वेताल पच्चीसी तीन
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.
tisari kahani
vardhaman nagar mean roopasen nam ka raja raj karata tha. ek din usake yahaan viravar nam ka ek rajapoot naukari ke lie aya. raja ne usase poochha ki use kharch ke lie kya chahie to usane javab diya, hazar tole sona. sunakar sabako b da ashchary hua.
raja ne poochha: tumhare sath kaun-kaun hai?
usane javab diya: meri stri, beta aur beti.
raja ko aur bhi achambha hua. akhir char jane itane dhan ka kya kareange? phir bhi usane usaki bat man li.
us din se viravar roj hazar tole sona bhandari se lekar apane ghar ata. usamean se adha brahmanoan mean baant deta, baki ke do hisse karake ek mehamanoan, vairagiyoan aur sannyasiyoan ko deta aur doosare se bhojan banavakar pahale gariboan ko khilata, usake bad jo bachata, use stri-bachchoan ko khilata, ap khata. kam yah tha ki sham hote hi dhal-talavar lekar raja ke palang ki chaukidari karata. raja ko jab kabhi rat ko zaroorat hoti, vah hazir rahata.
ek adhi rat ke samay raja ko maraghat ki or se kisi ke rone ki avaz ayi. usane viravar ko pukara to vah a gaya.
raja ne kaha: jao, pata lagakar ao ki itani rat gaye yah kaun ro raha hai or kyoan ro raha hai?
viravar tatkal vahaan se chal diya. maraghat mean jakar dekhata kya hai ki sir se paanv tak ek stri gahanoan se ladi kabhi nachati hai, kabhi koodati hai aur sir pit-pitakar roti hai. lekin usaki aankhoan se ek booand aansoo ki nahian nikalati.
viravar ne poochha: tum kaun ho? kyoan roti ho?
usane kaha: maian raj-lakshmi hooan. roti isalie hooan ki raja vikram ke ghar mean khote kam hote haian, isalie vahaan daridrata ka dera p dane vala hai. maian vahaan se chali jaooangi aur raja du:khi hokar ek mahine mean mar jayega.
sunakar viravar ne poochha: isase bachane ka koee upay hai?
stri boli: haan, hai. yahaan se poorab mean ek yojan par ek devi ka mandir hai. agar tum us devi par apane bete ka shish chadha do to vipada tal sakati hai. phir raja sau baras tak bekhatake raj karega.
viravar ghar aya aur apani stri ko jagakar sab hal kaha. stri ne bete ko jagaya, beti bhi jag p di. jab balak ne bat suni to vah khush hokar bola, "ap mera shish katakar zaroor chadha dean. ek to apaki ajna, doosare svami ka kam, tisare yah deh devata par chadhe, isase badhakar bat aur kya hogi! ap jaldi karean."
viravar ne apani stri se kaha: ab tum batao.
stri boli: stri ka dharm pati ki seva karane mean hai.
nidan, charoan jane devi ke mandir mean pahuanche.
viravar ne hath jo dakar kaha: he devi, maian apane bete ki bali deta hooan. mere raja ki sau baras ki umr ho.
itana kahakar usane itane zor se khaanda mara ki l dake ka shish dh d se alag ho gaya. bhaee ka yah hal dekh kar bahan ne bhi khaande se apana sir alag kar dala. beta-beti chale gaye to du:khi maan ne bhi unhian ka rasta pak da aur apani gardan kat di. viravar ne socha ki ghar mean koee nahian raha to maian hi jikar kya karooanga. usane bhi apana sir kat dala. raja ko jab yah maloom hua to vah vahaan aya. use b da du:kh hua ki usake lie char praniyoan ki jan chali gayi. vah sochane laga ki aisa raj karane se dhikkar hai! yah soch usane talavar utha li aur jaise hi apana sir katane ko hua ki devi ne prakat hokar usaka hath pak d liya.
devi boli: rajanh, maian tere sahas se prasann hooan. too jo var maangega, so dooangi.
raja ne kaha: devi, tum prasann ho to in charoan ko zinda kar do.
devi ne amrit chhi dakakar un charoan ko phir se jianda kar diya.
itana kahakar vetal bola: raja, batao, sabase zyada puny kisaka hua?
raja bola: raja ka.
vetal ne poochha: kyoan?
raja ne kaha: isalie ki svami ke lie chakar ka pran dena dharm hai; lekin chakar ke lie raja ka rajapat ko chho d, jan ko tinake ke saman samajhakar dene ko taiyar ho jana bahut b di bat hai.
yah sun vetal gayab ho gaya aur pe d par ja lataka. bechara raja dau da-dau da vahaan pahuancha or use phir pak dakar laya to vetal ne chauthi kahani kahi.
- age padhane ke lie vetal pachchisi char par jaean
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