राजकुमार और उसके पुत्र के बलिदान की कहानी
rajakumar aur usake putr ke balidan ki kahani hitopadesh ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita narayan pandit haian.
kahani
kisi samay shoodrak namak raja rajy kiya karata tha. usake rajy mean viravar namak maharajakumar kisi desh se aya aur raja ki dyodhi par a kar dvarapal se bola, maian rajapootr hooan, naukari chahata hooan. raja ka darshan karao. phir usane use raja ka darshan karaya aur vah bola -- maharaj, jo mujh sevak ka prayojan ho to mujhe naukar rakhiye, shoodrak bola - tum kitani tanakhvah chahate ho ? viravar bola -- nity paanch sau moharean dijiye. raja bola -- tere pas kya- kya samagri hai ? viravar bola -- do baanhean or tisara khadg. raja bola yah bat nahian ho sakati hai. yah sunakar viravar chal diya.
phir mantriyoan ne kaha -- he maharaj, char din ka vetan de kar isaka svaroop jan lijiye ki yah kya upayagi hai, jo itana dhan leta hai ya upayogi nahian hai. phir mantri ke vachan se bulavaya aur viravar ko bi da dekar paanch sau moharean de di. aur usaka kam bhi raja ne chhup kar dekha. viravar ne us dhan ka adha devataoan ko aur brahmanoan ko apann kar diya. bache hue ka adha dukhiyoan ko, usase bacha hua bhojan ke tatha vilasadi mean kharch kiya. yah sab nity kam karake vah raja ke dvar par ratadin hath mean khadg lekar seva karata tha aur jab raja svayan ajna deta, tab apane ghar jata tha.
phir ek samay krishnapaksh ki chaudas ke din, rat ko raja ko karunasahit rone ka shabd suna. shoodrak bola -- yahaan dvar par kaun- kaun hai ? usane kaha -- maharaj, maian viravar hooan. raja ne kaha -- rone ki to toh lagaoan. jo maharaj ki ajna, yah kahakar viravar chal diya aur raja ne socha-- yah bat uchit nahian hai ki is rajakumaroan ko maianne ghane aandhere mean jane ki ajna di. isaliye maian usake pichhe ja kar yah kya hai, isaka nishchay karrooan.
phir raja bhi khadg lekar usake pichhe nagar se bahar gaya aur viravar ne ja kar us roti huee, rup tatha yauvan se suandar aur sab abhooshan pahine hue kisi sri ko dekha aur poochha -- too kaun hai ? kisaliye roti hai ? sri ne kaha -- maian is shoodrak ki rajalakshmi hooan. bahut kal se isaki bhujaoan ki chhaya mean b de sukh se vishram karati thi. ab doosare sthan mean jaooangi. viravar bola -- jisamean nash ka sanbhav hai, usamean upay bhi hai. isalie kaise phir yahaan
apaka rahana hoga ? lakshmi boli -- jo too battis lakshanoan se sanpann apane putr shaktidhar ko sarvamangala devi ki bheant kare, to maian phir yahaan bahut kal tak rahooan. yah kah kar vah aantardhan ho gee.
phir viravar ne apane ghar ja kar soti huee apani sri ko aur bete ko jagaya. ve donoan niand ko chho d, uth kar kh de ho gaye. viravar ne vah sab lakshmi ka vachan unako sunaya. use sun kar shaktidhar anand se bola -- maian dhany hooan, jo aise, svami ke rajy ki raksha ke lie mera upayog prashansaniy hai. isalie ab vilamb ka kya karan hai ? aise kam mean deh ka tyag prashansaniy hai.
dhanani jivitan chaiv pararthe prajn utsrijet.
sannimitte varantyago vinashe niyate sati..
arthat, pandit ko paropakar ke lie dhan aur pran chho d dene chahie, vinash to nishchat hoga hi, isaliye achchhe kary ke lie pranoan ka tyag shreshth hai.
shaktidhar ki mata boli -- jo yah nahian karoge to aur kis kam se is b de vetan ke rrin se unantar hoge ? yah vichar kar sab sarvamangala devi ke sthan par gaye. vahaan sarvamangala devi ki pooja kar viravar ne kaha -- he devi, prasann ho, shoodrak maharaj ki jay ho, jay ho. yah bheant lo. yah kah kar putr ka sir kat dala. phir viravar sochane laga ki -- liye hue raja ke rrin ko to chuka diya. ab bina putr ke jivit kis kam ka ? yah vichar kar usane apana sir kat diya. phir pati aur putr ke shok se pi dit sri ne bhi apana sir kat dala, tab raja ashchary se sochane laga,
jivanti ch mriyante ch madvidha: kshudrajantavah.
anen sadrisho loke n bhooto n bhavishyati..
arthat, mere saman nich prani sansar mean jite haian aur marate bhi haian, parantu sansar mean isake saman n hua aur n hoga.
isalie aise mahapurush se shoony is rajy se mujhe bhi kya prayojan hai bad mean shoodrak ne bhi apana sir katane ko khadg uthaya. tab sarvamangala devi ne raja ka hath roka aur kaha -- he putr, maian tere oopar prasann hooan, itana sahas mat karo. marane ke bad bhi tera rajy bhang nahian hoga. tab raja sashtaang dandavat aur pranam karake bola -- he devi, mujhe rajy se kya hai ya jin se bhi kya prayojan hai ? jo maian kripa ke yogy hooan to meri shesh ayu se sri putr sahit viravar ji uthe. nahian to maian apana sir kat dalooanga. devi boli"-- he putr, jao tumhari jay ho. yah rajapootr bhi parivar sahit ji uthe. yah kah kar devi antadhryan ho gee. bad mean viravar apane sri- putr sahit ghar ko gaya. raja bhi unase chhup kar shighr ranavas mean chala gaya.
isake uparaant pratahkal raja ne dyodhi par baithe viravar se phir poochha aur vah bola- he maharaj, vah roti huee sri mujhe dekhakar aantadhryan ho gee, aur kuchh doosari bat nahian thi. usaka vachan sun kar raja sochane laga -- ""is mahatma ki kis prakar b daee karrooan.
priyan brooyadakripanah shoorah syadavikatthanah.
data napatravarshi ch pragalbhah syadanishthurah.
kyoanki, udar purush ko mitha bolana chahiye, shoor ko apani prashansa nahian karani chahiye, data ko kupatr mean dan nahian karana chahie aur uchit kahane vale ko dayarahit nahian hona chahiye.
yah mahapurush ka lakshan isamean sab hai. bad mean raja ne pratahkal shisht logoan ki sabha karake aur sab vrittaant ki prashansa karake prasannata se use karnatak ka rajy de diya.