सिंहासन बत्तीसी अठारह

sianhasan battisi ek lokakatha sangrah hai. maharaja vikramadity bharatiy lokakathaoan ke ek bahut hi charchit patr rahe haian. prachinakal se hi unake gunoan par prakash dalane vali kathaoan ki bahut hi samriddh parampara rahi hai. sianhasan battisi bhi 32 kathaoan ka sangrah hai jisamean 32 putaliyaan vikramadity ke vibhinn gunoan ka katha ke roop mean varnan karati haian.

sianhasan battisi aththarah

ek din do sannyasi jhag date hue raja vikramadity ke yahaan aye. ek kahata tha ki sab kuchh man ke vash mean hai. man ki ichchha se hi sab hota hai. doosara kahata tha ki sab kuchh jnan se hota hai.
raja ne kaha: achchhi bat hai. maian sochakar javab dooanga.
isake bad kee din tak raja vichar karata raha. akhir ek din usane donoan sannyasiyoan ko bulakar kaha, "maharaj! yah sharir ag, pani, hava aur mitti se bana hai. man inaka saradar hai. agar ye man ke hisab se chalean to gh di bhar mean sharir ka nash ho jae. isalie man par aankush hona zaroori hai. jo jnani log hai., unaki kaya amar hoti hai. so he sannyasiyo! man ka hona b da zaroori hai, par utana hi zaroori jnan ka hona bhi hai."
is uttar se donoan sannyasi bahut prasann hue. usamean se ek ne raja ko kh diya ka ek dhela diya aur kaha, "he rajanh! is kh diya se din mean jo chitr banaoge, rat ko ve sab shaklean tumhean pratyaksh apani aankhoan se dikhaee deangi."
itana kahakar donoan sannyasi chale gaye. unake jane par raja ne apane mahal ki saphaee karaee aur phir kiva d band karake usane krishna, sarasvati adi ki tasvirean banaee. rat hone par ve sab use saf dikhane lage. ve apas mean jo bat karate the, vah bhi raja ko sunayi deti thi. savera hote hi ve sab gayab ho gaye aur divar par chitr bane rah gaye.
agale din raja ne hathi, gho de, palaki, rath, fauj adi banaye. rat ko ye sab dikhaee diye. isi tarah tisare din usane mridang, sitar, bin, baansuri, karatal, alagoja adi ek-ek bajane vale sath mean bana diye. rat bhar vah gana sunata raha.
raja roj kuchh-n-kuchh banata aur rat ko unaka tamasha dekhata. is tarah kee din nikal gaye. udhar raja jab aandar mahal mean raniyoan ke pas nahian gaye to unhean chianta huee. pahale unhoanne apas mean salah ki, phir char raniyaan milakar raja ke pas ayian. raja ne unhean sab batean bata dian. raniyoan ne kaha ki hamean b da du:kh hai. ham mahal mean apake hi sahare haian.
raja ne kaha: mujhe batao, maian kya karuan. jo maango, so dooan.
raniyoan ne vahi kh diya maangi. raja ne anand se de di.
putali ne kaha: raja bhoj, dekho, kaisi badhiya chiz vikramadity ke hath lagi thi, par maangane par usane phauran de di. tum itane udar ho to sianhasan par baitho.
vah din bhi nikal gaya. raja kya karata! agale din jab sianhasan ki or badha to tara nam ki unnisavian putali jhat usake raste ko rokakar kh di ho gee.
putali boli: pahale meri bat suno.

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