कृष्ण लीला

Dwapar Yug mein Mathura ka raja Kansa atyant kroor aur atyachari tha. Usne apne pita Ugrasena ko karagaar mein daalkar swayam raja ban gaya. Kansa ki behen Devaki ka vivah Vasudev se hua. Vivah ke samay aakashwani hui ki Devaki ka aathwa putra Kansa ka vadh karega. Bhaybheet Kansa ne Devaki aur Vasudev ko karagaar mein band kar diya. Kansa ne Devaki ke ek-ek karke chhah putron ko janm lete hi maar daala. Saatwa garbh (Balram) Yogmaya ki kripa se Rohini ke garbh mein sthanantarit ho gaya.

Bhadrapad maas ki Krishna Paksha ki Ashtami ko madhyaratri mein Bhagwan Vishnu ne Shri Krishna ke roop mein Devaki ke garbh se avatar liya. Janm ke samay chaturbhuj roop mein prakat hue — shankh, chakra, gada, padma dharan kiye. Unhone mata-pita ko darshan diye aur kaha ki mujhe Gokul mein Nand Baba ke yahan pahuncha do aur unki kanya ko yahan le aao. Yogmaya ki shakti se karagaar ke sabhi peherdar so gaye, shrinkhalayen khul gayin, dwaar swatah khul gaye. Vasudev ji navjaat Krishna ko tokri mein rakhkar barsati raat mein Yamuna paar karke Gokul pahunche. Yamuna ne maarg diya aur Sheshnaag ne phan failakar balak Krishna ko varsha se bachaya.

Gokul mein Nand Baba aur Yashoda Maiya ke yahan Balkrishna ka laalan-paalan hua. Balkrishna ki baal leelayen adbhut thin. Ek baar Yashoda Maiya ne Krishna ke munh mein sampoorn brahmand ke darshan kiye. Krishna ne Putana rakshasi ka vadh kiya jo vish lagakar stanpaan karane aayi thi. Shakatasur, Trinavart jaise anek rakshason ko Balkrishna ne khel-khel mein maara.

Makhan chori ki leela sabse priya hai. Balkrishna apne sakhaon ke saath gopiyon ke gharon mein jaakar makhan-mishri churate. Gopiyan makhan oonchai par rakhtin to Krishna apne mitron ke kandhon par chadhkar haandi phodte. Gopiyan Yashoda Maiya se shikayat kartin — "Tera Kanha makhan churata hai." Yashoda Krishna ko daanttin to Krishna masoomiyat se kehte — "Maiya, main nahi khata, ye gopiyan jhooth bolti hain." Yeh leela Janmashtami par "Dahi-Haandi" ke roop mein aaj bhi manai jati hai.

Yamuna nadi mein Kaliya Naag ne apna dera jama liya tha. Uske vish se Yamuna ka jal vishaila ho gaya tha. Gokul ke log aur pashu us jal ko peekar mar rahe the. Balkrishna Yamuna mein kood gaye aur Kaliya Naag ke phanon par nritya kiya. Kaliya Naag parajit hokar Krishna ki sharan mein aaya. Krishna ne use Yamuna chhodkar samudra mein jaane ka aadesh diya. Kaliya Naag Daman ki yeh leela burai par achchhai ki vijay ka prateek hai.

Gokul mein Indra devta ki puja ki parampara thi. Balkrishna ne Nand Baba aur Gokulvasiyon se kaha ki Indra ki nahi, Govardhan parvat ki puja karo kyonki wahi hamari gayon ko chara aur hamein jal-vanaspati deta hai. Gokulvasiyon ne Krishna ki baat maankar Govardhan puja ki. Indra krodhit ho gaye aur Gokul par pralayankari varsha karne lage. Tab saat varshiya Balkrishna ne apni chhoti ungli par Govardhan parvat utha liya. Saat din aur saat raat tak Gokulvasiyon ne Govardhan ki chhatrchhaya mein aashraya liya. Parajit Indra ne Krishna se kshama maangi aur unhe "Govind" ki upadhi di.

Kansa ne Krishna aur Balram ko marne ke liye anek raakshas bheje — Keshi, Arishtasur, Vyomasur — parantu sabhi Krishna ke haathon maare gaye. Ant mein Kansa ne Krishna aur Balram ko Mathura mein Dhanush Yagya mein aamantrit kiya. Mathura mein Krishna ne Kuvalayapeed hathi ko maara, Mall yuddh mein Chanur aur Mushtik ko parajit kiya, aur ant mein Kansa ka vadh karke apne mata-pita aur nana Ugrasena ko karagaar se mukt kiya.

Shri Krishna ki leelayen anant hain. Gopiyon ke saath Raasleela, Vrindavan mein bansuri ki madhur dhun, Radha ke saath prem — ye sab divya prem aur bhakti ke prateek hain. Krishna ki pratyek leela mein ek gehra aadhyatmik sandesh chhupa hai. Ve batate hain ki Ishwar sarvavyapi hain, dharm ki raksha ke liye avatar lete hain, aur bhakton ki sada raksha karte hain.