mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
16.draupadi svayanvar
svayanvar - mandap mean ek vrihadakar dhanush rakkha hua tha, jisaki dori phauladi taroan ki bani thi. oopar kaphi ooanchaee par ek sone ki machhali tangi huee thi. usake niche ek chamakadar yantr b de veg se ghoom raha tha. raja drupad ne ghoshana ki thi ki, "jo rajakumar us bhari dhanush ko tanakar dori chadhayega aur oopar ghoomate hue gol yantr ke madhy mean se tir chalakar oopar tange hue nishane ko gira dega, usi ko draupadi var mala pahanayegi." is svayanvar ke ke liye door-door se anek kshatriy vir aye hue the. mandap mean saik doan raja ikatthe hue the jinamean dhritarashtr ke sau bete , aang-naresh karn, shri krishn, shishupal, jarasandh adi bhi shamil hue the. darshakoan ki bhari bhi d thi. sabha mean sagar ki laharoan ke sadrish ganbhir shor ho raha tha. baje baj rahe the, shankh-turahi adi ke mangal-ninad se dishaean gooanj rahi thian. rajakumar dhrishtadyumn gho de par savar hokar age aya. usake pichhe hathi par savar draupadi aee usane mangal-snan karake apane kesh agar ke sugandhit dhuean se sukha rakhe the. vah reshami sa di pahane thi. svabhavik sauandary hi mano usaka bhooshan pratit hota tha. hath mean phooloan ka har lie rajakanya hathi se utari aur sabha mean padarpan kiya. ekatrit rajakumar usaki chhavi niharakar anand-mugdh ho gaye. kanakhiyoan se unhean dekhati huee drupad-rajakanya sabha ke bich mean se hokar mandap mean ja pahuanchi. brahmanoan ne ooanche svar se mantr padhakar agni mean ahuti di aur 'svasti' kahakar ashirvad diye. dhire-dhire bajoan ka svar mand ho chala. rajakumar dhrishtadyumn apani bahan ka hath pak dakar mandap ke bich mean le gaya aur ganbhir svar mean ghoshana karate hue bola- "mandap mean upasthit sab vir sunean! yah dhanush hai, ye ban haian, vah nishana hai. jo bhi roopavan, bali eanv kulin vyakti ghoomate hue yantr ke bich mean se paanch ban chalakar nishana gira dega, meri bahan usako hi apani varamala pahanayegi; yah saty hai." yah ghoshana karane ke bad dhrishtadyumn bari-bari se upasthit rajakumaroan ke nam evan kul ka parichay apani bahan ko dene laga. isake bad ek-ek karake rajakumar uthate aur dhanush par dori chadhate, harate aur apamanit hokar laut ate. kitane hi suprasiddh viroan ko is tarah muanh ki khani p di. is prakar shishupal, jarasandh, shaly, duryodhan jaise parakrami rajakumar tak asaphal ho gaye. jab karn ki bari aee to sabha mean ek lahar dau़ d gee. sabane socha, aang-naresh jaroor saphal hoan jayeange. karn ne dhanush uthakar kh da kar diya aur tanakar pratyancha bhi chadhani shuroo ki abhi dori ke chadhane mean bal-bhar ki kasar rah gee thi ki itane mean dhanush ka danda hath se chhoot gaya aur uchhalakar jor se usake muanh par laga. apani chot sahalata hua karn apani jagah par ja baitha. itane mean upasthit brahmanoan ke bich se ek tarun brahmachari uth kh da hua. brahmanoan ki mandali mean brahman veshadhari arjun ko yoan kh da hote dekhakar sabha mean b di halachal mach gee. logoan mean tarah-tarah ki charcha hone lagi aur sabha mean do paksh ho gaye. upasthit brahmanoan mean bhi do dal ban gaye. svayanvar ke ek dal ne is brahmachari ka khoob svagat kiya aur nare lagaye. doosare ne usaka virodh kiya. bahut-se brahmanoan ne chillakar kaha ki jis prayatn mean karn aur shaly jaise maharathi har man chuke haian usamean is brahman brahmachari ka harana sare viprakul ke liye apaman ki bat ho jayegi. atah ise yah duahsahas nahian karana chahie. |
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