वेताल पच्चीसी पच्चीस

vetal pachchisi pachchis kathaoan se yukt ek lokakatha granth sangrah hai. ye kathayean raja vikram ki nyay-shakti ka bodh karati haian. vetal pratidin ek kahani sunata hai aur ant mean raja se aisa prashn kar deta hai ki raja ko usaka uttar dena hi p data hai. usane shart laga rakhi hai ki agar raja bolega to vah usase roothakar phir se pe d par ja latakega. lekin yah janate hue bhi saval samane ane par raja se chup nahian raha jata.

pachchisavian kahani

yogi raja ko aur murde ko dekhakar bahut prasann hua.

bola: he rajanh! tumane yah kathin kam karake mere sath b da upakar kiya hai. tum sachamuch sare rajaoan mean shreshth ho.

itana kahakar usane murde ko usake kandhe se utar liya aur use snan karakar phooloan ki malaoan se sajakar rakh diya. phir mantr-bal se vetal ka avahan karake usaki pooja ki. pooja ke bad usane raja se kaha, "he rajanh! tum shish jhukakar ise pranam karo."

raja ko vetal ki bat yad a gayi.

usane kaha: maian raja hooan, maianne kabhi kisi ko sir nahian jhukaya. ap pahale sir jhukakar bata dijie.

yogi ne jaise hi sir jhukaya, raja ne talavar se usaka sir kat diya. betal b da khush hua.

bola: rajanh, yah yogi vidyadharoan ka svami banana chahata tha. ab tum banoge. maianne tumhean bahut hairan kiya hai. tum jo chaho so maang lo.

raja ne kaha; agar ap mujhase khush haian to meri prarthana hai ki apane jo chaubis kahaniyaan sunayian, ve, aur pachchisavian yah, sare sansar mean prasiddh ho jayean aur log inhean adar se padhe.

vetal ne kaha: aisa hi hoga. ye kathaean ‘betal-pachchisi’ ke nam se mashahoor hoangi aur jo inhean padheange, unake pap door ho jayeange.

yah kahakar vetal chala gaya. usake jane ke bad shivaji ne prakat hokar kaha, "rajanh, tumane achchha kiya, jo is dusht sadhu ko mar dala. ab tum jaldi hi satoan dvipoan aur patal-sahit sari prithvi par rajy sthapit karoge.

isake bad shivaji antardhan ho gaye. kam poore karake raja shmashan se nagar mean a gaya. kuchh hi dinoan mean vah sari prithvi ka raja ban gaya aur bahut samay tak anand se rajy karate hue ant mean bhagavan mean sama gaya.

kathao ki bhoomika padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi par jaean

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