Ambarisha aur Durvasa

Suryavansh ke raja Ambarisha apne raajya par nyaay aur daya se shaasan karte the, parantu unka saccha raajya unke hriday mein tha, jahaan Bhagwan Vishnu sarvochch viraajmaan the. Ve sansaar ke gyaat mahaanatam bhakton mein se ek the. Har praatah ve Bhagwan ke naamon ka jap karne uthte, har daan ve pehle Vishnu ko arpit karte, aur har shvaas bhakti ki sugandh liye prateet hoti. Bhagwan aise prem se prasann hokar apne divya chakra, Sudarshana Chakra ko raja ke chaaron ore adrishya rakshak ke roop mein sthaapit kar chuke the, taaki Ambarisha ya unke priyajanon ko koi haani kabhi na chhoo sake. Ek varsh Ambarisha ne mahaan Dvadashi vrat dhaaran kiya, poore ek varsh upvaas aur pooja karte hue, aur antim din unhone brahmanon aur nirdhanon ke liye ek bhavya bhoj taiyaar kiya, jo niyat samay par swayam vrat kholne ke baad parosa jaana tha. Bhaagya ke vidhaan se theek tabhi mahaashaktishaali rishi Durvasa das hazaar shishyon sahit mehal padhaare, aur raja ne aanandpoorvak un sabhi ko bhoj ke liye aamantrit kiya. Durvasa ne sweekaar kiya, parantu kaha ki ve pehle Yamuna nadi mein snaan karenge, aur raja se prateeksha karne ko kaha. Ambarisha haath jodkar prateeksha karte rahe. Parantu vrat kholne ki ghadi fisalti jaa rahi thi, aur shaastron ki ghoshna thi ki sahi kshan chookne se poore varsh ke vrat ka punya nasht ho jaayega. Do kartavyon, atithi ke sammaan aur vrat ki raksha ke beech fanskar Ambarisha ne apne purohiton se paraamarsh kiya. Unhone paraamarsh diya ki ve jal ki ek ghoont se vrat khol sakte hain, jisse atithi se pehle vastutah bhojan kiye bina vrat ki raksha ho jaayegi. Bhaari hriday se raja ne theek kshan aate hi jal ki ghoont li. Usi kshan Durvasa snaan se laute, aur apni divya drishti se unhone turant jaan liya ki raja ne kya kiya tha. Unka mukh jalte koyale jaisa laal ho gaya. Ve garje ki raja ne atithi se pehle bhojan karke unka apmaan kiya hai, aur krodh mein unhone apni jata ka ek guchchha nocha, dharti par phenka, aur usse Ambarisha ka naash karne ke liye agni ki ek bhayankar raakshasi utpann ki. Raakshasi jvaalaon ki garjana sahit raja par jhapti, parantu uske chhoone se pehle hi Bhagwan Vishnu ka Sudarshana Chakra prajvalit ho utha. Ek hi bhayankar kshan mein chakra ne raakshasi ko bhasm kar diya, aur tab doosre surya ki tarah dahakta hua vah swayam Durvasa ki ore muda aur unka peechha karne laga. Mahaan rishi, jinhone rajaon ko shaap diye the aur apne krodh se lokon ko hila diya tha, ab apne praan bachaane bhaage. Ve uchchatam swargon mein Brahma ke paas, Shiva ke paas bhaage, raksha ki bheekh maangte hue, parantu dono mahaan devtaon ne haath jodkar kaha ki ve Vishnu ke chakra ke saamne nahin thehar sakte, kyonki vah Prabhu ke bhakt ki raksha karta hai. Antatah Durvasa swayam Vaikuntha bhaage aur Bhagwan Vishnu ke charnon mein girkar daya ki bheekh maangi. Prabhu ka uttar samast shaastron ki sundartam shikshaon mein se ek hai. Unhone rishi se kaha ki ve apne bhakton ke prem se haath-pair bandhe hain, ki ve unke viruddh apne abhimaan ki bhi raksha nahin kar sakte, aur Durvasa ki ekmaatra sharan yahi hai ki ve lautkar swayam Ambarisha se kshama maangein. Tab shaktishaali Durvasa, vinamra aur kaanpte hue, prithvi par laute aur us raja ke charnon mein gire jise unhone maarne ka prayaas kiya tha. Aur Ambarisha, saumya raja, ne vahi kiya jo keval saccha bhakt kar sakta hai: unhone rishi ko uthaaya, gale lagaaya, aur Sudarshana Chakra se praarthana ki ki Durvasa ko kshama kare aur laut aaye. Chakra ne turant aagya maani, kyonki vah pratishodh ki nahin, bhakti ki seva karta tha. Durvasa ka hriday pighal gaya. Unhone samast hriday se Ambarisha ko aashirvaad diya, raja ki kshama ko apni shaktiyon se bada bataate hue, aur dono shaanti se baithkar bahut vilambit bhoj saath khaaye. Das hazaar shishyon ne bhi bhojan kiya, aur sabhi aashirvaad lekar vida hue. Ambarisha ne anek varshon tak shaasan kiya, aur jeevan ke ant mein unhone Bhagwan Vishnu ke charan praapt kiye. Yah katha jahaan bhi bhakti ka sammaan hota hai, smaran ki jaati hai, kyonki yah sikhaati hai ki swarg ya prithvi ki koi shakti, mahaanatam rishi ka krodh bhi, Ishwar ko samarpit hriday par vijay nahin pa sakti, aur sacchi mahaanata apne shatruon ko shaap dene mein nahin, unhein kshama karne mein hai.