वेताल पच्चीसी सात

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.

satavian kahani

mithalavati nam ki ek nagari thi. usamean gunadhip nam ka raja raj karata tha. usaki seva karane ke lie door desh se ek rajakumar aya. vah barabar koshish karata raha, lekin raja se unaki bheant n huee. jo kuchh vah apane sath laya tha, vah sab barabar ho gaya.

ek din raja shikar khelane chala. rajakumar bhi sath ho liya. chalate-chalate raja ek van mean pahuancha. vahaan usake naukar-chakar bichhu d gaye. raja ke sath akela vah rajakumar rah gaya. usane raja ko roka.

raja ne usaki or dekha to poochha: too itana kamazor kyoan ho raha hai.

usane kaha: isamean mere karm ka dosh hai. maian jis raja ke pas rahata hooan, vah hajaroan ko palata hai, par usaki nigah meri or nahian jati. rajanh chh: batean adami ko halka karati haian—khote nar ki priti, bina karan hansi, stri se vivad, asajjan svami ki seva, gadhe ki savari aur bina sanskrit ki bhasha. aur he raja, ye paanch chizean adami ke paida hote hi vidhata usake bhagy mean likh deta hai—ayu, karm, dhan, vidya aur yash. rajanh, jab tak adami ka puny uday rahata hai, tab tak usake bahut-se das rahate haian. jab puny ghat jata hai to bhaee bhi bairi ho jate haian. par ek bat hai, svami ki seva akarath nahian jati. kabhi-n-kabhi phal mil hi jata hai.

yah sun raja ke man par usaka b da asar hua. kuchh samay ghoomane-ghamane ke bad ve nagar mean laut aye. raja ne use apani naukari mean rakh liya. use badhiya-badhiya kap de aur gahane diye.

ek din rajakumar kisi kam se kahian gaya. raste mean use devi ka mandir mila. usane andar jakar devi ki pooja ki. jab vah bahar nikala to dekhata kya hai, usake pichhe ek sundar stri chali a rahi hai. rajakumar use dekhate hi usaki or akarshit ho gaya.

stri ne kaha: pahale tum kund mean snan kar ao. phir jo kahoge, so karooangi.

itana sunakar rajakumar kap de utarakar jaise hi kund mean ghusa aur gota lagaya ki apane nagar mean pahuanch gaya. usane jakar raja ko sara hal kah-sunaya.

raja ne kaha: yah acharaj mujhe bhi dikhao.

donoan gho doan par savar hokar devi ke mandir par aye. andar jakar darshan kiye aur jaise hi bahar nikale ki vah stri prakat ho gayi.

raja ko dekhate hi boli: maharaj, maian apake roop par mugdh hooan. ap jo kaheange, vahi karuangi.

raja ne kaha: aisi bat hai to too mere is sevak se vivah kar le.

stri boli: yah nahian ho sakata. maian to tumhean chahati hooan.

raja ne kaha: sajjan log jo kahate haian, use nibhate haian. tum apane vachan ka palan karo.

isake bad raja ne usaka vivah apane sevak se kara diya.

itana kahakar vetal bola: he rajanh! yah batao ki raja aur sevak, donoan mean se kisaka kam b da hua?

raja ne kaha: naukar ka.

vetal ne poochha: so kaise?

raja bola: upakar karana raja ka to dharm hi tha. isalie usake upakar karane mean koee khas bat nahian huee. lekin jisaka dharm nahian tha, usane upakar kiya to usaka kam badhakar hua?

itana sunakar vetal phir pe d par ja lataka aur raja jab use pun: lekar chala to usane athavian kahani sunayi.

age padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi ath par jaean

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