कयाधु

kayadhu athava 'kayadh' jambh ki putri tatha daityoan ke raja hiranyakashipu ki patni thi. isi ke garbh se bhagavan vishnu ke param bhakt prahlad ka janm hua tha.

• ek samay apane kisi prayojan ki poorti ke uddeshy se hiranyakashipu tap karane mandarachal parvat par gaya. vahaan devaguru brihaspati ne tota banakar usaki tapasya bhang kar di. tab hiranyakashipu ghar laut aya. usaki patni kayadhu ne dekha ki ye to tap karane ge the, laut kyoan ae? usane poochha ap a ge. ho gee tapasya. to hiranyakashipu ne poori bat bataee aur kaha- "tap kar to raha tha, par ek pareshani a gee." usane kayadhu ko bataya ki- "jaise hi tap ke lie aankh band ki to pe d ke oopar ek tota akar baith gaya aur 'narayan-narayan' kahane laga."
• kayadhu ne socha ye to chamatkar ho gaya. svayan ko hi eeshvar manane vale ke mukh se 'narayan-narayan' do bar nikala. kayadhu boli- "are ye kya bol rahe haian ap?" hiranyakashipu bola- "narayan-narayan". kayadhu ne socha yadi inake muanh se 108 bar 'narayan-narayan' kahalava dooan to ye pavitr ho jaeange. aisa sochakar bar-bar kayadhu usase poochhane lagi- "kyoan ji vo ap kya bata rahe the?" hiranyakashipu ne pun: kaha ki- "bata to diya 'narayan-narayan' kah raha tha. rat ko kayadhu ne socha ki poore 108 path kara hi looangi. usane sone se poorv phir poochha- "svami! ek bat to bataie? apako maianne itana vichalit pahale kabhi nahian dekha akhir vo tha kya, jisane apako itana vichalit kar diya." hiranyakashipu bola- "narayan tha. pareshan ho gaya 'narayan-narayan' batakar." is prakar kayadhu ne hiranyakashipu ke mukh se 108 bar 'narayan' bulava liya aur socha ki ab mera kam hua. tab us ratri usake garbh mean prahlad ki sthapana ho gee. bijaropan karate samay bhagavan ka smaran karane se hi prahlad bhagavan narayan ka bhakt hua.

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