Shreesootajee bole - he dvijon! Ab main punah poorvakaal men jisane is satyanaaraayaṇa vrat ko kiyaa thaa, use bhalee bhaanti vistaarapoorvak kahoongaa. Ramaṇaeey kaashee naamak nagar men koii atyant nirdhan braahmaṇa rahataa thaa. Bhookh aur pyaas se vyaakul hokar vah pratidin prithvee par bhaṭakataa rahataa thaa. Bhagavaan ne us dukhee braahmaṇa ko dekhakar vriddh kaa roop dhaaraṇa karake us dvij se aadarapoorvak poochhaa - he dvij ! Pratidin atyant dukhee hokar tum kisalie prithvapar bhramaṇa karate rahate ho. He dvijashreṣṭh! Yah sab batalaa_o, main sunanaa chaahataa hoon.
braahmaṇa bolaa - prabho! Main atyant daridr hoon aur bhikṣaa ke lie hee prithvee par ghoomaa karataa hoon. Yadi meree is daridrataa ko door karane kaa aap koii upaay jaanate hon to kripaapoorvak batalaa_iye.
vriddh bolaa - he dev! Satyanaaraayaṇa bhagavaan viṣṇau abheeṣṭ fal ko dene vaale hain. He vipr! Tum unakaa uttam vrat karo, jise karane se manuṣy sabhee dukhon se mukt ho jaataa hai.
vrat ke vidhaan ko bhee yatnapoorvak kahakar vriddh roopadhaaree bhagavaan viṣṇau vaheen par antardhaan ho gaye. ‘vriddh ne jaisaa kahaa hai, us vrat ko achchhee prakaar se vaise hee karoongaa’ - yah sochate hue us ko raat men neend naheen aayee.
agale din praatahkaal uṭhakar ‘satyanaaraayaṇa kaa vrat karoongaa’ aisaa snkalp karake vah bhikṣaa ke lie chal padaa. Us din bhikṣaa men bahut saa dhan praapt huaa. Usee dhan se usane bandhu-baandhavon ke saath bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa kaa vrat kiyaa. Is vrat ke prabhaav se vah shreṣṭh sabhee dukhon se mukt hokar samast sampattiyon se sampann ho gayaa. Us din se lekar pratyek maheene usane yah vrat kiyaa. Is prakaar bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa ke is vrat ko karake vah shreṣṭh sabhee paapon se mukt ho gayaa aur usane durlabh mokṣapad ko praapt kiyaa.
he vipr! Prithvee par jab bhee koii manuṣy shree satyanaaraayaṇa kaa vrat karegaa, usee samay usake samast dukh naṣṭ ho jaayenge. ! Is prakaar bhagavaan naaraayaṇa ne mahaatmaa naaradajee se jo kuchh kahaa, mainne vah sab aap logon se kah diyaa, aage ab aur kyaa kahoon?
he mune! Is prithvee par us se sune hue is vrat ko kisane kiyaa? Ham vah sab sunanaa chaahate hain, us vrat par hamaaree shraddhaa ho rahee hai.
shree soot jee bole - he muniyon! Prithvee par jisane yah vrat kiyaa, use aap log sunen. Ek baar vah dvijashreṣṭh apanee dhan-sampatti ke anusaar bandhu-baandhavon tathaa parivaarajanon ke saath vrat karane ke lie udyat huaa. Isee beech ek lakadhaaraa vahaan aayaa aur lakadee baahar rakhakar us braahmaṇa ke ghar gayaa. Pyaas se vyaakul vah us ko vrat karataa huaa dekh praṇaam karake usase bolaa - prabho! Aap yah kyaa kar rahe hain, ise karane se kis fal kee praapti hotee hai, vistaarapoorvak mujhase kahiye.
vipr ne kahaa - yah satyanaaraayaṇa kaa vrat hai, jo sabhee manorathon ko pradaan karane vaalaa hai. Usee ke prabhaav se mujhe yah sab mahaan dhan-dhaany aadi praapt huaa hai. Jal peekar tathaa prasaad grahaṇa karake vah nagar chalaa gayaa. Satyanaaraayaṇa dev ke lie man se aisaa sochane lagaa ki ‘aaj lakadee bechane se jo dhan praapt hogaa, usee dhan se bhagavaan satyanaaraayaṇa kaa shreṣṭh vrat karoongaa.’ is prakaar man se chintan karataa huaa lakadee ko mastak par rakh kar us sundar nagar men gayaa, jahaan dhan-sampann log rahate the. Us din usane lakadee kaa dugunaa mooly praapt kiyaa.
isake baad prasann hriday hokar vah pake hue kele kaa fal, shakkar, ghee, doodh aur gehoon kaa choorṇa savaayaa maatraa men lekar apane ghar aayaa. Tatpashchaat usane apane baandhavon ko bulaakar vidhi-vidhaan se bhagavaan shree satyanaaraayaṇa kaa vrat kiyaa. Us vrat ke prabhaav se vah dhan-putr se sampann ho gayaa aur is lok men anek sukhon kaa upabhog kar ant men satyapur arthaat baikuṇaṭhalok chalaa gayaa.
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