महाभारत आदि पर्व अध्याय 53 श्लोक 1-26
tripanchashattam (53) adhhyay: adi parv (astik parv)
shaunakaji ne poochha—sootanandan ! pandavavanshi buddhiman raja janamejay ke us sarpayajn mean kaun-kaun se maharshi rritvij bane the? us atyant bhayankar sarpasatr mean, jo sarpoan ke liye mahanh bhayadayak aur vishadajanak tha, kaun-kaun se muni sadasy hue the? tat ! ye sab batean ap vistarapoovark bataiye. sootaputr ! yah bhi soochit kijiye ki sarpasatr ki vidhi ko janane vale vidvanoan mean shreshth samajhe jane yogy kaun-kaun se maharshi vahaan upasthit the. ugrashravaji ne kaha— shaunakaji ! maian apako un manishi mahatmaoan ke nam bata raha hooan, jo us samay raja janamejay ke rritvij aur sadasy the. us yajn mean ved-vettaoan mean shreshth brahman chandabhargav hote the. unaka janm chyavanamuni ke vansh mean hua tha. ve us samay ke vikhyat karmakandi the. vriddh evan vidvanh brahman kauts udrata, jaimini brahma tatha shargarav aur piangal adhvaryu the. isi prakar putr aur shishyoan sahit bhagavan vedavyas, uddalak, pramatak, shvetaketu, piangal, asit, deval, narad, parvat, atrey, kund, jatar, dvijashreshth, kalaghat, vatsy, jap aur svadhyay mean lage rahane vale boodhe shrutashrava, kohal, devasharma, maudraly tatha samasaurabh—ye aur any bahut se vedavidya ke parangat, brahman janamejay ke us sarpayajn mean sadasy bane the. us samay us mahanh yajn sarpasatr mean jyoan-jyoan rritvij log ahutiyaan dalate, tyoan-tyoan pranimatr ko bhay dene vale ghor sarp vahaan a-akar girate the. nagoan ki charbi aur med se bhare hue kitane hi nale bah chale. nirantar jalane vale sarpoan ki tikhi durgandh charoan aur phail rahi thi. jo ag mean p d rahe the, jo akash mean thahare hue the aur jo jalati huee ag ki jvala mean pak rahe the, un sabhi sarpoan ka karoon krandan nirantar jor-jor se sunayi p data tha. nagaraj takshak ne jab suna ki raja janamejay ne sarpayajn ki diksha li hai, tab use sunate hi vah devaraj indr ke bhavan mean chala gaya. vahaan usane sab batean thik-thik kah sunayian. phir sarpoan mean shreshth takshak ne aparadh karane ke karan bhayabhit ho indradev ki sharan li. tab indr ne atyant prasann hokar kaha—'nagaraj takshak ! tumhean yahaan us sarpayajn se kadapi koee bhay nahian hai. tumhare liye maianne pahale se hi pitamah brahmaji ko prasann kar liya hai, atah tumhean kuchh bhi bhay nahian hai. tumhari manasik chinta door ho jani chahiye.' ugrashravaji kahate haian—indr ke is prakar ashvasan dene par sarpoan mean shreshth takshak us indr bhavan mean hi sukhi evan prasann hokar rahane laga. nag nirantar us yajn ki ag mean ahuti banate ja rahe the. sarpoan ka parivar ab bahut tho da bach gaya tha. yah dekh vasuki nag atyant dukhi ho man-hi-man santapt hone lage. sarpoan mean shreshth vasuki par bhayanak moh-sa chha gaya, unake hriday mean chakkar ane laga. atah ve apani bahin se is prakar bole—‘bhadre ! mere aangoan mean jalan ho rahi hai. mujhe dishaean nahian soojhatian. maian shithil- sa ho raha hooan aur mohavash mere mastishk mean chakkar sa a raha hai, mere netr ghoom rahe haian, hriday atyant vidirn-sa hota ja raha hai. jan p data hai, aj maian bhi vivash hokar us yajn ki prajvalit agni mean gir padooanga.' ‘janamejay ka vah yajn ham logoan ki hiansa ke liye hi ho raha hai. nishchay hi ab mujhe bhi yamalok jana p dega.' ‘bahin ! jisake liye maianne tumhara vivah jaratkaroo muni se kiya tha, usaka yah avasar a gaya hai. tum bandhavoan sahit hamari raksha karo.' ‘shreshth nagakanye ! poorvakal mean sakshat brahmaji ne mujhase kaha tha—‘astik us yajn ko band kar dega.' ‘atah vatse ! aj tum bandhu-bandhavoan sahit mere jivan ko sankat se chhu dane ke liye ve davettaoan mean shreshth apane putr kumar astik se kaho. vah balak hone par bhi vriddh purushoan ke liye bhi adaraniy hai.'
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