वेताल पच्चीसी पंद्रह
vetal pachchisi pachchis kathaoan se yukt ek lokakatha granth sangrah hai. ye kathayean raja vikram ki nyay-shakti ka bodh karati haian. vetal pratidin ek kahani sunata hai aur ant mean raja se aisa prashn kar deta hai ki raja ko usaka uttar dena hi p data hai. usane shart laga rakhi hai ki agar raja bolega to vah usase roothakar phir se pe d par ja latakega. lekin yah janate hue bhi saval samane ane par raja se chup nahian raha jata.
pandrahavian kahani
nepal desh mean shivapuri namak nagar me yashaketu namak raja raj karata tha. usake chandraprabha nam ki rani aur shashiprabha nam ki l daki thi.
jab rajakumari b di huee to ek din vasant utsav dekhane bag mean gayi. vahaan ek brahman ka l daka aya hua tha. donoan ne ek-doosare ko dekha aur prem karane lage. isi bich ek pagal hathi vahaan dau data hua aya. brahman ka l daka rajakumari ko uthakar door le gaya aur hathi se bacha diya. shashiprabha mahal mean chali gayi; par brahman ke l dake ke lie vyakul rahane lagi.
udhar brahman ke l dake ki bhi buri dasha thi. vah ek siddhaguru ke pas pahuancha aur apani ichchha batayi. usane ek yog-gutika apane muanh mean rakhakar brahman ka roop bana liya aur ek gutika brahman ke l dake ke muanh mean rakhakar use sundar l daki bana diya.
raja ke pas jakar kaha: mera ek hi beta hai. usake lie maian is l daki ko laya tha; par l daka n jane kahaan chala gaya. ap ise yahaan rakh le. maian l dake ko dhooandhane jata hooan. mil jane par ise le jaooanga.
siddhaguru chala gaya aur l daki ke bhes mean brahman ka l daka rajakumari ke pas rahane laga. dhire-dhire donoan mean b da prem ho gaya.
ek din rajakumari ne kaha: mera dil b da dukhi rahata hai. ek brahman ke l dake ne pagal hathi se mere pran bachaye the. mera man usi mean rama hai.
itana sunakar usane gutika muanh se nikal li aur brahman-kumar ban gaya. rajakumari use dekhakar bahut prasann huee. tab se vah rat ko roz gutika nikalakar l daka ban jata, din mean l daki bana rahata. donoan ne chupachap vivah kar liya.
kuchh din bad raja ke sale ki kanya mrigaankadatta ka vivah divan ke bete ke sath hona tay hua. rajakumari apane kanya-roopadhar brahmanakumar ke sath vahaan gayi. sanyog se divan ka putr us banavati kanya par rijh gaya. vivah hone par vah mrigaankadatta ko ghar to le gaya; lekin usaka hriday us kanya ke lie vyakul rahane laga usaki yah dasha dekhakar divan bahut hairan hua. usane raja ko samachar bheja. raja aya. usake samane saval tha ki dharohar ke roop mean rakhi huee kanya ko vah kaise de de? doosari or yah mushkil ki n de to divan ka l daka mar jaye.
bahut soch-vichar ke bad raja ne donoan ka vivah kar diya. banavati kanya ne yah shart rakhi ki chooanki vah doosare ke lie layi gayi thi, isalie usaka yah pati chh: mahine tak yatra karega, tab vah usase bat karegi. divan ke l dake ne yah shart man li.
vivah ke bad vah use mrigaankadatta ke pas chho d tirth-yatra chala gaya. usake jane par donoan anand se rahane lage. brahmanakumar rat mean adami ban jata aur din mean kanya bana rahata.
jab chh: mahine bitane ko aye to vah ek din mrigaankadatta ko lekar bhag gaya.
udhar siddhaguru ek din apane mitr shashi ko yuva putr banakar raja ke pas laya aur us kanya ko maanga.
shap ke dar ke mare raja ne kaha: vah kanya to jane kahaan chali gayi. ap meri kanya se isaka vivah kar dean.
vah raji ho gaya aur rajakumari ka vivah shashi ke sath kar diya.
ghar ane par brahmanakumar ne kaha: yah rajakumari meri stri hai. maianne isase gandharv-riti se vivah kiya hai.
shashi ne kaha: yah meri stri hai, kyoanki maianne sabake samane vidhi-poorvak byah kiya hai.
vetal ne poochha: shashi donoan mean se kis ki patni hai?
raja ne kaha: meri ray mean vah shashi ki patni hai, kyoanki raja ne sabake samane vidhipoorvak vivah kiya tha. brahmanakumar ne to chori se byah kiya tha. chori ki chiz par chor ka adhikar nahian hota.
itana sunana tha ki vetal gayab ho gaya aur raja ko jakar phir use lana p da. raste mean vetal ne phir ek kahani sunayi.
- age padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi solah par jaean
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