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Maha Shivratri Special: शिकारी और मृग परिवार की अमर कथा! How an Unknown Fast granted Moksha?

Hindi:

प्राचीन काल में एक शिकारी जानवरों का शिकार करके अपने कुटुम्ब का पालन पोषण करता था। एक रोज वह जंगल में शिकार के लिए निकला लेकिन दिन भर भागदौड़ करने पर भी उसे कोई शिकार प्राप्त न हुआ। वह भूख-प्यास से व्याकुल होने लगा। शिकार की बाट निहारता-निहारता वह एक तालाब के किनारे बेल वृक्ष पर अपना पड़ाव बनाने लगा। बेल-वृक्ष के नीचे शिवलिंग था जो बिल्वपत्रों से ढका हुआ था। शिकारी को इस बात का ज्ञात न था।

पड़ाव बनाते-बनाते उसने जो टहनियां तोड़ी, वे संयोग से शिवलिंग पर जा गिरी। शिकार की राह देखता-देखता वह बिल्व पेड़ से पत्ते तोड़-तोड़ कर शिवलिंग पर अर्पित करता गया। दिन भर भूखे-प्यासे शिकारी का व्रत भी हो गया और शिवलिंग पर बेलपत्र भी चढ़ गए। इस तरह वह अनजाने में किए गए पुण्य का भागी बन गया।

 रात्रि का एक पहर व्यतीत होने पर एक गर्भिणी मृगी तालाब पर पानी पीने आई। शिकारी ने धनुष पर तीर चढ़ाकर ज्यों ही प्रत्यंचा खींची, मृगी बोली, ‘शिकारी मुझे मत मारो मैं गर्भिणी हूं। शीघ्र ही प्रसव करूंगी। तुम एक साथ दो जीवों की हत्या करोगे, जो ठीक नहीं है। मैं अपने बच्चे को जन्म देकर शीघ्र ही तुम्हारे पास वापिस आ जाऊंगी, तब तुम मुझे मार लेना।’  

शिकारी को हिरणी सच्ची लगी उसने तुरंत प्रत्यंचा ढीली कर दी और मृगी झाड़ियों में लुप्त हो गई। कुछ समय उपरांत एक और मृगी उधर से निकली। शिकारी बहुत खुश हुआ की अब तो शिकार मिल गया। समीप आने पर उसने धनुष पर बाण चढ़ाया।  

मृगी ने विनम्रतापूर्वक निवेदन किया, ‘हे  शिकारी ! मैं थोड़ी देर पहले ही ऋतु से निवृत्त हुई हूं। कामातुर विरहिणी हूं। अपने प्रिय की खोज में भटक रही हूं। मैं अपने पति से मिलकर शीघ्र ही तुम्हारे पास आ जाऊंगी।’

शिकारी ने उसे भी जाने दिया। दो बार अपने शिकार को उसने स्वयं खो दिया, उसका माथा ठनका। वह चिंता में पड़ गया। रात्रि का आखिरी पहर बीत रहा था। तभी एक अन्य मृगी अपने बच्चों के साथ उधर से निकली शिकारी के लिए यह स्वर्णिम अवसर था। उसने धनुष पर तीर चढ़ाने में देर न लगाई, वह तीर छोड़ने ही वाला था कि मृगी बोली, ‘हे शिकारी ! मैं इन बच्चों को पिता के हवाले करके लौट आऊंगी। इस समय मुझे मत मार।’

शिकारी हंसा और बोला, ‘सामने आए शिकार को छोड़ दूं, मैं ऐसा मूर्ख नहीं। इससे पहले मैं दो बार अपना शिकार खो चुका हूं। मेरे बच्चे भूख-प्यास से तड़प रहे होंगे।’

उत्तर में मृगी ने फिर कहा, ‘जैसे तुम्हें अपने बच्चों की ममता सता रही है, ठीक वैसे ही मुझे भी अपने बच्चों की चिंता है इसलिए सिर्फ बच्चों के नाम पर मैं थोड़ी देर के लिए जीवनदान मांग रही हूं। हे शिकारी ! मेरा विश्वास कर मैं इन्हें इनके पिता के पास छोड़कर तुरंत लौटने की प्रतिज्ञा करती हूं।’

मृगी का दीन स्वर सुनकर शिकारी को उस पर दया आ गई। उसने उस मृगी को भी जाने दिया। शिकार के आभाव में बेलवृक्ष पर बैठा शिकारी बेलपत्र तोड़-तोड़कर नीचे फेंकता जा रहा था। पौ फटने को हुई तो एक हष्ट-पुष्ट मृग उसी रास्ते पर आया। शिकारी ने सोच लिया कि इसका शिकार वह अवश्य  करेगा।

 शिकारी की तनी प्रत्यंचा देखकर मृग विनीत स्वर में बोला,‘ हे शिकारी  भाई! यदि तुमने मुझसे पूर्व आने वाली तीन मृगियों तथा छोटे-छोटे बच्चों को मार डाला है तो मुझे भी मारने में विलंब न करो, ताकि उनके वियोग में मुझे एक क्षण भी दुःख न सहना पड़े। मैं उन मृगियों का पति हूं। यदि तुमने उन्हें जीवनदान दिया है तो मुझे भी कुछ क्षण जीवनदान देने की कृपा करो। मैं उनसे मिलकर तुम्हारे सामने उपस्थित हो जाऊंगा।’

मृग की बात सुनते ही शिकारी के सामने पूरी रात का घटना-चक्र घूम गया। उसने सारी कथा मृग को सुना दी। तब मृग ने कहा, ‘मेरी तीनों पत्नियां जिस प्रकार प्रतिज्ञाबद्ध होकर गई हैं, मेरी मृत्यु से अपने धर्म का पालन नहीं कर पाएंगी। अतः जैसे तुमने उन्हें विश्वासपात्र मानकर छोड़ा है, वैसे ही मुझे भी जाने दो। मैं उन सबके साथ तुम्हारे सामने शीघ्र ही उपस्थित होता हूं।’

 उपवास, रात्रि जागरण तथा शिवलिंग पर बेलपत्र चढ़ाने से शिकारी का हिंसक हृदय निर्मल हो गया था। उसमें भगवद् शक्ति का वास हो गया था। धनुष तथा बाण उसके हाथ से सहज ही छूट गए। भगवान शिव की अनुकम्पा से उसका हिंसक हृदय कारुणिक भावों से भर गया। वह अपने अतीत के कर्मों को याद करके पश्चाताप की ज्वाला में जलने लगा।

थोड़ी ही देर बाद मृग सपरिवार शिकारी के समक्ष उपस्थित हो गया, ताकि वह उनका शिकार कर सके, किंतु जंगली पशुओं की ऐसी सत्यता, सात्विकता एवं सामूहिक प्रेम भावना देखकर शिकारी को बड़ी ग्लानि हुई। उसके नेत्रों से आंसुओं की झड़ी लग गई। उस मृग परिवार को न मारकर शिकारी ने अपने कठोर हृदय को जीव हिंसा से हटा सदा के लिए कोमल एवं दयालु बना लिया।

देव लोक से समस्त देव समाज भी इस घटना को देख रहा था। घटना की परिणति होते ही देवी-देवताओं ने पुष्प वर्षा की। तब शिकारी तथा मृग परिवार मोक्ष को प्राप्त हुए।

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English:

In ancient times, a hunter supported his family by hunting animals. One day, he set out into the forest in search of game, but despite roaming about all day long, he failed to find any prey. He began to grow distressed from hunger and thirst. While keeping a lookout for game, he decided to set up camp beside a pond, beneath a *Bel* tree. Beneath the *Bel* tree lay a *Shivling* (a sacred symbol of Lord Shiva), which was completely covered by fallen *Bilva* leaves. The hunter, however, was unaware of this.

As he went about setting up his camp, the twigs he broke off happened—purely by coincidence—to fall directly onto the *Shivling*. While waiting for his prey, he continued to pluck leaves from the *Bel* tree and offer them onto the *Shivling*. Thus, the hunter—who had remained hungry and thirsty all day—inadvertently observed a fast, and *Bel* leaves were offered upon the *Shivling*. In this manner, he became the recipient of the spiritual merit gained through an act of virtue performed unknowingly.

As the first watch of the night passed, a pregnant doe came to the pond to drink water. Just as the hunter strung an arrow to his bow and drew back the string, the doe spoke: "Hunter, do not kill me; I am pregnant. I am about to give birth very soon. If you kill me now, you will be taking the lives of two beings at once, which is not right. Let me first give birth to my fawn; I promise to return to you immediately thereafter. You may kill me then."

The hunter found the doe’s words to be sincere; he immediately unstrung his bow, and the doe vanished into the thickets. Some time later, another doe passed by the same spot. The hunter was overjoyed, believing that he had finally secured his prey. As she drew near, he once again strung an arrow to his bow.

The doe pleaded humbly: "O Hunter! I have only just passed my mating season. I am a doe consumed by desire, pining in separation from my mate. I am wandering through the forest in search of my beloved. Let me go and reunite with my husband; I promise to return to you immediately thereafter."

The hunter let her go as well. Having let his prey slip away twice with his own hands, a sense of foreboding struck him. He fell into a state of deep anxiety. The final watch of the night was slowly drawing to a close. Just then, another doe passed by with her fawns. For the hunter, this was a golden opportunity. He wasted no time in nocking an arrow to his bow; he was just about to release it when the doe spoke, "O Hunter! I will return after entrusting these fawns to their father. Do not kill me at this moment."

The hunter laughed and replied, "I am not such a fool as to let game that has come right before me slip away. I have already lost my prey twice before this. My own children must be writhing in hunger and thirst."

In response, the doe spoke again, "Just as the love for your children weighs heavily on your heart, so too am I deeply concerned for mine. Therefore, solely for the sake of the children, I beg of you the gift of life—if only for a short while. O Hunter! Trust me; I vow to leave them with their father and return immediately."

Hearing the doe's pleading voice, the hunter felt compassion for her. He let that doe go as well. In the absence of any game, the hunter, seated upon a *Bel* tree, kept plucking its leaves and casting them down below. As dawn began to break, a sturdy stag appeared on that very path. The hunter resolved that he would most certainly hunt this one.

Upon seeing the hunter's taut bowstring, the stag spoke in a humble voice, "O Hunter-brother! If you have already slain the three does and their little fawns who passed this way before me, then do not delay in killing me as well, so that I need not endure even a single moment of suffering in separation from them. I am the husband of those does. However, if you have granted them the gift of life, then be gracious enough to grant me a few moments of life as well. I shall reunite with them and then present myself before you."

As soon as he heard the stag's words, the entire sequence of events from the night flashed before the hunter's eyes. He recounted the whole story to the stag. Then the stag said, "If I were to die, my three wives—having departed under a solemn vow—would be unable to fulfill their sacred duty. Therefore, just as you placed your trust in them and let them go, please allow me to depart as well." "I shall appear before you shortly, accompanied by them all."

Through fasting, keeping a night-long vigil, and offering *Bel* leaves upon the *Shivling*, the hunter's violent heart had been cleansed and purified. It had become a vessel for divine power. The bow and arrow slipped effortlessly from his grasp. By the grace of Lord Shiva, his violent heart was filled with sentiments of deep compassion. Reflecting upon his past deeds, he began to burn in the searing flames of repentance.

A short while later, the deer—along with its entire family—appeared before the hunter, ready to be hunted; yet, witnessing such truthfulness, purity of spirit, and collective love among these wild creatures, the hunter was overcome with profound remorse. Tears streamed ceaselessly from his eyes. Instead of slaying the deer family, the hunter turned his hardened heart away from the violence against living beings, transforming it forever into a heart of tenderness and compassion.

From the celestial realms, the entire host of deities was also witnessing this event. As the incident reached its culmination, the gods and goddesses showered down a rain of flowers. Thereupon, both the hunter and the deer family attained salvation.

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