Kuber Ji Ki Katha

Kuber Dev ki katha ke anusar ve dhan, vaibhav, khajane aur samriddhi ke devta mane jate hain tatha unhen devtaon ka koshadhyaksh kaha jata hai. Puranon mein varnan milta hai ki Kuber Ji Maharshi Vishrava aur Ilavida ke putra the. Ve Ravan, Kumbhakarn aur Vibhishan ke sautele bhai mane jate hain. Bachpan se hi Kuber Ji ka swabhav shaant, dharmpriya aur tapasvi tha. Unka man bhog-vilas ki bajay bhakti, tapasya aur sadachar mein adhik lagta tha. Unhone kathor tap karke Bhagwan Brahma ko prasann kiya. Unki tapasya se prasann hokar Brahma Ji ne unhen dhan ka devta, Uttar disha ka dikpal tatha samast khajanon ka swami bana diya. Saath hi unhen divya Pushpak Viman aur sone ki Lanka ka rajya bhi prapt hua.

Kuber Ji nyaypriya aur dharm ka palan karne wale raja the. Unki nagari Lanka sone se bani hui thi aur atyant vaibhavshali mani jati thi. Lekin samay ke saath unke sautele bhai Ravan mein ahankar badh gaya. Ravan ne apni shakti ke bal par Kuber Ji se Lanka aur Pushpak Viman chheen liya. Iske baad Kuber Ji Kailash parvat ke sameep Alakapuri mein rehne lage. Vahan unhone Bhagwan Shiv ki kathor bhakti aur aaradhana ki. Bhagwan Shiv unki bhakti se atyant prasann hue aur unhen apna priya bhakt bana liya. Isi kaaran Kuber Ji ko Shivji ka vishesh aashirvad prapt hua aur ve devtaon ke dhanadhyaksh ke roop mein prasiddh hue.

Ek prasiddh katha ke anusar ek baar Kuber Ji ko apne apar dhan aur vaibhav par ahankar ho gaya. Unhone Bhagwan Shiv aur Mata Parvati ko apne mahal mein bhojan ke liye aamantrit kiya taki ve apna vaibhav dikha saken. Bhagwan Shiv Kuber Ji ka ahankar samajh gaye aur swayam na jaakar apne putra Bhagwan Ganesh ko bhej diya. Jab Ganesh Ji bhojan karne baithe to unhone itna bhojan kiya ki Kuber Ji ke saare bhandar khaali hone lage, lekin unki bhookh shaant nahin hui. Ant mein Kuber Ji ghabra gaye aur Bhagwan Shiv ki sharan mein pahunche. Tab Shivji ne unhen samjhaya ki dhan ka ahankar nahin karna chahiye aur sacchi bhakti tatha vinamrata hi sabse bada dhan hai. Iske baad Kuber Ji ka ahankar samapt ho gaya aur ve aur bhi adhik dharmpriya ban gaye.

Deepawali, Dhanteras aur kai shubh avsaron par Mata Lakshmi ke saath Kuber Dev ki pooja ki jati hai. Log maante hain ki unki kripa se ghar mein sukh, samriddhi aur dhan ki vriddhi hoti hai. Kuber Dev ki katha hamen yah shiksha deti hai ki dhan tabhi shubh aur pavitra hota hai jab uska upyog dharm, daan, seva aur achchhe karyon ke liye kiya jaye, kyonki ahankar aur lalach antatah vinash ka kaaran bante hain.