mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
101.ser bhar ata
kurukshetr ka yuddh samapt ho chuka tha aur yudhishthir hastinapur ki gaddi par asin ho chuke the. maharaj yudhishthir ne ashvamedh ka mahayajn kiya tha jisamean sare bharat ke raja ikatthe hue the. yajn b di dhoomadham se hua. desh ke kone-kone mean is bat ki ghoshana kar di gee thi ki jitane bhi brahman aur din-daridr log jo kuchh dan lena chahean ve rajadhiraj yudhishthir ke ashvamedh yajn mean pahuanchean. is karan yajnashala mean jahaan maharajaoan ki jagamagati bhi d thi, vahaan har ek jati aur varn ke garib log bhi dal-ke-dal akar dan le ja rahe the. is prakar shastrokt riti se aur sucharu roop se yajn sanpann hua. yajn ke aantim din achanak ek b da-sa nevala yajnashala ke bich mean kahian se a kh da hua aur b di nirbhikata ke sath upasthit logoan ko dekhata hua thahaka marakar hansane laga. ek adane-se nevale ko is prakar manushyoan ki tarah hansate dekhakar yajn karane vale brahmanoan ke man mean bhay-sa chha gaya. ve shankit ho uthe ki kahian koee bhoot ya pishach hamare yajn mean vighn dalane to nahian a gaya! yajn-mandap mean upasthit doosare log bhi chauankakar nevale ko dhyan se dekhane lage. nevale ka roop anootha tha. usaka adha sharir anootha tha. usaka adha sharir sunahara tha aur adha sadharan nevale ka-sa. is adbhut nevale ne door-door se aye hue raja-maharajaoan aur vidvan brahmanoan ki or dekhakar ni:sankoch kahana shuroo kiya. "mahamany sajjanavrind! shayad ap log soch rahe hoange aur man mean khush ho rahe hoange ki apane koee b da bhari yajn sanpann kiya haian; parantu yad rakhiye ki yah apaka keval bhram haian. isase pahale ek bar ek mahan yajn ho chuka haian. kurukshetr mean rahane vale ek garib brahman ne keval ek ser ata atithi ko dan mean diya tha. lekin ap logoan dvara is yajn mean diye gaye apar dan ki us garib brahman dvara diye gaye ek ser ate ke dan se barabari nahian ho sakati. atah he upasthit sajjanagan! maian apako chetavani dene aya hooan ki ap is yajn ka aur isamean diye gaye dan ka apane man mean garv n kijiyega." nevale ko is prakar batean karate dekhakar yajn-mandap mean upasthit log ashchary mean a gaye. yachak brahmanoan ne us nevale se poochha- "he nakul, tum kaun ho aur ham logoan ki is yajnashala mean tum kahaan se aye? is yajn ki tum is prakar buraee kis adhar par kar rahe ho? yah mahan ashvamedh-yajn shastr-vihit sabhi samagriyoan evan vidhiyoan se kiya gaya haian. isamean tum kis prakar dosh nikal rahe ho? jo log is yajn mean aye haian un sabaki uchit pooja huee hai, unaka yathochit satkar kiya gaya hai. jo jitana chahata tha use utana aur usi tarah ka dan diya gaya. is dan se sabhi santusht hue haian. mantr-path mean bhi truti nahian huee aur agni mean ahutiyaan bhi uchit riti se di gee haian. charoan varnoan ke log isase poornaroop se santusht hue haian. itana sab kuchh hone par bhi kya karan hai ki tum ise doshayukt bata rahe ho? hamean samajhakar kaho." |
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