mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
95.ab vilap karane se kya labh
duryodhan ke pas pahuanchakar ashvatthama ne kaha- "maharaj duryodhan, ap abhi jivit hai kya? dekhiye, apake liye maian aisa achchha samachar laya hooan ki jise sunakar apaka kaleja jaroor thanda jo jayega aur shaanti se mar sakeange. jo kuchh ham logoan ne kiya hai, use ap dhyan se sunean. sare paanchal khatm kar diye gaye. paandavoan ke bhi sare putr mare gaye. paandavoan ki sari sena ka hamane sote mean hi sarvanash kar diya. paandavoan ke paksh mean ab keval sat hi vyakti jivit bach gaye hai. hamare paksh me kripachary, kritavarma aur maian- tin rah gaye hai." yah sunakar duryodhan bahut prasann hua aur bola- "guru bhaee, ashvatthama apane meri khatir yah kam kiya hai jo n bhishm pitamah se hua aur n jise mahavir karn hi kar sake. ab maian shaanti se mar sakooanga." itana kahakar duryodhan ne apane pran tyag diye. rat ke samay achanak chhapa marakar ashvatthama aur usake sathiyoan ne sari paandav sena ko tahas-nahas kar diya, yah janakar yudhishthir ko bhari vyatha huee. vah bhaiyoan se bole- "abhi-abhi hamean vijay prapt huee ki itane mean buri tarah is prakar har kha gaye. jo parast hue the, ab to unaki hi jit ho gee. mahaparakrami karn ke bhi akraman se draupadi ke jo putr bach gaye the, ve hi ab hamari asavadhani ke karan ki doan ki bhaanti jal mare. hamari avastha thik us vyapari ki-si ho gee jo b de mahasagar ko b di sugamata se par karake ant mean kisi chhote-se nale mean doobakar nasht ho jata hai. draupadi ki dayaniy avastha ki kya kahean ki jisake paanchoan bete ek sath achanak kal-kavalit ho gaye!" vah shok usake liye asahy ho utha. dharmaraj yudhishthir ke pas akar vah katar svar mean pukar uthi- "kya is papi ashvatthama se badala lene vala hamare yahaan koee nahian raha?" shok-vihvala draupadi ki halat dekhakar paancho paandav ashvatthama ki khoj mean nikale. dhooandhate-dhooandhate akhir unhoanne ganga-nadi ke tat par vyasashram mean chhipe ashvatthama ka pata laga hi diya. paandavoan aur shrikrishn ko dekhate hi ashvatthama ghabara gaya. divyastroan aur unake mantro ka to ashvatthama ko jnan tha hi! usane dhire-se ek tinaka utha liya aur abhimantrit karake 'yah paandavoan ke vansh ka amool nash kar de' yah kahakar us tinake ko hava me chho d diya. mantr bal se vah tinaka astr ban gaya aur sidha rajakumari uttara ki kokh mean ja pahuancha. paandav-vansh ka namonishan tak isase mit gaya hota, lekin shrikrishn ke pratap v anugrah se uttara ke garbh ki raksha ho gee. samay pakar uttara ke garbh ka yahi piand maharaj parikshit ke roop mean utpann hua aur paandavoan ke vansh ka ekamatr chihn rah gaya. |
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