Guruvayur ki katha: Jahaan Guru aur Vayu Prabhu laaye

Bahut pehle, jab Bhagwan Krishna prithvi par Dvaraka mein rehte the, ve Vishnu ke roop mein apni ek param pavitra moorti ki pooja karte the, ek moorti itni pavitra ki kaha jaata hai ki srishti ke aarambh mein Brahma ne swayam uski pooja ki thi, aur baad mein rishi Sutapa aur raja Vasudeva ne. Krishna ke is lok chhodne se pehle, Bhalka mein shikaari ke baan se bindhe, unhone yah bahumoolya moorti apne priya mitra aur mantri Uddhava ko di, nirdesh sahit ki jab saagar Dvaraka ko niglega, jaisa poorvakathit tha, to use bachaaye, kyonki moorti ko aane waale Kali yug ko aashirvaad dena tha. Jab Yadava vansh ne Prabhasa mein madyap jhagde mein swayam ko nasht kiya, rishiyon ka shaap poorn hua, aur saagar swarnim nagari ka daava karne utha, Uddhava bahumoolya moorti ko vastra mein lapetkar bhaage, uska hriday apne khoye mitra aur swaami hetu tootata hua, aur apni vyatha mein unhone devtaon se sahaayata hetu praarthana ki, na jaante hue ki prithvi par aisa khazaana kahaan surakshit rakha ja sake. Tab, uski praarthana ke uttar mein, do mahaan devtaayein deeptimaan roop mein prakat huin: Guru, jo Brihaspati hain, devtaon ke aachaarya, aur Vayu, pavan ke paraakrami devta, donon uski anupasthiti mein bhi Dvaraka ke swaami ki seva hetu utsuk. Milkar unhone shraddhaapoorn haathon se moorti uthaai aur uske saath aakaash mein ude, itne mahaan khazaane ko praapt karne yogya pavitra sthaan khojte hue, kyonki har mitti divya ko dhaaran karne yogya nahin. Jab ve Kerala ke oopar ude, to ve ek sundar sthal par aaye jahaan saagar ke kinaare ek jheel jhilmilaati thi, kunjon se chhaayaankit, aur vahaan Bhagwan Shiv swayam unke saamne prakat hue. Yah Rudratirtha hai, Shiv ne kaha, meri upasthiti se pavitra bana sthaan, aur main ise Vishnu ko poorn hriday se deta hoon, kyonki hamaare beech koi pratidvandvita nahin. Atah Guru aur Vayu ne vahaan samast uchit vidhiyon se moorti sthaapit ki, praacheen mantron ka jap karte hue jab divya roop poorv ki or mukh karke apne aasan par baitha, aur sthaan Guru-Vayupur, Guru aur Vayu ka nagar kehlaaya, ek naam jo laakhon ko priya hoga. Shiv ne apna nivaas nikat Mammiyur mein liya, taaki ve sada apne priya Vishnu ke nikat reh sakein, aur aaj bhi teerthayaatri ek hi yaatra mein donon mandiron ke darshan karte hain, do mahaan devtaon ki mitrata ka sammaan karte hue, kyonki gyaani jaante hain ki Shiv aur Vishnu do roopon mein ek satya hain. Shataabdiyon baad, raja Janamejaya, Parikshit ke putra, ek shaap ke phalaswaroop bhayankar kushtha se peedit hue, aur koi aushadhi unhein theek na kar saki. Apne kasht mein unhone din-raat Guruvayur ke swaami se praarthana ki, aur ant mein, jab vaidyon se samast aasha gayi, ve mandir aaye aur vinamra aur pashchaattaapi hriday se pooja ki, upvaas karte aur garbhagriha ke saamne jaagaran karte hue. Swaami unki bhakti se prasann hue aur unhein poornatah aur sheeghra theek kiya, unka rog aur paap donon dhote hue, jisse unki tvacha bachche jaisi nirmal hui. Kritagyata mein Janamejaya ne bhoomiyon aur swarna se mandir ka punarnirmaan kiya aur use samriddh daan diya, aur tab se Guruvayur ke swaami mahaan chikitsak ke roop mein prasiddh hain, shareer aur aatma ke samast rogon ke divya vaidya, aur nihsantaan dampati, rogi aur shokaatur desh ke har kone se unke dwaaron par aate hain. Mandir yugon mein mahima mein badha. Mahaan bhakt Poonthanam ne uske aanganon mein apna priya Jnanappana racha, sant Vilwamangalam ke baare mein kaha jaata hai ki ve Guruvayur ke baalak Krishna ke saath swayam khele, aur anginat teerthayaatriyon ne apne duhkh un dwaaron par chhode. aur moorti, shankh, chakra, gada aur kamal dhaaran kiye khade chaturbhuj Vishnu, aur Krishna ko priya tulsi maala se alankrit, samast Bharat mein divyata ke priyatam mukhon mein ek bani. Aaj bhi, bhor mein dwaar khulne se pehle, pujaari Nirmalya Darshan mein praacheen stotron se swaami ko jagaate hain, aur hazaaron bhakt aangan mein bheed karte hain, dhani aur nirdhan kandhe se kandha khade, kyonki ve poorn hriday se maante hain jo katha sikhaati hai: ki jahaan Prabhu sacchi bhakti se sthaapit hon, vahaan swarg prithvi ko chhoota hai, aur sacche hriday se ki gayi koi praarthana kabhi anuttarit nahin jaati.