mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
3.amba aur bhishm
satyavati ke putr chitraangad b de hi vir par svechchhachari the. ek bar kisi gandharv ke sath yuddh hua, usamean vah mare gaye. unake koee putr n tha, isalie unake chhote bhaee vichitraviry hastinapur ki rajagaddi par baithe. vichitraviry ki ayu us samay bahut chhoti thi, is karan unake balig hone tak raj-kaj bhishm ko hi sanbhalana p da. jab vichitraviry vivah ke yogy hue, to bhishm ko unake vivah ki chinta huee. unhean khabar lagi ke kashiraj ki kanyaoan ka svayanvar hone vala hai. yah janakar bhishm b de khush hue aur svayanvar mean sammilit hone ke liye kashi ravana ho gaye. kashiraj ki kanyaean apoorv sundari thian. unake roop aur gun ka yash door door tak phaila hua tha. isalie desh-videsh ke anek rajakumar unake svayanvar mean bhag lene ke lie aye the. svayanvar-mandap unaki bhi d se khachakhach bhara hua tha. rajaputriyoan ko pane ke lie apas mean b di spardha thi. kshatriyoan mean bhishm ki pratishtha advitiy thi. unake mahan tyag tatha bhishan pratijna ka hal sab janate the. isaliye jab vah svayanvar mandap mean pravisht hue to rajakumaroan ne socha ki vah sirph svayanvar dekhane ke liye aye hoange. parantu jab svayanvar mean sammilit hone valoan mean unhoanne bhi apana nam diya, to any kumaroan ko nirash hona p da. unako kya pata tha ki dridhavrati bhishm apane liye nahian, varanh apane bhaee ke liye svayanvar mean sammilit hue haian. sabha mean khalabali mach gee. charoan or se bhishm par phabtiyaan kasi jane lagian- ‘mana ki bharat-shreshth bhishm b de buddhiman aur vidvan haian, kintu sath hi boodhe bhi to ho chale haian. svayanvar se inhean kya matalab? inake pran ka kya hua? to kya inhoanne saste mean hi yash kama liya? jivan-bhar brahmachari rahane ki inhoanne jo pratijna ki thi, kya vah jhoothi hi thi? is bhaanti sab rajakumaroan ne bhishm ki hansi u daee, yahaan tak ki kashiraj ki kanyaoan ne bhi vriddh bhishm ki taraph se drishti pher li aur unaki avahelana si karake age ki or chal dian. abhimani bhishm is avahelana ko sah n sake. mare krodh ke unaki aankhean lal ho geean. unhoanne sabhi ikatthe rajakumaroan ko yuddh ke lie lalakara aur akele tamam rajakumaroan ko harakar tinoan rajakanyaoan ko balapoorvak lakar rath par bitha liya aur hastinapur ko chal diye. saubhadesh ka raja shalv b da vir aur svabhimani tha. kashiraj ki sabase b di kanya amba us par anurakt thi aur usako hi man mean apana pati man liya tha. shalv ne bhishm ke rath ka pichha kiya aur usako rokane ka prayatn kiya. is par bhishm aur shalv ke bich ghor yuddh chhi d gaya. shalv vir avashy tha, parantu dhanush ke dhani bhishm ke age kab tak thahar sakata tha? bhishm ne use hara diya, kintu kashiraj ki kanyaoan ki prarthana par use jivit hi chho d diya. bhishm kashiraj ki kanyaoan ko lekar hastinapur pahuanche. |
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
adhyay | adhyay ka nam | prishth sankhya |
varnamala kramanusar lekh khoj