आस्तीक
astik ek rrishi the, jo 'jaratkaru muni' aur takshak ki bahan 'jaratkaru' ke putr the. garbhavastha mean hi inaki maan kailas chali gee thian aur shankar ne unhean jnanopadesh diya. garbh mean hi dharm aur jnan ka upadesh pane ke karan inaka nam 'astik' p da. astik rrishi ne hi raja janamejay ke sarpayajn se sarpoan ki raksha ki thi.
janamejay ka yajn
bhargav rrishi se saangaved ka adhyayan samapt kar astik rrishi ne shankar se 'mrityuanjay mantr' ka anugrah liya aur mata ke sath ashram laut ae. apane pita parikshit ki mrityu sarpadansh se hone ke karan raja janamejay ne 'sarpasatr yajn' karake sab sarpoan ko mar dalane ke lie yajn kiya. aant mean takshak nag ki bari aee. jab astik ki mata jaratkaru ko yajn ki bat maloom huee to unhoanne astik ko mama takshak ki raksha ki ajna di. astik ne yajn mandap mean pahuanchakar janamejay ko apani madhur vani se moh liya. udhar takshak ghabarakar iandr ki sharan mean chala gaya.
takshak ki raksha
yajn mean brahmanoan ke ahvan par bhi jab takshak nahian aya, tab brahmanoan ne raja janamejay se kaha ki iandr se abhay pane ke karan hi vah nahian a raha hai. raja ne adesh diya ki iandr sahit usaka ahvan kiya jae. jaise hi brahmanoan ne 'iandray takshakay svaha' kaha, vaise hi iandr ne use chho d diya aur vah akele yajnakuand ke oopar akar kh da ho gaya. usi samay raja ne rrishi astik se kaha ki tumhean jo chahie maango. astik ne takshak ko kuand mean girane se rokakar raja se anurodh kiya ki sarpasatr rok dijie.
vachanabaddh hone ke karan janamejay ne khinn man se astik ki bat manakar takshak ko mantr-prabhav se mukti di aur nagayajn band kara diya. sarpoan ne prasann hokar astik ko vachan diya ki jo tumhara akhyan shraddhasahit padheange, unhean ham kabhi kasht nahian deange. jis din sarpayajn band hua tha, us din 'panchami' thi. at: aj bhi bharatiy ukt tithi ko 'nagapanchami' ke roop mean manate haian.
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tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh