vishay soochi
bharat savitri -vasudevasharan agraval
3. aranyak parv
adhyay : 157-177
sarp ne uttar diya, ‘‘yadi tum mere prashnoan ka uttar de do, to maian tumhare bhaee ko chho d dooanga.’’ yudhishthir ne kaha, ‘‘ichchhanusar prashn karo. yadi maian janata houanga to uttar dooanga. is lok mean brahman ko jo jnat hona chahie, maloom hota hai tum usako janate ho.’’ sarp ne poochha, ‘‘brahman kaun hai? janane yogy kya hai?’’ yudhishthir ne kaha, ‘‘saty, dan, kshama, shil, daya, dam aur ahiansa jis vyakti mean ho, vahi brahman hai. jisamean sukh nahian aur duahkh bhi nahian, aisa parabrahm hi janane yogy hai.’’ sarp ne prashn ko aur nukila banate hue kaha, ‘‘lok mean to char varn mane jate haian. tumane jo saty, dan, kshama adi brahmanoan ke lakshan kahe, ve to shoodroan mean bhi hote haian. to phir kya shoodr ko bhi brahman kahoge? aur sukh-duahkh se pare jise tumane jney kaha hai, aisi to koee vastu meri samajh mean nahian ati.’’ buddhi ko jhakajhor dene vala yah mahaprashn bharatiy samaj vyavastha ka shashvat prashn raha hai. prashnoan ke rang-dhang se jnat hota hai ki roodhigat samaj vyavastha ke pratikool bhagavan buddh ne aur unake sadrish udarata se sochane vale any buddhivadi vicharakoan ne jo tark rakhe the, unhian ka ek sandarbh sarp aur dharmaraj ki is prashnottari mean surakshit hai. brahman aur shoodr ke vishay ka prashn jitana tikshn tha, yudhishthir ka uttar use kahian adhik sahasapoorn hai. yudhishthir ne kaha, ‘‘shoodr mean yadi saty, dan, akrodh adi achar ke lakshan hoan to vah shoodr nahian rah jata. brahman mean yadi ye lakshan n hoan to vah brahman nahian hota. |
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