समुद्र मंथन

samudr manthan
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vivaran	puranoan mean varnit ek prasiddh pauranik katha hai jisamean devataoan aur danavoan ne milakar samudr ka manthan kiya tha.
karan	durvasa rrishi ne apana apaman hone ke karan devaraj indr ko ‘shri’ (lakshmi) se hin ho jane ka shap de diya. bhagavan vishnu ne iandr ko shap mukti ke lie asuroan ke sath 'samudr manthan' ke lie kaha.
sandarbh granth	koorm puran, agni puran, brahmand puran
sanbandhit lekh	bali, kshirasagar, mandarachal parvat, vasuki nag, koorm avatar, kaustubh mani, halahal vish, devasur sangram, rahu evan ketu
any janakari	kaha jata hai samudr manthan mean chaudah (14) ratnoan ki prapti huee thi.

samudr manthan puranoan mean varnit ek prasiddh pauranik katha hai jisamean devataoan aur danavoan ne milakar samudr ka manthan kiya tha.

samudr manthan ka karan

ek bar ki bat hai shivaji ke darshanoan ke lie durvasa rrishi apane shishyoan ke sath kailash ja rahe the. marg mean unhean devaraj indr mile. indr ne durvasa rrishi aur unake shishyoan ko bhaktipoorvak pranam kiya. tab durvasa ne indr ko ashirvad dekar vishnu bhagavan ka parijat pushp pradan kiya. indrasan ke garv mean choor indr ne us pushp ko apane airavat hathi ke mastak par rakh diya. us pushp ka sparsh hote hi airavat sahasa vishnu bhagavan ke saman tejasvi ho gaya. usane indr ka parityag kar diya aur us divy pushp ko kuchalate hue van ki or chala gaya.

durvasha rrishi ka shap

indr dvara bhagavan vishnu ke pushp ka tiraskar hote dekhakar durvasha rrishi ke krodh ki sima n rahi. unhoanne devaraj indr ko ‘shri’ (lakshmi) se hin ho jane ka shap de diya. durvasa muni ke shap ke phalasvaroop lakshmi usi kshan svargalok ko chho dakar adrishy ho geean. lakshmi ke chale jane se indr adi devata nirbal aur shrihin ho ge. unaka vaibhav lupt ho gaya. indr ko balahin janakar daityoan ne svarg par akraman kar diya aur devagan ko parajit karake svarg ke rajy par apani paracham phahara diya. tab indr devaguru brihaspati aur any devataoan ke sath brahmaji ki sabha mean upasthit hue. tab brahmaji bole —‘‘devendr ! bhagavan vishnu ke bhogaroopi pushp ka apaman karane ke karan rusht hokar bhagavati lakshmi tumhare pas se chali gayi haian. unhean punah prasann karane ke lie tum bhagavan narayan ki kripa-drishti prapt karo. unake ashirvad se tumhean khoya vaibhav punah mil jaega.’’[[chitr:Airavata.jpg|thumb|left|airavat]]

shap mukti ka upay

is prakar brahmaji ne indr ko asvast kiya aur unhean lekar bhagavan vishnu ki sharan mean pahuanche. vahaan parabrahm bhagavan vishnu bhagavati lakshmi ke sath virajaman the. devagan bhagavan vishnu ki stuti karate hue bole—‘‘bhagavanh ! apake shricharanoan mean hamara barambar pranam. bhagavanh ! ham sab jis uddeshy se apaki sharan mean ae haian, kripa karake ap use poora kijie. durvasha rrishi ke shap ke karan mata lakshmi hamase rooth gee haian aur daityoan ne hamean parajit kar svarg par adhikar kar liya hai. ab ham apaki sharan mean haian, hamari raksha kijie.’’ bhagavan vishnu trikaladarshi haian. ve pal bhar mean hi devataoan ke man ki bat jan ge. tab ve devagan se bole—‘‘devagan ! meri bat dhyanapoorvak sunean, kyoanki keval yahi tumhare kalyan ka upay hai. daityoan par is samay kal ki vishesh kripa hai isalie jab tak tumhare utkarsh aur daityoan ke patan ka samay nahian ata, tab tak tum unase sandhi kar lo. kshirasagar ke garbh mean anek divy padarthoan ke sath-sath amrit bhi chhipa hai. use pine vale ke samane mrityu bhi parajit ho jati hai. isake lie tumhean samudr manthan karana hoga. yah kary atyant dushkar hai, atah is kary mean daityoan se sahayata lo. kootaniti bhi yahi kahati hai ki avashyakata p dane par shatruoan ko bhi mitr bana lena chahie. tatpashchath amrit pikar amar ho jao. tab dusht daity bhi tumhara ahit nahian kar sakeange. devagan ! ve jo shart rakhean, use svakir kar lean. yah bat yad rakhean ki shaanti se sabhi kary ban jate haian, krodh karane se kuchh nahian hota.’’ bhagavan vishnu ke paramarsh ke anusar indradi devagan daityaraj bali ke pas sandhi ka prastav lekar ge aur unhean amrit ke bare mean batakar samudr manthan ke lie taiyar kar liya.

samudr manthan katha

isi samay megh ke saman gambhir svar mean akashavani huee- 'devatao aur daityo! tum kshir samudr ka manthan karo. is kary mean tumhare bal ki vriddhi hogi, isamean tanik bhi sandeh nahian hai. mandarachal ko mathani aur vasuki nag ko rassi banao, phir devata aur daity milakar manthan arambh karo.' yah akashavani sunakar sahastroan daity aur devata samudr-manthan ke liye udyat ho suvarn ke sadrish kantimanh mandarachal ke samip gaye. vah parvat sidha, golakar, bahut mota aur atyant prakashaman tha. anek prakar ke ratn usaki shobha badha rahe the. chandan, parijat, nagakeshar, jayaphal aur champa adi bhaanti-bhaanti ke vrikshoan se vah hara-bhara dikhayi deta tha.

mandarachal parvat

1. REDIRECTsaancha:mukhy

us mahanh parvat ko dekhakar sampoorn devataoan ne hath jo dakar kaha- 'doosaroan ka upakar karane vale mahashail mandarachal ! ham sab devata tumase kuchh nivedan karane ke liye yahaan aye haian, use tum suno.' unake yoan kahane par mandarachal ne dehadhari purush ke roop mean prakat hokar kaha- 'devagan! ap sab log mere pas kis kary se aye haian, use bataiye.' tab indr ne madhur vani mean kaha- 'mandarachal! tum hamare sath rahakar ek kary mean sahayak bano; ham samudr ko mathakar usase amrit nikalana chahate haian, is kary ke liye tum mathani ban jao.' mandarachal ne 'bahut achchha' kahakar unaki ajna svikar ki aur devakary ki siddhi ke liye devataoan, daityoan tatha visheshat: indr se kaha- 'punyatma devaraj! apane apane vajr se mere donoan pankh kat dale haian, phir ap logoan ke kary ki siddhi ke liye vahaan tak maian chal kaise sakata hooan?' tab sampoorn devataoan aur daityoan ne us anupam parvat ko kshir samudr tak le jane ki ichchha se ukha d liya; parantu ve use dharan karane mean samarth n ho sake. vah mahanh parvat usi samay devataoan aur daityoan ke oopar gir p da. kee kuchale gaye, kee mar gaye, kee moorchchhit ho gaye, kee ek-doosare ko kosane aur chillane lage tatha kuchh logoan ne b de klesh ka anubhav kiya. is prakar unaka udyam aur utsah bhang ho gaya. ve devata aur danav sachet hone par jagadishvar bhagavan vishnu ki stuti karane lage- 'sharanagatavatsal mahavishno! hamari raksha kijiye, raksha kijiye. apane hi is sampoorn charachar jagath ko vyapt kar rakha hai.'

vishnu aur vasuki nag

thumb|250px|samudr manthan us samay devataoan ka kary siddh karane ke liye garu d ki pith par baithe hue bhagavan vishnu sahasa vahaan prakat ho gaye. ve sabako abhay dene vale haian. unhoanne devataoan aur daityoan ki or drishtipat karake khel-khel mean hi us mahanh parvat ko uthakar garu d ki pith par rakh liya. phir ve devataoan aur daityoan ko kshir-samudr ke uttar-tat par le gaye aur parvatashreshth mandarachal ko samudr mean dalakar turant vahaan se chal diye. tadanantar sab devata daityoan ko sath lekar vasuki nag ke samip gaye aur unase bhi apani prarthana svikar karayi. is prakar mandarachal ko mathani aur vasuki-nag ko rassi banakar devataoan aur daityoan ne kshir-samudr ka manthan arambh kiya. itane mean hi vah parvat samudr mean doobakar rasatal ko ja pahuancha. tab lakshmipati bhagavanh vishnu ne kachchhaparoop dharan karake tatkal hi mandarachal ko oopar utha diya. us samay yah ek adbhut ghatana huee. phir jab devata aur daityoan ne mathani ko ghumana arambh kiya, tab vah parvat bina guru ke jnan ki bhaanti koee sudridh adhar n hone ke karan idhar-udhar dolane laga. yah dekh paramatma bhagavanh vishnu svayan hi mandarachal ke adhar ban gaye aur unhoanne apani charoan bhujaoan se mathani bane hue us parvat ko bhali-bhaanti pak dakar use sukhapoorvak ghumane yogy bana diya. tab atyant balavanh devata aur daity ekibhoot ho adhik zor lagakar kshir-samudr ka manthan karane lage.

vishnuji ka kachchhap roop

1. REDIRECTsaancha:mukhy

kachchhap roopadhari bhagavan ki pith janm se hi kathor thi aur us par ghoomane vala parvatashreshth mandarachal bhi vajrasar ki bhaanti dridh tha. un donoan ki rag d se samudr mean b davanal prakat ho gaya. sath hi halahal vish utpann hua. us vish ko sabase pahale narad ji ne dekha. tab amit tejasvi devarshi ne devataoan ko pukar kar kaha- 'aditi kumaro! ab tum samudr ka manthan n karo. is samay sampoorn upadravoan ka nash karane vale bhagavan shiv ki prarthana karo. ve paratpar haian, paramanandasvaroop haian tatha yogi purush bhi unhian ka dhyan karate haian.' [[chitr:Kurma-Avatar.jpg|thumb|left|koorm avatar]] devata apane svarthasadhan mean sanlagn ho samudr manthan rahe the. ve apani hi abhilasha mean tanmay hone ke karan narad ji ki bat nahian sun sake. keval udyam ka bharosa karake ve kshir-sagar ke manthan mean sanlagn the. adhik manthan se jo halahal vish prakat hua, vah tinoan lokoan ko bhasm kar dene vala tha. vah praudh vish devataoan ka pran lene ke liye unake samip a pahuancha aur oopar–niche tatha sampoorn dishaoan mean phail gaya. samast praniyoan ko apana gras banane ke liye prakat hue us kalakoot vish ko dekhakar ve sab devata aur daity hath mean pak de hue nagaraj vasuki ko mandarachal parvat sahit vahian chho d bhag kh de hue. us samay us lokasanharakari kalakoot vish ko bhagavan shiv ne svayan apana gras bana liya. unhoanne us vish ko nirmal (nirdosh) kar diya. is prakar bhagavan shankar ki b di bhari kripa hone se devata, asur, manushy tatha sampoorn triloki ki us samay kalakoot vish se raksha huee.

chandradev ka prakaty

tadanantar bhagavan vishnu ke samip mandarachal ko mathani aur vasuki nag ko rassi banakar devataoan ne pun: samudr-manthan arambh kiya. tab samudr se devakary ki siddhi ke liye amritamayi kalaoan se paripoorn chandradev prakat hue. sampoorn devata, asur aur danavoan ne bhagavan chandrama ko pranam kiya aur gargachary ji se apane-apane chandrabal ki yatharth roop se jijnasa ki. us samay gargachary ji ne devataoan se kaha- 'is samay tum sab logoan ka bal thik hai. tumhare sabhi uttam grah keanndr sthan mean (lagn mean, chaturth sthan mean, saptam sthan mean aur dasham sthan mean) haian. chandrama se guru ka yog hua hai. budh, soory, shukr, shani aur mangal bhi chandrama se sanyukt hue haian. isaliye tumhare kary ki siddhi ke nimitt is samay chandrabal bahut uttam hai. yah gomant namak muhoort hai, jo vijay pradan karane vala hai.' mahatma gargaji ke is prakar ashrvasan dene par mahabali devata garjana karate hue b de veg se samudr-manthan karane lage.

char divy vriksh

[[chitr:Parijaat-Tree.jpg|thumb|parijat]] mathe jate hue samudr ke charoan or b de zor ki avaz uth rahi thi. is bar ke manthan se devakaryoan ki siddhi ke liye sakshath surabhi kamadhenu prakat hueean. unhean kale, shvet, pile, hare tatha lal rang ki saik doan gauean ghere hue thian. us samay rrishiyoan ne b de harsh mean bharakar devataoan aur daityoan se kamadhenu ke liye yachana ki aur kaha- 'ap sab log milakar bhinn-bhinn gotravale brahmanoan ko kamadhenu sahit in sampoorn gauoan ka dan avashy karean.' rrishiyoan ke yachana karane par devataoan aur daityoan ne bhagavanh shankar ki prasannata ke liye ve sab gauean dan kar dian tatha yajn karmoan mean bhali-bhaanti man ko lagane vale un param mangalamay mahatma rrishiyoan ne un gauoan ka dan svikar kiya. tatpashchath sab log b de josh mean akar kshirasagar ko mathane lage. tab samudr se kalpavriksh, parijat, am ka vriksh aur santan- ye char divy vriksh prakat hue.

kaustubh mani

1. REDIRECTsaancha:mukhy

un sabako ekatr rakhakar devataoan ne pun: b de veg se samudr manthan arambh kiya. is bar ke manthan se ratnoan mean sabase uttam ratn kaustubh prakat hua, jo sooryamandal ke saman param kantiman tha. vah apane prakash se tinoan lokoan ko prakashit kar raha tha. devataoan ne chintamani ko age rakhakar kaustubh ka darshan kiya aur use bhagavan vishnu ki seva mean bheant kar diya. tadanantar, chintamani ko madhy mean rakhakar devataoan aur daityoan ne pun: samudr ko mathana arambh kiya. ve sabhi bal mean badhe-chadhe the aur bar-bar garjana kar rahe the. ab ki bar use mathe jate hue samudr se uchchai:shrava namak ashrv prakat hua. vah samast ashrvajati mean ek adbhut ratn tha. usake bad gaj jati mean ratn bhoot airavat prakat hua. usake sath shvetavarn ke chausath hathi aur the. airavat ke char daant bahar nikale hue the aur mastishk se mad ki dhara bah rahi thi. in sabako bhi madhy mean sthapit karake ve sab pun: samudr mathane lage. us samay us samudr se madira, bhaang, kak dasiangi, lahasun, gajar, atyadhik unmadakarak dhatoor tatha pushkar adi bahut-si vastuean prakat hueean. in sabako bhi samudr ke kinare ek sthan par rakh diya gaya. tatpashchath ve shreshth devata aur danav pun: pahale ki hi bhaanti samudr-manthan karane lage. ab ki bar samudr se sampoorn bhuvanoan ki ekamatr adhishvari divyaroopa devi mahalakshmi prakat hueean, jinhean brahmavetta purush anvikshiki (vedant-vidya) kahate haian. inhian ko doosare log 'mool-vidya' kahakar pukarate haian.

devi mahalakshmi

kuchh samarthyashali mahatma inhian ko vani aur brahmavidya bhi kahate haian. koee-koee inhian ko rriddhi, siddhi, ajna aur asha nam dete haian. koee yogi purush inhian ko 'vaishnavi' kahate haian. sada udyam mean lage rahane vale maya ke anuyayi inhian ko 'maya' ke roop mean janate haian. jo anek prakar ke siddhantoan ko janane vale tatha jnanashakti se sampann haian, ve inhian ko bhagavan ki 'yogamaya' kahate haian. devataoan ne dekha devi mahalakshmi ka roop param sundar hai. unake manohar mukh par svabhavik prasannata virajaman hai. har aur noopuroan se unake shriaango ki b di shobha ho rahi hai. mastishk par chhatr tana hua hai, donoan or se chanvar dul rahe haian; jaise mata apane putroan ki or sneh aur dular bhari drishti se dekhati hai, usi prakar sati mahalakshmi ne devata, danav, siddh, charan aur nag adi sampoorn praniyoan ki or drishtipat kiya. mata mahalakshmi ki kripa-drishti pakar sampoorn devata usi samay shrisampann ho gaye. ve tatkal rajyadhikari ke shubh lakshanoan se sampann dikhayi dene lage.

lakshmi dvara narayan ka varan

tadanantar devi lakshmi ne bhagavan mukund ki or dekha. unake shriaang tamal ke saman shyamavarn the. kapol aur nasika b di sundar thi. ve param manohar divy sharir se prakashit ho rahe the. unake vaksh:sthal mean shrivats ka chihn sushobhit tha. bhagavan ek hath mean kaumod ki gada shobha pa rahi thi. bhagavanh narayan ki us divy shobha ko dekhate hi lakshmi ji ashcharyachakit ho uthian aur hath mean vanamala le sahasa hathi se utar p dian. vah mala shriji ne apane hi hathoan banayi thian, usake oopar bhramar mandara rahe the. devi ne vah sundar vanamala paramapurush bhagavan vishnu ke kanth mean pahana di aur svayan unake vam bhag mean jakar kh di ho gayian. us shobhashali dampati ka vahaan darshan karake sampoorn devata, daity, siddh, apsaraean, kinnar tatha charanagan param anand ko prapt hue.

dhanvantari aur amrit

lakshmi dvara vishnu varan ke bad samudr manthan se kanya ke roop mean varuni prakat hee jise daityoan ne grahan kiya. phir ek ke pashchath ek chandrama, parijat vriksh tatha shankh nikale aur ant mean dhanvantari vaidy amrit ka ghat lekar prakat huye." dhanvantari ke hath se amrit ko daityoan ne chhin liya aur usake liye apas mean hi l dane lage. devataoan ke pas durvasa ke shapavash itani shakti rahi nahian thi ki ve daityoan se l dakar us amrit ko le sakean isaliye ve nirash kh de huye unaka apas mean l dana dekhate rahe.

mohini roop dharan

devataoan ki nirasha ko dekhakar bhagavan vishnu tatkal mohini roop dharan kar apas mean l date daityoan ke pas ja pahuanche. us vishvamohini roop ko dekhakar daity tatha devataoan ki to bat hi kya, svayan brahmajnani, kamadev ko bhasm kar dene vale, bhagavan shankar bhi mohit hokar unaki or bar-bar dekhane lage. jab daityoan ne us navayauvana sundari ko apani or ate huye dekha tab ve apana sara jhag da bhool kar usi sundari ki or kamasakt hokar ekatak dekhane lage. ve daity bole, "he sundari! tum kaun ho? lagata hai ki hamare jhag de ko dekhakar usaka nibatara karane ke liye hi ham par kripa kataksh kar rahi ho. ao shubhage! tumhara svagat hai. hamean apane sundar kar kamaloan se yah amritapan karao." is par vishvamohini roopi vishnu ne kaha, "he devataoan aur danavoan! ap donoan hi maharshi kashyap ji ke putr hone ke karan bhaee-bhaee ho phir bhi paraspar l date ho. maian to svechchhacharini stri hooan. buddhiman log aisi stri par kabhi vishvas nahian karate, phir tum log kaise mujh par vishvas kar rahe ho? achchha yahi hai ki svayan sab mil kar amritapan kar lo."

devataoan ko amritapan

vishvamohini ke aise niti kushal vachan sun kar un kamandh daityoan, danavoan aur asuroan ko us par aur bhi vishvas ho gaya. ve bole, "sundari! ham tum par poorn vishvas hai. tum jis prakar baantogi ham usi prakar amritapan kar leange. tum ye ghat le lo aur ham sabhi mean amrit vitaran karo." vishvamohini ne amrit ghat lekar devataoan aur daityoan ko alag-alag panktiyo mean baithane ke liye kaha. usake bad daityoan ko apane kataksh se madahosh karate huye devataoan ko amritapan karane lage. daity unake kataksh se aise madahosh huye ki amrit pina hi bhool gaye.

rahu aur ketu

bhagavan ki is chal ko rahu namak daity samajh gaya. vah devata ka roop bana kar devataoan mean jakar baith gaya aur prapt amrit ko mukh mean dal liya. jab amrit usake kanth mean pahuanch gaya tab chandrama tatha soory ne pukar kar kaha ki ye rahu daity hai. yah sunakar bhagavan vishnu ne tatkal apane sudarshan chakr se usaka sir gardan se alag kar diya. amrit ke prabhav se usake sir aur dh d rahu aur ketu nam ke do grah ban kar antariksh mean sthapit ho gaye. ve hi bair bhav ke karan soory aur chandrama ka grahan karate haian.

devasur sangram

1. REDIRECTsaancha:mukhy

is tarah devataoan ko amrit pilakar bhagavan vishnu vahaan se lop ho gaye. unake lop hote hi daityoan ki madahoshi samapt ho gee. ve atyant krodhit ho devataoan par prahar karane lage. bhayankar devasur sangram arambh ho gaya jisamean devaraj indr ne daityaraj bali ko parast kar apana indralok vapas le liya.

chaudah (14) ratnoan ki prapti

samudr manthan ki mithakiy ghatana ke bad jo chaudah (14) ratnoan ki prapti huee usase sanbandhit nimnalikhit panktiyaan smaraniy haian:-

shri, mani, rambha, varuni, amiy, shankh, gajaraj

dhenu, dhanush, shashi, kalpataru, dhanvantari, vish, vaj.

arthat

1. halahal (vish)
2. kamadhenu
3. uchche: shrava (ashv)
4. airavat hathi
5. kaustubh mani
6. kalpadrum
7. ranbha
8. lakshmi
9. varuni (madira)
10. chandrama
11. parijat vriksh
12. paanchajany shankh
13. dhanvantari (vaidy)
14. amrit

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

shodh