नृसिंह अवतार

nrisianh avatar / Narasimha Incarnation

• dhara ke uddhar ke samay bhagavan ne varaharoop dharan karake hiranyaksh ka vadh kiya. usaka b da bhaee hiranyakashipu b da roosht hua. usane ajey hone ka sankalp kiya. sahastroan varsh bina jal ke vah sarvatha sthir tap karata raha. brahma ji santusht hue. daity ko varadan mila. usane svarg par adhikar kar liya. lokapaloan ko mar bhaga diya. svat: sampoorn lokoan ka adhipati ho gaya. devata niroopay the. asur ko kisi prakar ve parajit nahian kar sakate the.
• 'beta, tujhe kya achchha lagata hai?' daityaraj ne ek din sahaj hi apane charoan putroan mean sabase chhote prahlad se poochha.
• 'in mithya bhogoan ko chho dakar van mean shri hari ka bhajan karana!' balak prahlad ka uttar spasht tha. daityaraj jab tap kar rahe the, devataoan ne asuroan par akraman kiya. asur us samay bhag gaye the. yadi devarshi n chhu date to daityaraj ki patni kayadhoo ko indr pak de hi liye jate the. devarshi ne kayadhoo ko apane ashram mean sharan di. us samay prahlad garbh mean the. vahian se devarshi ke upadeshoan ka un par prabhav p d chuka tha.
• 'ise ap log thik-thik shiksha dean!' daityaraj ne putr ko achary shukr ke putr shand tatha amark ke pas bhej diya. donoan guruoan ne prayatn kiya. pratibhashali balak ne arth, dharm, kam ki shiksha samyakh roop se prapt ki; parantu jab pun: pita ne usase poochha to usane shravan, kirtan, smaran, padasevan, archan, vandan, dasy, sakhy aur atmanivedan— in nau bhaktiyoan ko hi shreshth bataya.
• 'ise mar dalo. yah mere shatru ka pakshapati hai.' roosht daityaraj ne ajna di. asuroan ne aghat kiya. bhall-phalak mu d gaye, khadag toot gaya, trishool tedhe ho gaye; par vah komal shishu akshat raha. daity chauanka. prahlad ko vish diya gaya; par vah jaise amrit ho. sarp chho de gaye unake pas aur ve phan uthakar jhoomane lage. matt gajaraj ne uthakar unhean mastak par rakh liya. parvat se niche pheankane par ve aise uth kh de hue, jaise shayya se uthe hoan. samudr mean pashan baandhakar dubane par do kshan pashchat oopar a gaye. ghor chita mean unako lapatean shital pratit huee. guru putroan ne mantrabal se kritya (rakshasi) unhean marane ke liye utpann ki to vah guru putroan ko hi pranahin kar gayi. prahlad ne prabhu ki prarthana karake unhean jivit kiya. ant mean varoon pash se baandhakar guru putr pun: unhean padhane le gaye. vahaan prahlad samast balakoan ko bhagavadbhakti ki shiksha dene lage. bhayabhit guru putroan ne daityendr se prarthana ki 'yah balak sab bachchoan ko apana hi path padha raha hai!'
• 'too kis ke bal se mere anadar par tula hai?' hiranyakashipu ne prahlad ko baandh diya aur svayan khadg uthaya.
• 'jisaka bal ap mean tatha samast charachar mean hai!' prahlad nirbhay the.
• 'kahaan hai vah?'
• 'mujhamean, ap mean, khadg mean, sarvatr!'
• 'sarvatr? is stambh mean bhi?'
• 'nishchay!' prahlad ke vaky ke sath daity ne khanbhe par ghoosa mara. vah aur samast lok chauank gaye. stambh se b di bhayankar garjana ka shabd hua. ek hi kshan pashchat daity ne dekha- samast sharir manushy ka aur mukh sianh ka, b de-b de nakh evan daant, prajvalit netr, svarnim sataean, b di bhishan akriti khanbhe se prakat huee. daity ke anuchar jhapate aur mare gaye athava bhag gaye. hiranyakashipu ko bhagavan ne pak d liya.
• 'mujhe brahmaji ne varadan diya hai!' chhatapatate hue daity chillaya. 'din mean ya rat mean n marooanga; koee dev, daity, manav, pashu mujhe n mar sakega. bhavan mean ya bahar meri mrityu n hogi. samast shastr mujh par vyarth siddh hoange. bhumi, jal, gagan-sarvatr maian avadhy hooan.'
• 'yah sandhya kal hai. mujhe dekh ki maian kaun hooan. yah dvar ki dehali, ye mere nakh aur yah meri jangha par p da too.' attahas karake bhagavan ne nakhoan se usake vaksh ko vidirn kar dala.
• vah ugraroop— devata dar gaye, brahma ji avasann ho gaye, mahalakshmi door se laut ayian; par prahlad-ve to prabhu ke var prapt putr the. unhoanne stuti ki. bhagavan nrisianh ne god mean utha kar unhean baitha liya. sneh se chatane lage. prahlad daityapati hue.