कीचक

kichak / Keechak

kichak kshatriy pita tatha brahmani mata ka soot putr kahalata hai. kichak bhi soot jati ka tha. vah kekay raja (sootoan ke adhipati) ke malavi namak patni ke pootroan mean sabase b da tha. kekay ki doosari rani ki kanya ka nam sudeshna tha- vahi apane anek bhaiyoan ki ekamatr bahan thi jisaka vivah raja virat se hua. usake bhaiyoan ki sankhya bahut adhik thi tatha sabhi shaktishali hokar virat ke sathiyoan mean the. draupadi ko sairandhri chhadmavesh mean rani sudeshna ki seva karate das mas se adhik ho chuke the, tabhi ek din raja virat ke senapati tatha sale kichak ne use dekha to us par asakt ho gaya. usane sudeshna ki ajna lekar sairandhri ke sammukh vivah ka prastav rakha, kiantu sairandhri ne yah bata kar ki usaka vivah ho chuka hai tatha paanch shaktisanpann gandharv usake pati tatha sarankshak haian, use asvikar kar diya. kichak manane vala nahian tha. rani ko bhi usake roop ke prati apane pati ke akarshan ka bhay bana rahata tha, at: usane bhaee se salah kar ek din sairandhri ko usake mahal mean sharab lene ke bahane bheja. marg mean sairandhri soory bhagavan se apani raksha ki prarthana karati huee gayi. kichak pahale se hi taiyar tha, vah balatkar karana chahata tha kiantu sairandhri usase chhootakar dau dati huee raja virat ki sabha mean pahuanchi. kichak ne use apane paanv se thokar mari tatha usake bal khianche- kiantu ajnatavas ka bhed khulane ke bhay se paandav sab kuchh dekhate hue bhi usaki raksha ke lie age nahian badhe. raja virat ne kichak ko samajha-bujhakar lauta diya. sairandhri (draupadi) bahut du:khi hokar rat ke samay vallabh (bhimsen) ke rasoeegrih mean pahuanchi tatha usane vachan diya ki vah (vallabh) kichak ko mar dalega. bhim ne draupadi se mantrana ki, tadanusar kichak ke pun: pranay-nivedan par draupadi ne ratri ke aandhakar mean jan shoony nrityashala mean usase milane ka vada kiya. rat mean vallabh (bhim) nrityashala mean sthit palang par chadar odh kar let gaya. kichak ke ane par usane usase yuddh kiya tatha use mar dala. kichak ki durdasha dekh sabane samajha ki sairandhri ke paanchoan gandharbh patiyoan ne use mar dala hai. at: samast upakichakoan (kichak ke sanbandhiyoan) ne sairandhri ko kichak ke sath hi shmashan mean bhasm karane ki thani. sairandhri ne poorv nishchit paanchoan namoan (jay, jayant, vijay, jayatsen, jayadval) ko pukarakar raksha karane ko kaha. vallabh (bhim) ne apani ichchhanusar ek vishal roop dharan kiya tatha shmashan mean jakar ek sau paanch upakichakoan ka vadh kar sairandhri ko chhu da liya. shesh samast log vahaan se bhag gaye. vah pun: roop mean rasoee mean ja pahuancha.
rani ne sairandhri ko bulakar kaha-'tumhare gadharvoan dvara prapt parabhav se maharaj bhayabhit haian. at: tum apani ichchhanusar kahian chali jaoan.' sairandhri ne kaha -'mujhe matr terah din yahaan rahane ki ajna dijie kyoanki tab tak gandharvoan ka abhisht poorn ho jayega aur ve mujhe liva le jayege. apane mujhe ashray diya, at: ve apaki kritajnata sadaiv svikar karate raheange. isase apaka kalyan hoga.' sudeshna ne use yathechchh divas rahane ki anumati di, sath hi apani suhridajanoan ki raksha karane ka bhar bhi use sauanp diya.