mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
96.saantvana kaun de?
bhim ko bhi duryodhan ko aniti se marane ka duahkh ho raha tha. gaandhari ki batean sunakar use duahkh hua aur kshama-yachana karata hua bola- "maan! yuddh mean apane bachav ke liye mujhase aisa hua. yah dharm hua ya adharm, ap usake liye mujhe kshama kar dean. dharm-yuddh karake duryodhan se jit sakana sanbhav n tha, vah ajey tha. yahi karan tha ki mujhe adharm baratana p da. par yah to sochiye ki duryodhan ne sidhe-sade yudhishthir ko jua khilakar dhokha diya aur unaka sara rajy chhin liya. usane ham sabako tarah-tarah ke kasht pahuanchaye aur hamare viruddh kuchakr rache. bahut samajhane-bujhane par bhi usane hamara rajy n lautane ka hath kiya. draupadi ka bhari sabha mean jo ghor apaman hua vah to apako achchhi tarah maloom hi hai. us samay mujhe itana gussa aya ki usi sabha mean maianne duryodhan ka vadh kar diya hota. tab shayad ap bhi use anyay n samajhatian. par maian aisa nahian kar saka; kyoanki us samay ham dharmaraj yudhishthir ke karan pratijna mean bandhe hue the atev kuchh nahian kar sakate the. man marakar kh de-kh de dekhate rahe. maianne yuddhakshetr mean usi apaman ka badala liya hai. haan, kuchh aniti jaroor baratani p di usake liye maan, ap ham par krodh n karean. ap apane man ko shaant karean aur hamean kshama hi kar dean." yah sunakar gaandhari karun svar mean boli- "beta! yadi tumane mere sau betoan mean se kisi ek ko bhi jivit chho da hota to ham donoan usi ke asare santosh kar lete. lekin tumane to mere sau-ke-sau betoan ko mar dala." kahate-kahate boodhi gaandhari ka gala bhar aya. par tho di der mean vah sanbhal gee. unhean krodh bahut a raha tha. unhoanne yudhishthir ko bulaya. yudhishthir darate-darate gaandhari ke age aye aur hath jo dakar kh de ho gaye. yadyapi gaandhari ne aankhoan par kap de ki pati baandh rakhi thi, phir bhi yudhishthir ko unaki or dekhane ki himmat nahian p d rahi thi. yudhishthir ki namr batoan se gaandhari dravit ho uthian. vah kuchh n bolian. unhoanne yudhishthir ki or dekha bhi nahian. unhean bhay tha ki yudhishthir par meri kruddh drishti p d gee to vah kahian bhasm n ho jaye isalie unhoanne apana mukh doosari taraph pher liya. phir bhi yudhishthir ke paanv ki aanguliyoan par unaki jara-si nigah p d gee. nigah p date hi unaki aanguliyaan kali aur vikrit ho geean. gaandhari ka yah shokodveg dekhakar arjun bhi dar gaya aur shrikrishn ke pichhe hi kh da raha. kuchh bola nahian. mahabuddhimati aur sadhvi gaandhari ne apane dagdh-hriday ko dhire-dhire shaant kar liya aur paandavoan ko ashirvad dekar vida kiya. yudhishthir adi sab vahaan se chale gaye par draupadi vahian gaandhari ke pas hi rahi. apane paanchoan sukumar balakoan ke mare jane ke karan draupadi shok-vihval hokar ro rahi thi. usaki us avastha par gaandhari ko b di daya aee. vah boli- "beti, duahkhi n hoo. maian aur tum ek hi jaisi haian. hamean saantvana dene vala kaun hai? is sabaki doshi to maian hi hooan. mere hi dosh ke karan aj is kul ka sarvanash hua hai. par ab apane ko bhi dosh dene se kya labh?" |
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