mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
75.senapati dron
duryodhan aur karn is bare mean soch-vichar karane lage ki ab senapati kise banaya jaye? karn bole- "yahaan par jitane kshatriy upasthit haian, ve sab senapati banane ki yoghyata rakhate haian. sharirik bal, parakram, yathnashilata, buddhi, shoorata, dhiraj, kul, jnan adi sabhi batoan mean yahaan ikatthe hue sabhi kshatriy-raja ek-doosare ki samata kar sakate haian. par saval yah hai ki inamean se senapati kise banaya jaye? sabhi ek sath to senapati ban nahian sakate haian. kisi ek ko hi is pad ke liye chunana hoga aur sanbhav hai ki isase log bura manean. yah hamare liye hanikar sabit hoga. in saboan ko dhhyan mean rakhate hue mujhe to yahi sabase achhchha pratit hota hai ki achary dron ko hi senapati banaya jaye. vah sabhi viroan ke achary haian, shashtradhariyoan mean shreshhth haian aur kshatriyoan mean to unaki samata karane vala koee hai nahian. meri ray mean to apane achary ko hi senapati ke pad par bithaya jaye." karn ki yah bat duryodhan ne man li. "achary! jati, kul, shashtr-jnan, vay, buddhi, virata, kushalata adi sabhi batoan mean ap sabase shreshhth haian. ap hi ab is sena ka senapatithv shvikar karean. hamari sena ka yadi ap sanchalan kareange to yah nishchit hai ki ham yudhishthir ko avashhy jit leange." yah kahakar duryodhan ne sabhi kshatriy viroan ke samane dronachary se senapatithv shvikar karane ki vinati ki. ekatr rajaoan ne yah sun sianhanad karake duryodhan ko prasanhn kiya. shashtrokht riti se dronachary ka senapati-pad par abhishek hua. us samay aisa jay-jayakar hua, mano akash vidirn ho jayega. bandilogoan ke shtuti-gan aur jay-ghosh ko sunakar kaurav to aise uthsah mean a gaye ki poochho mat. unhhean yah bhram hone laga mano unhhoanne paandavoan par vijay hi pa li ho. achary dron ne yuddh ke liye kaurav sena ko shakat-vhyooh mean racha. karn ke rath ko usi din pahale-pahal yuddh ke maidan mean idhar-udhar chalate dekh kauravoan-sena ke viroan mean ek naya hi josh aur ananhd dau d gaya. kauravoan ki sena ke sipahi apas mean batean karane lage- "pitamah to arjun ko marana nahian chahate the. anamane bhav se yuddh kar rahe the; paranhtu karn aisa nahian kareange. ab to paandavoan ka nash hokar hi rahega." dronachary ne paanch din tak kauravoan ki sena ka sanchalan karate hue ghor yuddh kiya. yadyapi avashtha mean vah boodhe the, phir bhi javanoan ko lajane vali phurti ke sath yuddh ke maidan mean ek chhor se doosare chhor tak chakhkar katate rahe aur pagaloan ke-se josh ke sath yuddh karate rahe. unake bhishan akraman ke age paandavoan ki sena usi tarah titar-bitar ho jati thi, jaise aandhi chalane par megh-rashi. sathyaki, bhim, arjun, dhrishhtadyumhn, abhimanhyu, drupad, kashiraj adi suvikhhyat viroan ke viruddh akele dronachary bhi d jate aur ek-ek ko khade d dete. paanchoan din unake hathoan paandavoan ki sena bahut hi sataee gee. achary dron ne paandav-sena ki nak mean dam kar diya. |
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