सिंहासन बत्तीसी दस
ek din vikramadity apane bagiche mean baitha hua tha. vasant rritu thi. tesoo phoole hue the. koyal kook rahi thian. itane mean ek adami raja ke pas aya. usaka sharir sookhakar kaanta ho raha tha. khana pina usane chho d diya tha, aankhoan se kam dikhata tha. vyakul hokar vah bar-bar rota tha. raja ne use dhiraj bandhaya aur rone ka karan poochha.
usane kaha: maian kalianjar ka rahane vala hooan. ek yati ne bataya ki amuk jagah ek b di sundar stri tinoan lokoan mean nahian hai. lakhoan raja-maharaj aur doosare log ate haian. usake bap ne ek kadhav mean tel khaulava rakkha hai. kahata hai ki kadhav mean snan karake jo nikal ayaga, usi ke sath vah apani putri ka vivah karega. vahaan kee raja jal chukean hai. jabase us stri ko dekha hai, tabase meri yah halat ho gee hai."
raja ne k: ghabarao mat. kal ham donoan sath-sath vahaan chaleange.
agale din raja ne snan pooja adi se chhootti pakar donoan viroan ko bulaya.
raja ke kahane par ve unhean vahian le chale, jahaan vah sundar stri rahati thi. vahaan pahuanchakar ve dekhate kya haian ki baje baj rahe hai. aur rajakanya mala hath mean liye ghoom rahi hai. jo kadhav mean koodata hai, vahi bhoon jata hai.
raja us kanya ke roop ko dekhakar bahut prasann hua aur kadhav ke pas jakar jhat usamean kood p da. koodate hi bhunakar rakh ho gaya.
raja ke donoan viroan ne yah dekha to amrit le aye aur jaise hi raja par chhi daka, vah ji utha.
phir kya tha! sabako b da anand hua. rajakanya ka vivah raja ke sath ho gaya. karo do ki sampatti mili.
rajakanya ne hath jo dakar raja se kaha: he rajanh! tumane mujhe du:kh se chhu daya. mere bap ne aisa pap kiya tha ki vah narak mean jata aur maian umr bhar kvaanri rahati.
raja ke sath jo adami gaya tha, vah ab bhi sath tha. raja ne us stri ko bahut-se mal-asabab sahit use de diya.
itana kahakar putali boli: dekha tumane! raja vikramadity ne kitana parakram karake paee huee rajakanya ko doosare adami ko dete tanik bhi hichak n ki. tum aisa kar sakoge tabhi sianhasan par baithane ke yogy hoge.
raja b de asamanjas mean p da. sihaansan par baithane ki usaki ichchha itani badh gee thi ki agale din vah phir vahaan pahuanch gaya, lekin pair rakhane ko jaise hi badha ki gyarahavian putali padmavati ne use rok diya.
putali boli: thaharo meri bat suno.
raja rook gaya. putali ne apani bat sunayi.
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