mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
11.karn
kunti ne karn ko dekhate hi pahachan liya aur bhay aur lajja ke mare moorchchhit-si ho gee. usaki yah halat dekhakar vidur ne dasiyoan ko bulakar use chet karavaya aur mithe shabdoan mean ashvasan diya aur samajhaya. kunti kiankartavyavimoodh-si ho gee. isi bich kripachary ne uthakar karn se kaha- "ajnat vir! maharaj pandu ka putr aur kuruvansh ka vir arjun tumhare sath dvandv karane ke lie taiyar hai, kintu tum pahale apana parichay to do! tum kaun ho, kisake putr ho, kis raj-kul ko tum vibhooshit karate ho? kyoanki dvandv-yuddh barabar valoan mean hi hota hai. kul ka parichay paye bagair rajakumar kabhi dvandv karane ko taiyar nahian hote." kripachary ki yah bat sunakar karn ka sir lajja se is prakar jhuk gaya, jaise varsha ke jal mean bhiga hua kamal. karn lajja ke karan shrivihin ho gaya. karn ko is tarah lajjit dekhakar duryodhan uth kh da hua aur bola- "agar barabari ki hi bat hai to maian aj hi karn ko aangadesh ka raja banata hooan!" yah kahakar duryodhan ne turant pitamah bhishm evan pita dhritarashtr se anumati lekar vahian rangabhoomi mean hi rajyabhishek ki samagri mangaee aur karn ka rajyabhishek rachaya aur use aangadesh ka raja ghoshit kar diya. itane mean boodha sarathi adhirath, jisane karn ko pala tha, lathi tekata hua aur bhay ke mare kaanpata hua sabha mean pravisht hua. karn, jo abhi-abhi aangadesh ka naresh bana diya gaya tha, usako dekhate hi dhanush niche rakh utha kh da hua aur pita manakar bade adar ke sath usake age sir navaya. boodhe ne bhi beta kahakar use gale laga liya aur abhishek-jal se bhige hue karn ke sir par anand ke aansoo bahakar use aur bhigo diya. yah dekhakar bhim khoob kahakaha marakar hans p da aur bola- "sarathi ke bete, dhanush chho dakar hath mean chabuk lo chabuk! vahi tumhean shobha dega. tum bhala kab se arjun ke sath dvandv-yuddh karane ke yogy ho gaye?" yah sab dekh sabha mean khalabali mach gee. is samay sooraj bhi doob raha tha. is karan sabha visarjit ho gee. mashaloan aur dipakoan ki roshani mean darshak-vrind tarah-tarah ke shok machate hue chale gaye. apani-apani pasand ke anusar kuchh log arjun ki, kuchh karn ki aur kuchh duryodhan ki jay bolate jate the. us ghatana ke bahut kal bad ek bar devaraj indr boodhe brahman ke vesh mean aang-naresh karn ke pas aye aur unake janmajat kavach aur kuandaloan ki bhiksha maangi. devaraj indr ko dar tha ki yuddh mean karn ki ichchha se hi unhoanne danavir karn se yah bhiksha maangi thi. karn ko usake pita sooryadev ne pahale se sachet kar diya tha ki use dhokha dene ke lie indr aisi chal chalane vale haian; parantu karn itana dani tha ki kisi ke kuchh maangane par vah nahian kar hi nahian sakata tha. |
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