कालकवृक्षीय

{ kālakavṛkṣīya }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KĀLAKAVṚKṢĪYA   An ancient Saint. During the reign of the King Kṣemadarśin in the country of Kosala, his subjects were put to great sufferings under the misrule and corruption of his courtiers. At that time, Kālakavṛkṣīya who was a friend of Kṣemadarśin and a reputed sage, came to Kosala with a caged crow. The sage went about the country claiming to know Kākavidyā” (Vāyasī vidyā) by which a crow could be made to tell past events. Actually, the sage was going round the country in order to gather first-hand information about the corrupt practices of the King's men. After acquiring knowledge of the exact state of affairs in the country, Kālakavṛkṣīya reached the palace. Under the cloak of the crow's words he exposed some of the improprieties of the King's Minister. Naturally, the Minister was furious and by his secret instructions his servants shot the crow to death that same night. On the next day, the sage himself went to the King and convinced him of the Minister's guilt. The King accepted the sage's suggestions and brought about a thorough overhaul of the administration by punishing or dismissing the culprits. [M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 82] . In [Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 106] we find that this sage once advised Drupada to make a treaty with King Kṣemadarśin. Kālakavṛkṣīya was a sage who flourished in Indra's assembly. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 7] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कालकवृक्षीय n.  एक ऋषि । इसके पास भूत, भविष्य तथा वर्तमान जाननेवाला एक पक्षी था । एक बार यह कोसल देशाधिपति क्षेमदर्शी राजा के यहॉं गया । राजाने पक्षी का गुण जान कर प्रश्न पूछा, ‘मेरे मंत्री मेरे संबंध में कैसे है?’ इस पर पक्षी ने एक मंत्री के जो दुर्गुण थे, वें बताये । दूसरे दिन अन्यों के दुर्गुण बताना तय किया । तब रात्रि में अन्य मंत्रियों ने, उस पक्षी की हत्या की । इससे राजा समझा गया कि, ये सारे मंत्री अनिष्टचिंतन करनेवाले है । इस ऋषि की सहायता से राजा ने सबको सजा दी [म.शां.१०१] ; [स. ७.१६] । एक बार क्षेमदर्शी निर्बल हो कर इस मुनि के पास आया । उसने मुनि से पूछा“अब क्या करें?" मुनि ने उसकी सब तरह से परीक्षा लेकर क्षेमदर्शी राजा को अपना प्रधान नियुक्त करने का विदेहपति को आदेश दिया । विदेहपति ने यह मान्य किया । दोनों ने मुनि का आदरपूर्वक पूजन किया [म.शां. १०५-१०७] ; क्षेमदर्शिन् देखिये ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कालक—°वृक्षीय  m.  m. N. of a ऋषि, [MBh. ii, 299; xii, 3059 and 3849] ( cf. काल-व्°.)

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