(ऊँ श्री गणेशाय नमः ) सोने का घंटा (कहानी)
वह विशिष्ट भक्त अब भी निर्बाध आता था व लगभग सभी देवी-यात्राओं में भी रहता था। शनै:-शनै: देवी कुछ उदासीन सी प्रतीत होने लगी। देवी को उसके प्रेम तथा भक्तिभाव में छलावा अनुभूत होने लगा। अब वह भक्त देवी के दर्शनों से थोड़ा वंचित होने लगा। देवी जब उसका आह्वान करती, तो वह कारण व विवशता बता कर मंदिर न आता। जो स्वर्ण उसने देवी को अर्पित करने को एकत्र किया, अपने बंधु के साथ छल से स्वयं एक भाग रख लिया। देवी से अधिकाधिक स्वर्ण एवं धन प्राप्त करने के अनुष्ठान करने लगा। तब भी देवी स्वयं अति साधारण रह कर उसकी कामना पूर्ति करती रही। एक वर्ष और व्यतीत हो गया। अब जब उस भक्त ने देखा, कि देवी उस पर कृपा नहीं कर रही, तब उसने अनेक कठिन अनुष्ठान किए। देवी ने अब कृपा करना बहुत कम कर दिया था। अब देवी उसके मोह-जाल से मुक्त होने लगी थी। उसके लिए मंदिर के कपाट बंद रहने लगे थे। तत्पश्चात् भी यदा-कदा दर्शन-यात्रा अथवा शृंखला-यात्रा के समय वह देवी का विशेष आशीर्वाद प्राप्त कर लेता। देवी और साधारण हो गई ।
THE EMPEROR’S NEW SUIT सम्राट का नया सूट
Many, many years ago lived an emperor, who thought so much of new clothes that he spent all his money in order to obtain them; his only ambition was to be always well dressed. He did not care for his…
The Ugly Duckling बत्तख़ का बदसूरत बच्चा
BY Hans Christian Andersen IT was so glorious out in the country; it was summer; the cornfields were yellow, the oats were green, the hay had been put up in stacks in the green meadows, and the stork went about on…
THE OLD ROCKING-HORSE पुराना रॉकिंग-घोड़ा
He was a very old rocking-horse indeed. His first master, sunny-headed little Robbie, had grown into a man with a beard, and had given his old playmate to his sister’s children. These children had in their turn grown into great…
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA राजकुमारी और मटर
by Hans Christian Andersen Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he…
THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER बहादुर टिन सैनिक
by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a splendid uniform, red…
The Little Match-Seller द लिटिल मैच-सेलर
by Hans Christian Andersen It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet,…
The Tinder-Box टिंडर-बॉक्स
by Hans Christian Andersen हंस क्रिश्चियन एंडरसन द्वारा THERE came a Soldier marching along the high road—one, two! one, two! He had his knapsack on his back and a sabre by his side, for he had been in the wars, and now…
IN A THOUSAND YEARS एक हजार साल में
by Hans Christian Andersen Yes, in a thousand years people will fly on the wings of steam through the air, over the ocean! The young inhabitants of America will become visitors of old Europe. They will come over to see…
Year of the big thaw बिग थाव का वर्ष
By Marion Zimmer Bradley मैरियन ज़िमर ब्रैडली द्वारा You say that Matthew is your own son, Mr. Emmett? Yes, Rev’rend Doane, and a better boy never stepped, if I do say it as shouldn’t. I’ve trusted him to drive team…
PIGS IS PIGS सुअर सुअर है
By Ellis Parker Butler Mike Flannery, the Westcote agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over the counter of the express office and shook his fist. Mr. Morehouse, angry and red, stood on the other side of the counter, trembling…
Peter Klaus the Goatherd पीटर क्लॉस, गड़ेरिया
In the village of Sittendorf in Germany there dwelt, a long time ago, a poor but worthy man whose name was Peter Klaus. All the people for miles around knew Peter. He was not fond of hard work. He could…
THE MESSENGERS संदेशवाहक
by Richard Harding Davis (रिचर्ड हार्डिंग डेविस) When Ainsley first moved to Lone Lake Farm all of his friends asked him the same question. They wanted to know, if the farmer who sold it to him had abandoned it as…
Leverage
Leverage refers to the use of a specific tool or strategy to achieve a greater result than would be possible otherwise. In general, leverage can refer to any situation where a small effort or input results in a larger output…
The Gift of the Magi मेगी का उपहार
by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s…
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF वह बिल्ली जो अपने आप चलती थी
by Rudyard Kipling HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was…
Beowulf बियोवुल्फ़
Old King Hrothgar built for himself a great palace, covered with gold, with benches all round outside, and a terrace leading up to it. It was bigger than any hall men had ever heard of, and there Hrothgar sat on his…
AN ARROW IN A SUNBEAM सूर्य की किरण में एक तीर
The minister of a fashionable church had noticed Sunday after Sunday a little old lady with a sad, patient face, dressed in very shabby mourning, sitting in the strangers’ pew. Like Job this good man could say, “The cause that…