मांधाता

ikshvaku vanshi maandhata ayodhya par rajy karate the. sanpoorn prithvi ko hastagat kar ve svarg jitana chahate the. iandr sahit devata bahut ghabara gaye. unhoanne maandhata ko adha devarajy dena chaha, par ve nahian mane. ve sanpoorn iandralok ke ichchhuk the. iandr ne kaha-

abhi to sari prithvi hi tumhare adhin nahian hai, lavanasur tumhara kaha nahian manata.

maandhata lajjit hokar mrityulok mean laut aye. unhoanne lavan ke pas doot bhaja, jise usane kha liya. phir donoan or ki senaoan ka yuddh hua. lavan ne apane trishool se raja maandhata aur usaki sena ko bhasm kar diya.

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ratri hone par shatrughn ne maharshi chyavan se lavanasur ke vishay mean any janakari praph‍t ki tatha poochha ki us shool se kaun-kaun shooravir mare gaye haian. chyavan rrishi bole, 'he raghunandan! shiv ji ke is trishool se ab tak asankhy yoddha mare ja chuke haian. tumhare kul mean tumhare poorvaj raja maandhata bhi isi ke dvara mare gaye the.

shatrughn dvara poora vivaran poochhe jane par maharshi ne bataya, 'he rajh! poorvakal mean maharaja yuvanashh‍v ke putr mahabali mandhata ne svarg vijay ki ichchha se devaraj indr ko yuddh ke liye lalakara. tab indr ne un se kaha ki raja!' abhi to tum samast prithvi ko hi vash mean nahian kar sake ho, phir devalok par akraman ki ichchha kyoan karate ho? tum pahale madhuvan nivasi lavanasur par vijay prapt karo. yah sunakar raja prithvi par laut aye aur lavanasur se yuddh karane ke liye usake pas apana doot bheja. parantu us narabhakshi lavan ne us doot ka hi bhakshan kar liya. jab raja ko isaka pata chala to unhoanne krodhit hokar us par banoan ki prachand varsha prarambh kar di. un banoan ki asahy pi da se pi dit ho us rakshas ne shankar se prapt us shool ko uthakar raja ka vadh kar dala. is prakar us shool mean b da bal hai. he raghukulashreshth! mandhata ko is shool ke vishay mean koee janakari nahian thi atah ve dhokhe mean mare gaye. parantu tum niahsandeh hi us rakshas ko marane mean saphal hoge.

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ek any manyatanusar raja yuvanashv ke koee putr nahian tha. ve ikshvaku vanshi raja the. yuvanashv ne prachur dakshina vale yajnoan ka anushthan kiya. santan ke abhav se santapt ve van mean rahakar bhagavath chiantan karane lage. ek bar ve shikar khelate vichar rahe the. us rat ve bhookhe-pyase pani ki khoj mean chyavan ke ashram mean pahuanche. chyavan unhian ki santanoantpati ke lie ghor tapasya se isht kar, mantr-poot jal ka ek kalash rakhakar so gaye thean sab rrishi-muni rat tean der tak jagane ke karan itane thakakar soye the ki raja ke bar-bar pukarane par bhi kisi ki niand nahian khuli. jab chyavan ki niand khuli tab tak raja yuvanashv kalash ka adhikaansh jal pikar shesh prithvi par baha chuke the. muni ne jana to raja se kaha ki ab unhian ki kokh se balak janm lega. sau varsh uparaant ashvinikumaroan ne raja ki bayian kokh pha dakar balak ko nikala. devataoan ke yah poochhane par ki ab balak kya piyega? iandr ne apani tarjani aanguli use chusate hue kaha- mamh ayan dhata (yah mujhe hi piyega). isi se balak ka nam maandhata p da. aanguli pite-tite vah terah bitta badh gaya. balak ne chiantanamatr se dhanurved sahit samast vedoan ka jnan prapt kar liya. iandr ne usaka rajyabhishek kiya. maandhata ne dharm se tinoan lokoan ko nap liya. barah varsh ki anavrishti ke samay iandr ke dekhate-dekhate maandhata ne svayan pani ki varsha ki thi.

maandhata ne samaraangan mean aangar, maroot, asit, gay tatha brihadrath ko bhi parajit kar diya tha. sooryoday se lekar sooryast tak ka samast pradesh maandhata ka hi kahalata tha. unhoanne sau ashvamegh aur sau rajasooy yajn karake das yojan lanbe aur ek yojan ooanche rohit namak sone ke matsy banavakar brahmanoan ko dan diye the. dirghakal tak dharmapoorvak rajy karane ke uparaant maandhata ne vishnu ke darshanoan ke nimitt tapasya ki. ve vishnu se karm ka upadesh lekar vanagaman ke lie udyat the. vishnu ne iandr ka roop dharan karake unhean darshan diye tatha kshatriyochit karm ka nirvah karane ka upadesh dekar marootoan sahit aantardhan ho gaye.

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