vaLI te viShNune lokano rakShak kahe chhe te paN mithyA chhe. kAraN ke rakShak hoy te
to be ja kArya kare chhe. ek to dukh upajAvavAvALAn kAraN na thavA de tathA bIjun sukhano
nAsh karanArAn kAraNo na thavA de. paN lokamAn to dukh ja upajAvanArAn kAraN ThAm ThAm
jovAmAn Ave chhe, ane tenAthI jIvone dukh ja thatun dekhAy chhe. bhUkh – taras Adi lAgI
rahyAn chhe, shIt – uShNAdik vaDe dukh thAy chhe, jIvo ekabIjAne dukh upajAve chhe tathA shastrAdi
dukhanA kAraNo banI rahyAn chhe. vaLI vinAshanAn kAraN paN anek banI rahyAn chhe. jemake –
rogAdik vA agni – viSh – shastrAdik paryAy nAshanAn kAraNo jIvone jovAmAn Ave chhe, tathA
jIvone paraspar vinAshanAn kAraNo paN joIe chhIe. e pramANe banne prakArathI rakShA karI nahi
to e viShNue rakShak thaIne shun karyun?
tyAre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘viShNu rakShak ja chhe. juo, kShudhA – tRuShAdik maTADavA arthe anna –
jaLAdik banAvyAn chhe, kIDIne kaN ane hAthIne maN pahonchADe chhe, sankaTamAn sahAy kare chhe
ane maraNanAn kAraN banatAn paN TiToDInI1 mAphak bachAve chhe, ityAdi prakArathI viShNu rakShA
kare chhe.’’ tene ame pUchhIe chhIe ke – jo em chhe to jyAn jIvone kShudhA – tRuShAdik ghaNAn pIDe
chhe, anna – jaLAdik temane maLatAn nathI, sankaT veLA koI sahAy hotI nathI tathA kinchit kAraN
pAmatAn temanun maraN thaI jAy chhe, tyAn e viShNunI shakti ja nahotI ke tene gnAn nahotun?
tathA lokamAn evA bIjA ghaNA ja dukhI thAy chhe – maraN pAme chhe to temanI rakShA viShNue
kem na karI?
tyAre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘e jIvonA potAnA kartavyanun phaL chhe.’’ tene ame kahIe chhIe
ke – jem lobhI jUTho shaktihIn vaidya koInun kAI bhalun thAy tene to kahe ke ‘‘mArun karyun thayun’’
tathA jyAn bUrun thAy – maraN thAy tyAre kahe ke – ‘enun em ja thavA yogya hatun.’ tem tun kahe
chhe ke – ‘‘bhalun thayun tyAn to viShNunun karyun thayun tathA bUrun thayun tyAn jIvonA kartavyanun phaL thayun.’’
paN evI jUThI kalpanA shA mATe kare chhe? kAn to bUrun – bhalun banne viShNunun karyun kahe agar
kAn to potAnA kartavyanun phaL kahe. jo viShNunun karyun thayun hoy to ghaNA jIvo dukh ane shIghra
maraN pAmatA joIe chhIe. have evun kArya kare tene rakShak kevI rIte kahIe? tathA jo potAnA
kartavyanun phaL chhe to ‘‘karashe te pAmashe’’ emAn viShNue shun rakShA karI?
tyAre te kahe chhe ke — ‘‘je viShNunA bhakta chhe temanI te rakShA kare chhe.’’ tyAn ame kahIe
chhIe ke – jo em chhe to kIDI kunjarAdi temanAn bhakta nathI chhatAn temane annAdik
pahonchADavAmAn, sankaT veLA sahAy thavAmAn tathA maraN na thavAmAn viShNunun kartavya mAnI tene
1. ek prakAranun pakShI (TIToDI) ek samudranA kinAre rahetI nathI. tenAn inDAn samudra vahevaDAvI
laI jato hato tethI dukhI thaI teNe garuDapakShInI mAraphat viShNune araj karI eTale viShNue samudranI
pAsethI tenA inDAn pAchhAn apAvyAn. AvI kathA purANomAn chhe.
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