वेताल पच्चीसी तेईस

teeesavian kahani

kaliang desh mean shobhavati nam ka ek nagar hai. usamean raja pradyumn raj karata tha. usi nagari mean ek brahman rahata tha, jisake devasom nam ka b da hi yogy putr tha. jab devasom solah baras ka hua aur sari vidyaean sikh chuka to ek din durbhagy se vah mar gaya. boodhe maan-bap b de du:khi hue. charoan or shok chha gaya. jab log use lekar shmashan mean pahuanche to rone-pitane ki avaz sunakar ek yogi apani kutiya mean se nikalakar aya. pahale to vah khoob zor se roya, phir khoob hansa, phir yog-bal se apana sharir chho d kar us l dake ke sharir mean ghus gaya. l daka uth kh da hua. use jita dekhakar sab b de khush hue.

vah l daka vahian tapasya karane laga.

itana kahakar betal bola: rajanh, yah batao ki yah yogi pahale kyoan to roya, phir kyoan hansa?

raja ne kaha: isamean kya bat hai! vah roya isalie ki jis sharir ko usake maan-bap ne pala-posa aur jisase usane bahut-si shikshaean prapt kian, use chho d raha tha. hansa isalie ki vah naye sharir mean pravesh karake aur adhik siddhiyaan prapt kar sakega.

raja ka yah javab sunakar vetal phir pe d par ja lataka. raja jakar use laya to raste mean vetal ne kaha, "he rajanh, mujhe is bat ki b di khushi hai ki bina jara-sa bhi hairan hue tum mere savaloan ka javab dete rahe ho aur bar-bar ane-jane ki pareshani uthate rahe ho. aj maian tumase ek bahut bhari saval karooanga. sochakar uttar dena."

isake bad vetal ne yah kahani sunayi.

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