वेताल पच्चीसी सोलह

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.

solahavian kahani

himalay parvat par gandharvoan ka ek nagar tha, jisamean jimootaketu namak raja raj karata tha. usake ek l daka tha, jisaka nam jimootavahan tha. bap-bete donoan bhale the. dharm-karm me lage rahate the. isase praja ke log bahut svachchhand ho gaye aur ek din unhoanne raja ke mahal ko gher liya. rajakumar ne yah dekha to pita se kaha ki ap chinta n karean. maian sabako mar bhagaooanga.

raja bola: nahian, aisa mat karo. yudhishthir bhi mahabharat karake pachhataye the.

isake bad raja apane gotr ke logoan ko rajy sauanp rajakumar ke sath malayachal par jakar madhi banakar rahane laga. vahaan jimootavahan ki ek rrishi ke bete se dosti ho gayi. ek din donoan parvat par bhavani ke mandir mean gaye to daivayog se unhean malayaketu raja ki putri mili. donoan ek-doosare par mohit ho gaye. jab kanya ke pita ko maloom hua to usane apani beti use byah di.

ek roz ki bat hai ki jimootavahan ko paha d par ek safed dher dikhaee diya. poochha to maloom hua ki patal se bahut-se nag ate haian, jinhean garu d kha leta hai. yah dher unhian ki haddiyoan ka hai. use dekhakar jimootavahan age badh gaya. kuchh door jane par use kisi ke rone ki avaz sunaee di. pas gaya to dekha ki ek budhiya ro rahi hai. karan poochha to usane bataya ki aj usake bete shankhachoo d nag ki bari hai. use garu d akar kha jayega.

jimootavahan ne kaha: maan, tum chinta n karo, maian usaki jagah chala jaooanga. budhiya ne bahut samajhaya, par vah n mana.

isake bad garu d aya aur use choanch mean pak dakar u da le gaya. sanyog se rajakumar ka bajooband gir p da, jis par raja ka nam khuda tha. us par khoon laga tha. rajakumari ne use dekha. vah moorchchhit ho gayi. hosh ane par usane raja aur rani ko sab hal sunaya. ve b de du:khi hue aur jimootavahan ko khojane nikale. tabhi unhean shankhachoo d mila.

usane garu d ko pukar kar kaha: he garu d! too ise chho d de. bari to meri thi.

garu d ne rajakumar se poochha: too apani jan kyoan de raha hai?

usane kaha: uttam purush ko hamesha doosaroan ki madad karani chahie.

yah sunakar garu d bahut khush hua usane rajakumar se var maangane ko kaha. jimootavahan ne anurodh kiya ki sab saanpoan ko zinda kar do. garu d ne aisa hi kiya.

phir usane kaha: tujhe apana rajy bhi mil jayega.

isake bad ve log apane nagar ko laut aye. logoan ne raja ko phir gaddi par bitha diya.

itana kahakar vetal bola: he rajanh yah batao, isamean sabase b da kam kisane kiya?

raja ne kaha: shankhachoo d ne?

vetal ne poochha: kaise?

raja bola: jimootavahan jati ka kshatriy tha. pran dene ka use abhyas tha. lekin b da kam to shankhachoo d ne kiya, jo abhyas n hote hue bhi jimootavahan ko bachane ke lie apani jan dene ko taiyar ho gaya.

itana sunakar vetal phir pe d par ja lataka. raja use laya to usane phir ek kahani sunayi.

age padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi sattarah par jaean

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