Satyanarayan Bhagwan Ki Katha: Chapter One

Satyanaaraayaṇa vrat kathaa kaa pooraa sandarbh yah hai ki puraakaalamen shaunakaadirriṣi naimiṣaaraṇay sthit maharṣi soot ke aashram par pahunche. Rriṣigaṇa maharṣi soot se prashn karate hain ki laukik kaṣṭamukti, saansaarik sukh samriddhi evn paaralaukik lakṣy kee siddhi ke lie saral upaay kyaa hai? Maharṣi soot shaunakaadirriṣiyon ko bataate hain ki aisaa hee prashn naarad jee ne bhagavaan viṣṇau se kiyaa thaa. Bhagavaan viṣṇau ne naarad jee ko bataayaa ki laukik kleshamukti, saansaarik sukhasamriddhi evn paaralaukik lakṣy siddhi ke lie ek hee raajamaarg hai, vah hai satyanaaraayaṇa vrat. Satyanaaraayaṇa kaa arth hai satyaacharaṇa, satyaagrah, satyaniṣṭhaa. Snsaar men sukhasamriddhi kee praapti satyaacharaṇaadvaaraa hee snbhav hai. Saty hee iishvar hai. Satyaacharaṇa kaa arth hai iishvaraaraadhan, bhagavatpoojaa. kathaa kaa praarambh soot jee dvaaraa kathaa sunaane se hotaa hai. Naarad jee bhagavaan shreeviṣṇau ke paas jaakar unakee stuti karate hain. Stuti sunane ke anantar bhagavaan shreeviṣṇau jee ne naarad jee se kahaa- mahaabhaag! Aap kis prayojan se yahaan aaye hain, aapake man men kyaa hai? Kahiye, vah sab kuchh main aapako bataa_ungaa. naarad jee bole - bhagavan! Mrityulok men apane paapakarmon ke dvaaraa vibhinn yoniyon men utpann sabhee log bahut prakaar ke kleshon se dukhee ho rahe hain. He naath! Kis laghu upaay se unake kaṣṭon kaa nivaaraṇa ho sakegaa, yadi aapakee mere oopar kripaa ho, to vah sab main sunanaa chaahataa hoon. Use bataayen. shree bhagavaan ne kahaa - he vats! Snsaar ke oopar anugrah karane kee ichchhaa se aapane bahut achchhee baat poochhee hai. Jis vrat ke karane se praaṇaee moh se mukt ho jaataa hai, use aapako bataataa hoon, sunen. He vats! Svarg aur mrityulok men durlabh bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa kaa ek mahaan puṇayaprad vrat hai. Aapake sneh ke kaaraṇa is samay main use kah rahaa hoon. Achchhee prakaar vidhi-vidhaan se bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa vrat karake manuṣy sheeghr hee sukh praapt kar paralok men mokṣ praapt kar sakataa hai. bhagavaan kee aisee vaaṇaee sanukar naarad muni ne kahaa -prabho is vrat ko karane kaa fal kyaa hai? Isakaa vidhaan kyaa hai? Is vrat ko kisane kiyaa aur ise kab karanaa chaahie? Yah sab vistaarapoorvak batalaa_iye. shree bhagavaan ne kahaa - yah satyanaaraayaṇa vrat dukh-shok aadi kaa shaman karane vaalaa, dhan-dhaany kee vriddhi karane vaalaa, saubhaagy aur santaan dene vaalaa tathaa sarvatr vijay pradaan karane vaalaa hai. Jis-kisee bhee din bhakti aur shraddhaa se samanvit hokar manuṣy braahmaṇaon aur bandhubaandhavon ke saath dharm men tatpar hokar saaynkaal bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa kee poojaa kare. Naivedy ke roop men uttam koṭi ke bhojaneey padaarth ko savaayaa maatraa men bhaktipoorvak arpit karanaa chaahie. Kele ke fal, ghee, doodh, gehoon kaa choorṇa athavaa gehoon ke choorṇa ke abhaav men saaṭhee chaaval kaa choorṇa, shakkar yaa gud - yah sab bhakṣy saamagree savaayaa maatraa men ekatr kar nivedit karanee chaahie. bandhu-baandhavon ke saath shree satyanaaraayaṇa bhagavaan kee kathaa sunakar dakṣiṇaa denee chaahie. Tadanantar bandhu-baandhavon ke saath bhojan karaanaa chaahie. Bhaktipoorvak prasaad grahaṇa karake nrity-geet aadi kaa aayojan karanaa chaahie. Tadanantar bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa kaa smaraṇa karate hue apane ghar jaanaa chaahie. Aisaa karane se manuṣyon kee abhilaaṣaa avashy poorṇa hotee hai. Visheṣ roop se kaliyug men, prithveelok men yah sabase chhoṭaa saa upaay hai.