वेताल पच्चीसी आठ
vetal pachchisi pachchis kathaoan se yukt ek lokakatha granth sangrah hai. ye kathayean raja vikram ki nyay-shakti ka bodh karati haian. vetal pratidin ek kahani sunata hai aur ant mean raja se aisa prashn kar deta hai ki raja ko usaka uttar dena hi p data hai. usane shart laga rakhi hai ki agar raja bolega to vah usase roothakar phir se pe d par ja latakega. lekin yah janate hue bhi saval samane ane par raja se chup nahian raha jata.
athavian kahani
aang desh ke ek gaanv mean ek dhani brahman rahata tha. usake tin putr the. ek bar brahman ne ek yajn karana chaha. usake lie ek kachhue ki zaroorat huee. usane tinoan bhaiyoan ko kachhua lane ko kaha. ve tinoan samudr par pahuanche. vahaan unhean ek kachhua mil gaya.
b de ne kaha: maian bhojanachang hooan, isalie kachhue ko nahian chhuooanga.
majhala bola: maian narichang hooan, isalie maian nahian le jaooanga.
sabase chhota bola: maian shaiyachang hooan, so maian nahian le jaooanga.
ve tinoan is bahas mean p d gaye ki unamean kaun badhakar hai. jab ve apas mean isaka phaisala n kar sake to raja ke pas pahuanche.
raja ne kaha: ap log rukean. maian tinoan ki alag-alag jaanch karooanga.
isake bad raja ne badhiya bhojan taiyar karaya aur tinoan khane baithe.
sabase b de ne kaha: maian khana nahian khaooanga. isamean murde ki gandh ati hai. vah uthakar chala. raja ne pata lagaya to maloom hua ki vah bhojan shmashan ke pas ke khet ka bana tha.
raja ne kaha: tum sachamuch bhojanachang ho, tumhean bhojan ki pahachan hai.
rat ke samay raja ne ek sundar veshya ko majhale bhaee ke pas bheja. jyoan hi vah vahaan pahuanchi ki majhale bhaee ne kaha, "ise hatao yahaan se. isake sharir se bakari ke doodh ki gandh ati hai.
raja ne yah sunakar pata lagaya to maloom hua ki vah veshya bachapan mean bakari ke doodh par pali thi.
raja b da khush hua aur bola: tum sachamuch narichang ho.
isake bad usane tisare bhaee ko sone ke lie sat gaddoan ka palang diya. jaise hi vah us par leta ki ekadam chikhakar uth baitha. logoan ne dekha, usaki pith par ek lal rekha khianchi thi. raja ko khabar mili to usane bichhaune ko dikhavaya. sat gaddoan ke niche usamean ek bal nikala. usi se usaki pith par lal lakir ho gayi thian.
raja ko b da acharaj hua usane tinoan ko ek-ek lakh asharphiyaan dian. ab ve tinoan kachhue ko le jana bhool gaye, vahian anand se rahane lage.
itana kahakar vetal bola: he raja! tum batao, un tinoan mean se badhakar kaun tha?
raja ne kaha: mere vichar se sabase badhakar shaiyachang tha, kyoanki usaki pith par bal ka nishan dikhaee diya aur dhooandhane par bistar mean bal paya bhi gaya. baki do ke bare mean to yah kaha ja sakata hai ki unhoanne kisi se poochhakar jan liya hoga.
itana sunate hi vetal phir pe d par ja lataka. raja lautakar vahaan gaya aur use lekar lauta to usane yah kahani kahi.
- age padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi nau par jaean
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