mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
4.kach aur devayani
isake bad kee varsh tak kach shukrachary ke pas brahmachary-vrat ka palan karate hue raha. vrat ke samapt hone par guru se ajna lekar vah devalok lautane ko prastut hua to devayani ne usase kaha- "aangira muni ke pautr kach, tum shilavan ho, ooanche kul ke ho. indriy-daman karake tumane tapasya ki aur shiksha prapt ki. is karan tumhara mukhamadanl soory ki bhaanti tejasvi hai. jab tum brahmachary-vrat ka palan kar rahe the, tab maianne tumase snehapoorn vyavahar kiya tha. ab tumhara kartavy hai ki tum bhi vaisa hi vyavahar mujhase karo. tumhare pita brihaspati mere liye poojy haian, atah tum ab mujhase yathavidhi vivah kar lo." yah kahakar shukr-kanya salajj kh di rahi. yah koee ashchary ki bat nahian thi jo devayani ne aisi svatantrata se batean kian. vah jamana hi aisa tha ki jab shikshit brahman-kanyaean nirbhay tatha svatantr hoti thi, man ki bat kahate jhijhakati n thian. devayani ki batean sunakar kach ne kaha- "akalankini, ek to tum mere achary ki beti ho, so mera dharm hai ki maian tumhean poojy samajhooan. doosare, mera shukrachary ke pet se punarjanm hua, isase bhi maian tumhara bhaee ban gaya hooan. tum meri bahan ho. atah tumhara anurodh nyayochit nahian." kintu devayani ne hath nahian chho da. usane kaha- "tum to brihaspati ke bete ho, mere pita ke nahian. tis par maian shuroo se hi tumase prem karati aee hooan. usi prem aur sneh se prerit hokar, maianne pita se kahakar tumhean tin bar jilaya. mera vishuddh prem tumhean svikar karana hi hoga." devayani ne bahut anunay-vinay ki, par kach ne usaki bat n mani. tab mare krodh ke devayani ki bhauanhean chadh geean. vishal kali-kali aankhean lal ho geean. yah dekhakar kach ne b de hi namr bhav se kaha- "shukr-kanye. tumhean maian apane guru se bhi adhik samajhata hooan. tum meri poojy ho, naraj n hoo! mujh par daya karo. mujhe anuchit kary ke liye prerit n karo. maian tumhare bhaee ke saman hooan. mujhe ‘svasti' kahakar vida karo. achary shukradev ki seva-tahal achchhi tarah aur niyamapoorvak karati rahana. svasti!" yah kahakar kach veg se indralok chala gaya. shukrachary ne apani beti ko samajha-bujhakar shaant kiya. |
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