सुन्द, उपसुन्द नामक दो दैत्यों की कहानी

suand upasuand namak do daityoan ki kahani hitopadesh ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita narayan pandit haian.

kahani

bahut pahale udar sund aur upasuand namak do daity the. donoan ne tinoan lok ki ichchha se bahut kal tak mahadev ki tapasya ki. phir un donoan par bhagavan ne prasann hokar yah kaha ki, ""var maango. phir hriday mean sthit sarasvati ki prerana se prerit hokar ve donoan, maangana to kuchh aur chahate the aur kuchh ka kuchh kah diya ki jo ap ham donoan par prasann haian, to parameshvar apani priya parvati ji ko de dean.

bad mean bhagavan ne krodh se varadan dene ki avashyakata se un vicharahin moorkhoan ko parvati ji de di. tab usake rup aur suandarata se lubhaye sansar ke nash karane vale, man mean utkanthit, kam se aandhe tatha "yah meri hai, meri hai' aisa soch kar apas mean jhag da karane vale in donoan ki, ""kisi nirnay karane vale purush se poochhana chahie. aisi buddhi karane par svayan eeshvar boodhe brahman ke vesh mean a kar vahaan upasthit hue. bad mean ham donoan ne apane bal se inako paya hai, ham donoan mean se yah kisaki hai? donoan ne brahman se poochha.

varnashreshtho dvijah poojyah kshatriyo balavanapi.
dhanadhanyadhiko vaishyah shoodrastu dvijasevaya..

brahman bola -- varnoan mean shreshth hone se brahman, bali hone se kshatriy, adhik dhan- dhany hone se vaishy aur in tinoan varnoan ki seva se shoodr poojy hota hai.

isalie tum donoan kshatriy dharm par chalane vale hone se tum donoan ka yuddh hi niyam hai. aisa kahate hi, ""yah isane achchha kaha yah kah kar saman bal vale ve donoan ek hi samay apas mean l d kar mar gaye.