Shri Keshi Ghat
Shri Keshi Ghat Vrindavan ka ek ati-pracheen, divya aur mahatvapurn teerth sthal hai, jiska sambandh Bhagwan Shri Krishna ke prachand aur adbhut Keshi Vadh Leela se hai. Yamuna ji ke kinare sthit, yah ghat apne shilp-kaleen saundarya, praacheen mandiron, aur shaant pavitra vatavaran ke liye vishesh roop se prasiddh hai. Vrindavan me jitne bhi ghats hain, unme Keshi Ghat ko sabse adhik aitihasik aur leela-atmak sthal maana jata hai.
Shrimad Bhagavatam me varnan milta hai ki Kans ne Krishna ko marne ke liye ek bhayankar ashva-rup rakshas — Keshi — ko Vrindavan bheja. Ye asur itna vikat tha ki bhramar jaise ghor rorar karte hue Vrindavan ko kampit kar raha tha. Gaav ke log bhay aur ashanti se ghatit ho gaye the. Tab Krishna ne veer bhav dharan kar Keshi ka saamna kiya. Keshi ne Krishna par var-vaar hamle kiye, lekin Krishna ne apne komal lagne wale, lekin apar shakti se bharpur, divya kar se Keshi ke mukh me apna haath dal diya. Dheere-dheere Krishna ka haath badhta gaya aur Keshi ka sharir phatkar uska praan nikal gaya. Yeh leela dikhati hai ki Krishna keval prema-maya nahi, balki sarva-shaktimaan Bhagwan bhi hain.
Yahi wahi pavitra sthal maana jata hai jahan Keshi ka vad hua tha, aur Yamuna ji ne is divya ghat ko apne alaukik sparsh se pavitra kiya. Keshi Ghat par aaj bhi khade hokar bhakt Krishna ke veer-roop ka smaran karte hain. Poore ghat par praacheen shikhar, meghdambari minaar, aur rajasthani-style ki jharokha-kala ka anokha sangam dekha ja sakta hai, jo ise Vrindavan ka sabse sundar aur chhaya-chitrit ghat banata hai.
Keshi Ghat ki subah aur shaam ki Yamuna Aarti ek anokha adhyatmik anubhav mann jaati hai. Jab shankh dhwani, ghantiyon ki dhun aur Hare Krishna Mahamantra ki goonj Yamuna tat par gunjti hai, tab ghat ka poora vatavaran divya urja se bhar uthta hai. Bahut se bhakt yahaan Yamuna ji ka pavitra snan karte hain, kyunki mana jata hai ki yahan snan karne se pap nash hota hai aur Krishna ki kripa prapt hoti hai.
Ghat ke aas-paas vyast bazaar, pracheen kunj-galiyan aur sadhus ki upasthiti Vrindavan ka asli anubhav pradan karti hai. Yahan shaam ke samay jab surya Yamuna ke jal me doobta hua sa lagta hai, tab Keshi Ghat ka drishya man ko yug-yug purani braj-leelaon me le jata hai. Bahut se chitrakar aur photographers ke liye bhi yeh ek adhbhut location mani jati hai.
Kahi puratan sthalon me aap Krishna ke Keshi Vadh leela ka chitra, murtiyan aur kathayen bhi dekh sakte hain. Ghat ki seedhiyon par baith kar yeh anubhav hota hai ki jaise swayam Krishna yahaan apni baansuri ki madhur dhun baja rahe hon, aur Yamuna ki leheren us dhun ko sahajta se grahan kar rahi hon.
Is tarah, Shri Keshi Ghat keval ek itihaasik sthal nahi, balki Krishna ke shaurya, shakti, karuna aur madhurya ka jeevant prateek hai. Yahaan pratyek bhakt ko ek shakti-prad aur prem-prad anubhav hota hai, jo unke hriday me Krishna-bhakti ko aur gehera bana deta hai.
