Srimad Bhagavatam ki Mahima: Antim Adhyaay

Ab hum Srimad Bhagavatam ke bilkul antim adhyaay par aate hain, baarahvein canto ka teisva. Ye ek chhota adhyaay hai, aur woh karta hai jo ek samaapan-adhyaay ko karna chahiye. Ye peechhe hat kar humein batata hai ki poori kitaab kya rahi hai, shastron mein woh kahan khadi hai, ise uphaar mein kaise dein, aur use jo sunta aur jaapta hai use kya milta hai. Ye lesson us ant ko chalta hai, aur aisa karte hue poore Bhagavatam ko sahej leta hai.

Bhagwan Kurma ki neend, aur samudra ki saans

Adhyaay ek mangalaacharan se khulta hai, aur woh ek ajeeb aur pyaara hai. Suta Goswami us Bhagwan ko pranaam karte hain jinhe Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra, aur Marut bhajanon aur Vedic paath se saraahte hain, aur ve samudra-manthan ki ek chhoti baat yaad karte hain. Jab Bhagwan Kurma, kachhua, ke roop mein aaye taaki apni peeth par vishaal Mandara parvat ko dhaaran karein, us ghoomte parvat ke tikhe patthron ne unke kavach ko khurcha, aur us khurchan ne unhe oonghta bana diya. Chitra mein ek komalta hai. Bhagwan ne woh roop kuch had tak ek khujli ke kaaran liya jiska samaadhaan chahiye tha, aur devtaon aur asuron dwara ghumaaye gaye us manthan ne unki peeth ko itne sukhad dhang se khurcha ki unhe neend aa gayi.

Aashirvaad ye hai ki hum Bhagwan ki saans ki un hawaon se surakshit rahein jab ve us neend mein the. Aur us pal se is pal tak ek dhaaga hai, kyunki tab se, samudra ki lehrein Bhagwan ke dheeme saans lene aur chhodne ki nakal karti aayi hain, andar aati aur baahar jaati. Jab aap lehron ko andar ludhakte aur wapas khisakte sunte hain, itni sukoon-bhari ki log uski aawaaz par so jaate hain, aap Bhagwan ki vishraam mein saans ki ek goonj sun rahe hote hain.

Atharah Puran, aur ye ek hi kyun kaafi hai

Suta Goswami phir har Puran ka aakaar batate hain, kyunki sawaal swabhaavik roop se uthta hai, kya sab padhne zaroori hain? Atharah hain, aur sab mila kar unmein chaar laakh shlok hain.

Is sawaal ka jawab mukt karne wala hai. Padhne layak woh hai jisse hum abhi guzre hain. Srimad Bhagavatam poore Vedon aur saare Puranon ka saar hai, ek aisa Puran jo prakriti ke teen gunon se achhoota hai, poori tarah aadhyatmik, shuddh bhakti mein sthit aur gunon ke kheench se baahar khada. Isi liye ek bhakt Bhagavatam ke saath vishraam kar sakta hai aur baaki ki chinta nahi karni padti, kyunki ye ek hi kitaab woh sab rakhti hai jo doosri rakhti hain.

Srimad Bhagavatam hai kya

Kitaab ki ek shuruaat hai jise hum pehle hi mil chuke hain. Narayana ne ise Brahma se kaha jab Brahma, material astitva ki vishaalta se bhaybheet, us kamal par baithe the jo Bhagwan ki naabhi se uga tha. Apni pehli pankti se aakhri tak, Srimad Bhagavatam ek saath do cheezein karta hai. Ye hriday ko material jeevan se modta hai, aur Bhagwan Hari ki leelaaon ke amrit-bhare vrittaant undelta hai, aise vrittaant jo santon aur devtaon dono ko aanand dete hain.

Ise saari Vedanta darshan ka saar kaha jaata hai, kyunki iska vishay Param Satya hai, woh ek vaastavikta jiska koi doosra nahi. Aur yahan ek sookshm baat thaamne layak hai. Woh Param Satya humse poori tarah alag nahi, kyunki hum bhi aatma hain aur Satya bhi aatma hai. Farak paimaane aur sthiti ka hai. Param Satya aseem aur swatantra hai, jabki hum chhote, seemit, aur unpe nirbhar hain. Bhagavatam jo lakshya rakhta hai woh ek cheez hai jo ise har doosre shastra se alag karti hai: na sirf mukti, na sirf gyan, balki us Param Satya ki ananya prem-bhari bhakti-seva.

Ise nishkalank Puran kyun kehte hain

Adhyaay kitaab ki prashansa mein kuch nahi rokta. Jab tak woh amrit ka mahaan saagar, Bhagavatam, suna nahi gaya, baaki Puranic shastra bhakton ki sabha mein chamakte hain, par ek baar jab koi Bhagavatam ke rason ka swaad le leta hai, koi doosra saahitya use phir kheench nahi sakta. Adhyaay uski shreni tay karne ko ek kataar mein tulnayein deta hai.

Jaise Ganga sab nadiyon mein sab se mahaan hai, Bhagwan Vishnu devtaon mein sab se shreshth, aur Bhagwan Shambhu Vaishnavon mein sab se mahaan, waise hi Srimad Bhagavatam sab Puranon mein sab se mahaan hai. (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13)

Ye nishkalank Puran hai, Bhagwan ke bhakton ko sab se priya. Ye woh shuddh, param gyan kholta hai jo theek se paramahamson, sab se oonche hans-jaise jeevon, ka hai, aur phir bhi yahan woh gyan hamari pahunch mein baitha hai, jo koi chhoti baat nahi. Ye us raah ko khol deta hai jisse koi saare material karmon ki pratikriyaon se mukt ho jaaye, ek raah gyan, vairaagya, aur bhakti se ek saath buni. Jo koi ise gambhirta se samajhne ki koshish karta hai, jo ise theek se sunta aur prem se jaapta hai, poori tarah mukt ho jaata hai.

Isi kaaran adhyaay kitaab arpan karne par ek saaf nirdesh deta hai. Agar, Bhadra maheene ke poornima ke din, koi Srimad Bhagavatam ko ek swarn-singhaasan par rakhe aur use uphaar mein de de, toh woh param aadhyatmik gantavya tak pahunchta hai (Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.13). Woh poornima Bhagwan Balaram ka prakat-divas hai, aur use is shastra ko baant-ne ke liye saal ka sab se uttam din maana jaata hai.

Woh shrinkhala jisne ise neeche pahunchaaya

Ek shastra utna hi vishwasniya hai jitni woh guru-shrinkhala jo use aage saunpti hai, aur Bhagavatam apni khud ki naam leta hai. Ye khud Bhagwan se akhand neeche aaya.

Kitaab ki mahima gaa kar, Suta Goswami Bhagwan Narayana par dhyaan karne mudte hain, mool Param Satya ke roop mein, poori tarah shuddh, har shok se mukt, aur amar. Phir ve apne hi guru, Sukadeva Goswami, sab se mahaan yogi, ko pranaam karte hain, aur unhe Param Satya se abhinn kehte hain. Pankti pehle uljhaati hai. Ek guru Bhagwan se abhinn kaise ho sakta hai? Jawab wahi hai jo parampara guru ke liye har jagah deti hai. Jaise guru Bhagwan ka vachan aur kripa pahunchaane ke apne kaam mein Param Bhagwan se abhinn hai, waise hi Sukadeva Krishna se abhinn hain. Ve alag vyakti hain aur phir bhi is mein ek, woh satya jise darshanik ek aur alag ek saath hona kehte hain. Ant mein Suta Goswami apna sammaan, poori bhakti ke saath, Param Purush, Bhagwan Sri Hari ko arpit karte hain, jo har dukh har lete hain.

Bhagavatam kaise likha gaya

Kitaab ke peechhe ek maanvi katha hai, aur woh kehne layak hai. Vyasadeva pehle hi Vedon ko likh, baant chuke the, aur kai Puran aur Upanishad rach chuke the, ek aisa karya jo kalpana se pare hai. Aur phir bhi ve vyaktha mein baithe the, khokhle aur asantusht, na jaante ki kyun. Narada Muni ne hi us kami ka naam liya. Jitna Vyasa ne likha, unhone abhi tak Krishna ki sach mein mahima nahi gaayi thi. Toh Vyasa ne ek baar phir apni kalam uthaai aur Srimad Bhagavatam likha, aur unhone uska ek bada hissa seedhe Krishna ko diya, dasvein canto ke poore nabbe adhyaay akele Krishna ko, baaki canto bhi zyada-tar unki or mudte hue.

Kitaab ek aur kripa se hum tak pahunchi. Jab Maharaja Parikshit ko saat din mein marne ka shraap mila, ve Ganga ke kinaare baith gaye aur wahi ek sawaal poochha jo maayne rakhta hai, ki marne waale vyakti ko kya karna chahiye. Sukadeva Goswami ne unhe poore Bhagavatam se jawab diya, aur kyunki Parikshit ne poochha, hamare paas ye hai. Raja ne ise roz ghanton piya, baar-baar Dhruva Maharaja ki leelaaon par laute. Jo Bhagwan ne pehle Brahma ko chaar chhote shlok ke roop mein diya, woh is shrinkhala ke zariye us vishaal aur komal vrittaant mein khula jise hum aaj thaame hain.

Bhagavatam Bhagwan ke shareer ke roop mein

Poore granth ko dekhne ka ek sundar tareeka hai. Srimad Bhagavatam ko Bhagwan Krishna ke shareer se tulna di jaati hai, shuruaati canto unke pair aur jaanghein, beech ke unka pet aur chhaati, baad ke unki bhujaayein, mukh, bhauhein. Aur ye ise padhne ka sahi tareeka deta hai. Jab hum mandir mein Bhagwan ka darshan lete hain, humein sikhaaya jaata hai ki unke charanon se shuru karein aur aankhon ko dheere upar le jaayein. Bhagavatam wahi dhairya maangta hai. Bahut paathak seedhe dasvein canto par Krishna ki mithi leelaaon ke liye kood jaate hain, par sahi raah pehle canto aur doosre, charan, se shuru karna aur wahan se chadhna hai. Kram mein padha jaaye, kitaab aapko khud Bhagwan ke shareer par upar le jaati hai.

Aur ise poora padho. Bhagavatam sab se durlabh shastron mein se ek hai, jise ek sachchi prati ke liye tadapte logon ne saalon dhoondha, aur kyunki ab woh itni aasaani se hamari ungliyon par baitha hai, hum ise halke mein lene ko lalchaate hain, aur yahi ek galti se bachna hai. Sirf anuvaad nahi balki bhaavarth (purport) bhi padho, jahan zyada-tar arth chhupa baitha hai.

Bhakton ne kya saath le gaye

Jab Bhagavatam ka lamba adhyayan khatm hua, jinhone use suna tha ve bole ki unke hriday mein kya basa, aur unke jawab apne aap mein ek seekh hain.

Ek baar-baar Vritrasura par laute. Chahe use pata tha ki woh marne waala hai, aur chahe Indra ko use giraane mein poora ek saal laga, usne ek pal ke liye bhi Bhagwan ko sochna nahi chhoda. Yahi woh udaharan hai jise thaamna hai, mrityu ke saamne bhi poore vishwaas ke saath Bhagwan par tike rehna.

Ek aur Markandeya ki katha saath le gaye, woh amar rishi, ye dekh kar dang ki kaise ve pralay ki baadh mein jeeye aur Bhagwan ke dikhaaye prem ke sahaare bache. Aur kisi ek katha se zyada, kayi ne mehsoos kiya ki kaise har canto, adhyaay aur shlok ghoom-phir kar usi ek cheez par aata hai, Krishna ki prem-seva, jab tak mann mein ye baith na jaaye ki yahi sab se ooncha hai aur koi unse tulna nahi kar sakta.

Doosre ne kaha ki vyakhyaanon ne ek bachpan ki rasm-riti ko samajh mein badal diya, ki Shivaratri par mandir jaana ya Diwali par deepak jalana ab andhi aadat nahi balki ant mein samajh mein aaya, jab ye saaf hua ki Param Bhagwan kaun hai aur devta kaun hain. Shraddha andhere mein nibhaayi gayi bhaavukta nahi honi chahiye. Use jaana jaana chahiye.

Doosron ne kitaab se chhote ashcharya bataaye, ki kaise khud Bhagwan Shiva apne bhakton ko Krishna ko Param maan kar pujne ka nirdesh dete hain, aur ek anokhi leela ki jisme Krishna ne, Shiva ko aage ladne se rokne ko, bas unhe ubaasi dilaa di. Aur ek ne, ant ke paas, sirf lalak ki baat ki, rozana jaap aur darshan ke beech us din ka intezaar jab Bhagwan aa kar atma ko ghar le jaayenge. Wahi lalak hai jis ki or poori kitaab le jaa rahi thi.

Is lesson ke mukhya shabd

Aage le jaane ki baatein

1. Bhagavatam ka antim adhyaay peechhe hat kar poori kitaab ki mahima gaata hai, Bhagwan Kurma ki neend aur unki nakal mein saans lete samudra se khulta hai.
2. Atharah Puran aur chaar laakh shlok hain, par Srimad Bhagavatam, atharah hazaar ka, un sab ka saar hai.
3. Bhagavatam Vedanta ka saar hai, aur uska ek pehchaan-karta lakshya Param Satya ki ananya prem-bhari bhakti hai.
4. Ye nishkalank Puran hai, nadiyon mein Ganga jaisa mahaan, aur ise Bhadra Purnima par uphaar dena param gantavya tak le jaata hai (12.13.13).
5. Ye Narayana se Brahma, Narada, Vyasa, Sukadeva, aur Parikshit hote hue Suta aur Naimisharanya ke rishiyon tak akhand aaya.
6. Vyasa ne ise Narada ke vachan par Krishna ki mahima ke liye likha, aur Parikshit ka mrityu-saamne sawaal hi wajah hai ki ye hamare paas hai.
7. Kitaab Bhagwan ka shareer hai, toh ise pehle canto se upar padho, jaise darshan charanon se shuru hota hai, aur Vritrasura jaisa Bhagwan par tika jeev kabhi nahi khota.

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