna chahie aur
maharaj parikshit ke dayarup dharm ka
tyag bhi nahin karna chahie; kaha bhi
hai-
daya dharm ka mul hai, pap mul
abhiman.
tulsi daya n chorie, jab lagi
ghat men pran ..
samrat parikshit ne dharm ke tin pad
jor die aur prithvi ka sanvardhan
kiya. yogiraj parikshit maharaj
yudhishthir ke dvara pradatt rajyalakshmi
ka prajapalan men tatpar v bhagvan
shrikrishn ki lilaon tatha namaras ka
pan karte hue dharmanusar anand prapt
karne lage.
sutji kahte hain - jab tak
abhimanyunandan maharaj parikshit samrat
rahe, tab tak bhumandal par kaliyug ka
kuch bhi prabhav nahin tha. parikshit bhi
kaliyug se koi vair nahin rakhte the
kyonki ismen punyakarm to sankalpamatra
se hi falibhut ho jate hain. parantu
papakarm ka fal sharir se karne par
hi milta hai, sankalpamatra se nahin.
parikshit ke shasan men adharm ka mul
karan kaliyug vaise to shrikrishn ke
svadham gaman ke samay hi a gaya
tha, fir bhi jhuth (asatya), mad, kam
(asakti), nirdayata (vair) aur rajogun
rupi sthan n hone ke karan kaliyug
ka prabhav n ho saka.
ek din raja parikshit - dhanush lekar
van men shikar khelne gae. harinon ke
piche daurte-daurte ve thak gae aur
unhen bare jor ki bhukh aur pyas
lagi. as-pas sarovar n dekhakar
shamik rishi ke ashram men gae. rishi
apne man-buddhi-indriya ko rokakar
brahmanand men nimagn the. sat-raj-tam
tatha jagrit-svapna-sushupti ko par
karke vishva-taijs-pragya ka bhav
chorakar turiyavastha men samadhisth
the. unki jatayen bikhri hui thin.
parikshit ne aise nirvikar brahm purush
ke pas jakar unse jal ki yachna
ki. parantu raja ko jal to bahut dur,
baithne ko asan adar (man-samman)
bhi n mila. man men vichar aya ki
yahan hamara apman ho gaya. krodh v
ishrya ke vashibhut hokar raja ne rishi
ke gale men dhanush ki nonk se marg men
pare hue mrit sarp ko dal diya aur
apni rajdhani laut ae.
maharaj parikshit ke jivan men yah
pahla hi avasar tha ki man-buddhi
vikari ho gae aur svadhishthan,
atmaram vishyaranya se pare evan
satyakarm men lin rishi ke prati yah
apradh kar diya. shamik muni ka putra
bara tejasvi tha. raja ke duvryavhar
ki suchna rishikumaron ke sath khelte
hue tejasvi putra ko prapt hui aur
usne kaha- ye narpti kahlane vale
log uchchisht bhoji kauon ke saman
sand-musand hokar kitna anyay
karne lage hain, raja to kutton ke
saman hamare dvarpal hain. inko ghar
men ghusakar charupurodash kha jane ka
koi adhikar nahin hai. uski ankhen
lal-lal ho gayin aur kaushiki
nadi ke jal se achaman karke apne
vanirupi vajra ka prayog karte hue
kaha ki- kulanngar parikshit ne mere
pita ka apman kiya hai. islie
meri prerna se aj ke satven din
use takshak sarp das lega.
sutji kahte hain- rishiyon ! iske
bad vah balak ashram par aya aur
pita ke gale men sarp dekhakar dukhit
ho jor-jor se rone laga. rishi ne
apne putra ka rona sunakar dhire-dhire
netra khole aur gale men pare mrit sarp
ko dur fenk diya. putra se pucha-beta
tum kyon ro rahe ho. putra ne raja ke
shap ka sanpurn vrittant pita ko batla
diya. isse rishi ko bari pira hui;