कौरवों का कपट

khandav van ke dahan ke samay arjun ne may danav ko abhayadan de diya tha. isase kritajn hokar may danav ne arjun se kaha- “he kuntinandan! apane mere pranoan ki raksha ki hai. atah ap ajna dean, maian apaki kya seva karooan?” arjun ne uttar diya- “maian kisi badale ki bhavana se upakar nahian karata, kintu yadi tumhare andar seva bhavana hai to tum shrikrishn ki seva karo.” mayasur ke dvara kisi prakar ki seva ki ajna maangane par shrikrishn ne usase kaha- “he daityashreshth! tum yudhishthir ki sabha hetu aise sabhabhavan ka nirman karo, jaisa ki is prithvi par abhi tak n nirmit hua ho.” mayasur ne shrikrishn ki ajna ka palan karake ek advitiy bhavan ka nirman kar diya. isake sath hi usane pandavoan ko devadatt shankh, ek vajr se bhi kathor ratnaj dit gada tatha manimay patr bhi bheant kiya.

kuchh kal pashchath dharmaraj yudhishthir ne rajasooy yajn ka saphalatapoorvak ayojan kiya. is yajn ke ayojan ke pahale hi bhim dvara jarasandh ka evan yajn ke dauran shrikrishn dvara shishupal ka vadh hua. yajn ke samapt ho jane ke bad bhi kaurav duryodhan adi any bhaiyoan ke sath yudhishthir ke atithi bane rahe. ek din duryodhan ne may danav ke dvara nirmit rajasabha ko dekhane ki ichchha pradarshit ki, jise yudhishthir ne saharsh svikar kiya. duryodhan us sabha bhavan ke shilpakala ko dekhakar ashcharyachakit rah gaya. may danav ne us sabha bhavan ka nirman is prakar se kiya tha ki vahaan par anek prakar ke bhram utpann ho jate the, jaise ki sthal ke sthan par jal, jal ke sthan par sthal, dvar ke sthan par divar tatha divar ke sthan par dvar drishtigat hota tha. duryodhan ko bhi us bhavan ke anek sthanoan mean bhram hua, jis karan use kee bar pandavoan adi ka upahas ka patr banana p da. yahaan tak ki usaka upahas karate hue draupadi ne yah bhi kah diya ki "andhoan ke putr andhe hi hote haian." duryodhan apane upahas se pahale se hi jala-bhuna tha, kintu draupadi ke kahe gaye vachan use shool se bhi adhik chubhan de rahe the.

hastinapur lautate samay shakuni ne duryodhan se kaha- “bhaanje! indraprasth ke sabha bhavan mean tumhara jo apaman hua hai, usase mujhe atyant duahkh hua hai. tum yadi apane is apaman ka pratishodh lena chahate ho to apane pita dhritarashtr se anumati lekar yudhishthir ko dyoot-kri da (jua khelane) ke liye amantrit kar lo. yudhishthir dyoot-kri da ka premi hai, at: vah tumhare nimantran par avashy hi ayega aur tum to janate hi ho ki pase ke khel mean mujh par vijay pane vala trilok mean bhi koee nahian hai. pase ke daanv mean ham pandavoan ka sab kuchh jitakar unhean punah daridr bana deange.”

hastinapur pahuanch kar duryodhan sidhe apane pita dhritarashtr ke pas gaya aur unhean apane apaman ke vishay mean vistarapoorvak batakar apani tatha mama shakuni ki yojana ke vishay mean bhi bataya. usane yudhishthir ko dyoot-kri da ke liye amantrit karane ki anumati bhi maangi. tho da-bahut anakani karane ke pashchath dhritarashtr ne duryodhan ko apani anumati de di. yudhishthir ko unake bhaiyoan tatha draupadi ke sath hastinapur bulava liya gaya. avasar pakar duryodhan ne yudhishthir ke sath dyoot-kri da ka prastav rakha, jise yudhishthir ne svikar kar liya. pase ka khel arambh hua. duryodhan ki or se mama shakuni pase pheankane lage. yudhishthir jo kuchh bhi daanv par lagate the, use har jate the. apana samast rajy tak har jane ke bad yudhishthir ne apane bhaiyoan ko bhi daanv par laga diya aur shakuni dhoortata karake is daanv ko bhi jit gaya. yah dekhakar bhishm, dronachary, vidur adi ne is jue ka band karane ka prayas kiya, kintu asaphal rahe. ab yudhishthir ne svayan apane ap ko bhi daanv par laga diya aur shakuni ki dhoortata se phir har gaye.

raj-pat tatha bhaiyoan sahit svayan ko bhi har jane par yudhishthir kantihin hokar uthane lage to shakuni ne kaha- “yudhishthir! abhi bhi tum apana sab kuchh vapas jit sakate ho. abhi draupadi tumhare pas daanv mean lagane ke liye shesh hai. yadi tum draupadi ko daanv mean lagakar jit gaye to maian tumhara hara hua sab kuchh tumhean lauta dooanga.” sabhi tarah se nirash yudhishthir ne ab draupadi ko bhi daanv par laga diya aur hamesha ki tarah har gaye. apani is vijay ko dekhakar duryodhan unmatt ho utha aur vidur se bola- “draupadi ab hamari dasi hai, ap use tatkal yahaan le aiye.”


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