mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
48.virat ka bhram
yadi yah bat n hoti to in sevakoan ki himhmat kaise p dati ki rajochit asanoan par ja baithean! log yah soch hi rahe the ki itane mean raja virat sabha mean pravishht hue. yah dekhakar ki paanchoan sevak rajakumaroan ke liye niyat asan par shan se baithe hue haian, virat ke bhi ashhchary aur krodh ka thikana n raha. unhhoanne apane krodh ko roka aur paanchoan bhaiyoan ke pas unake asanoan par jakar poochha ki aj bhari sabha mean yah avinay ap log khyoan kar rahe haian. tho di der tak to virat aur paandavoan ke bich mean kuchh vivad hota raha; par akhir mean paandavoan ne socha ki jab jhyada vivad karana aur apane ko chhipaye rakhana thik nahian. yah sochakar arjun ne pahale raja virat ko aur bad mean sari sabha ko apana asali parichay de diya. logoan ke ashhchary aur anand ka thikana n raha. sabha mean kolahal mach gaya. raja virat ka hriday kritajnata, anand aur ashhchary se tarangit ho utha. unhhoanne kaha- "paanchoan paandav aur raja drupad ki putri mere yahaan seva-tahal karate hue ajnat hokar rahe; maian kaise in sabaka badala chukaooan? kaise isake prati apani kritajnata prakat karuan?" yah sochakar raja virat ka ji bhar aya. yudhishthir se bar-bar gale mile aur gadagad hokar kaha- "maian apaka rrin kaise chukaooan? mera yah sara rajhy apaka hai. maian apaka anuchar banakar rahooanga." yudhishthir ne prem se kaha- "rajan! maian apaka bahut abhari hooan. rajhy to ap hi rakhiye. apane a de samay par hamean ashray diya vahian lakhoan rajhyoan ke barabar hai." virat ne kuchh sochane ke bad arjun se agrah kiya ap rajakanhya uttara se bhyah kar lean. arjun ne kaha-"rajan! apaka b da anugrah hai par apaki kanhya ko maian nach aur gana sikhata raha hooan. mere liye vah beti ke saman hai. is karan yah uchit nahian ki maian usake sath bhyah karuan. haan, yadi apaki ichhchha hi ho to mere putr abhimanhyu ke sath usaka bhyah ho jaye. uttara ko maian apani putravadhoo shvikar karane ke lie taiyar hooan." raja virat ne yah bat man li. isake kuchh samay bad durathma duryodhan ke dootoan ne akar yudhishthir se kaha- "kuanti putr! maharaj duryodhan ne hamean apake pas bheja hai. unaka kahana hai ki utavali ke karan pratijna poori hone se pahale arjun pahachane gaye hai. isaliye shart ki anusar apako barah baras ke liye aur vanavas karana hoga." is par dharmaraj yudhishthir hans p de aur bole- "dootagan shighr hi vapas jakar duryodhan ko kaho ki pitamah bhishhm aur jhyotish shashtr ke janakaroan se poochhakar is bat ka nishhchay karean ki arjun jab prakat hua tha tab pratijna ki avadhi poori ho chuki thi ya nahian. mera yah dava hai ki terahavaan baras hone ke bad hi arjun ne dhanush ki tankar ki thi." |
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