mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
5. devayani ka vivah
devayani ne apana dahina hath badhate hue kaha- "maian asur-guru shukrachary ki kanya hooan. pita ji ko yah maloom nahian hai ki maian kuean mean p di hooan. kripakar mujhe bahar nikaliye." raja ne devayani ka hath pak dakar kuean se bahar nikal liya. sharmishtha se apamanit hone par devayani ne man mean nishchay kar liya tha ki ab vah vrishaparva ke rajy mean apane pita ji ke pas vapas nahian jayegi. vahaan jane se behatar hai ki kahian aur hi jangal mean chali jaye. usane yayati se anurodhapoorn svar mean kaha- "maloom nahian, ap kaun haian? par aisa lagata hai ki ap b de shaktishali, yashasvi aur charitravan haian. ap koee bhi hoan, mera dahina hath ap grahan kar chuke haian, apako maianne apana pati man liya hai. ap mujhe svikar karean!" yayati ne uttar diya, ‘he taruni! tum brahmani ho aur shukrachary ki beti ho, jo sansar-bhar ke achary hone yogy haian. maian thahara sadharan kshatriy! maian tumase kaise byah kar sakata hooan? atah devi, mujhe kshama karo aur tum apane ghar chali jao." yah kahakar raja yayati devayani se vida hokar chal diye. us jamane mean ooanche kul ka koee purush nichale kul ki kanya se vivah kar leta to use 'anulom vivah' kahate the. nichale kul ke purush ke sath ooanche kul ki kanya ka vivah 'pratilom' kaha jata tha. pratilom vivah mana kiya gaya tha; kyoanki stri ke kul ko kalank n lagane dena un dinoan jaroori samajha jata tha. yahi karan tha ki yayati ne devayani ki prarthana asvikar kar di. yayati ke chale jane par devayani vahian kuean ke pas saanp ki phuphakar ki bhaanti ahean bharati aur sisakiyaan leti huee kh di rahi. sharmishtha ki batoan ne usake hriday ko chhed dala tha, vah ghar nahian jana chahati thi. idhar jab devayani der tak vapas n aee to shukrachary ghabaraye. unhoanne phauran apani sevika ko devayani ki talash mean bhej diya. sevika apani kuchh saheliyoan ko sath lie us jangal mean gee jahaan devayani apani sakhiyoan ke sath khelane gee thi. vahaan ek pe d ke niche devayani ko kh de dekha. usaki aankhean rote rahane ke karan lal ho gee thian. mukh malin tha aur krodh ke karan usake hoanth kaanp rahe the. devayani ka yah hal dekhakar sevika ghabara gee aur b di aturata se poochha ki kya bat hai? devayani ke mukh se mano chinagariyaan nikalian! usane kaha- "pita ji se jakar kahana ki unaki beti ab raja vrishavarma ke rajy mean kadam nahian rakhegi." devayani ka yah hal janakar shukrachary b de duahkhi hue. vah beti ke pas dau de aye aur use gale se laga liya. donoan khoob roye. tho di der bad jab shukrachary shaant hue to devayani ko b de pyar se komal svar mean samajhate hue bole- ‘‘beta, log apane hi kiye ka phal bhogate haian. |
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