Shri Balaram Katha

Balram Ji ki katha ke anusaar ve Bhagwan Vishnu ke chhathe avatar Shri Krishna ke bade bhai aur Sheshnag ke avatar maane jate hain. Dwapar Yug mein jab Prithvi par adharm aur atyachar badh gaya tha aur Mathura ke raja Kans ke paapon se sabhi log trast the, tab Bhagwan Vishnu ne Prithvi ka bhaar kam karne aur dharm ki sthapna ke liye avatar lene ka sankalp liya.

Devaki aur Vasudev ke aathve putra ke roop mein Shri Krishna ka janm hona tha, lekin divya yojana ke anusaar Yogmaya ki leela se Shri Krishna ko janm ke turant baad Gokul mein Nand Baba aur Yashoda Mata ke paas pahuncha diya gaya. Usi samay Bhagwan Vishnu ke divya ansh ke roop mein Balram Ji ka janm Rohini Mata ke garbh se hua, jinhen Vasudev Ji ki patni maana jata hai, aur ve Kans ke bhay se surakshit sthan par rah rahi thin. Balram Ji bachpan se hi atyant balshali, gambhir, saral swabhav ke aur dharmnisht the. Unhone baalyakaal mein Gokul mein Shri Krishna ke saath anek adbhut baal leelaen ki aur har sankat mein apne chhote bhai Shri Krishna ki raksha ki. Donon ne milkar Putna vadh, Kaliya Naag daman aur anek asuron ka naash kiya.

Balram Ji ka pramukh astr hal hone ke kaaran unhen Haldhar kaha jata hai. Bade hokar ve atyant shaktishali yoddha bane aur unhone gada yuddh mein Duryodhan ko vishesh shiksha di, jisse vah mahaan gadadhari bana. Balram Ji ne hamesha dharm, satya aur maryada ka palan kiya aur kheti-baadi, saral jeevan tatha prakriti ke sanrakshan ka sandesh diya. Mahabharat kaal mein unhone yuddh mein pratyaksh bhaag nahin liya, lekin ve tatasth rahe aur Krishna ke nirnayon ka sammaan kiya. Ant mein unhone Prithvi par dharm ki sthapna mein apna mahatvapurn yogdan diya aur apne divya swaroop mein Sheshnag ke roop mein wapas Vishnu Lok mein leen ho gaye.