mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
89.jayadrath-vadh
"karn! aj hamara bhaghy-nirnay hone vala hai." duryodhan ne kaha, "aur aj vah avasar hath aya hai, jisase mere bhaghy ke chamakane ki samhbhavana hai. aj yadi arjun ki pratijna poori n ho paee to nishhchay hi vah lajhja ke mare athmaghat kar lega. arjun ke mar jane par paandavoan ka nash bhi nishchit hai. phir to yah sara rajhy hamare hi adhin ho jayega. usake bad koee hamare samane sir nahian utha sakega. moorkhata aur bhram ke vash hokar arjun ne yah pratijna karake apane hi sarvanash ka ayojan kar liya hai. yah mere bhaghyoday ki hi soochana hai! aise avasar ko hath se n jane dena chahie. hamean koee-n-koee prayathn karake arjun ki pratijna jhoothi kar deni chahie. aj tumhhean apani ranakushalata ka poora-poora parichay dena hoga. aj tumhhari pariksha ka din hai. ab sooraj asht hua hi chahata hai. tho di hi der rah gee hai. sooryasht tak arjun jayadrath ke pas pahuanch nahian sakega. kripachary, ashhvaththama, shaly, tum aur maian sabhi sath-sath aur har tarah se satark rahakar jayadrath ki raksha karate rahean to arjun ki pratijna poori nahian ho payegi." yah sun karn bola- "rajan! bhimasen ke sath yuddh karate-karate maian bahut thak gaya hooan. mera sara sharir ghavoan se bhar gaya hai. sharir ki shphoorti kam ho gee hai. phir bhi tumhhare uddeshhy ki poorti mean yathasanbhav poora hath bataooanga. maian tumhhari hi khatir ji raha hooan." yuddh-shthal mean jis samay karn aur duryodhan mean ye batean ho rahi thian, usi samay doosari taraph arjun kaurav-sena mean pralay-sa macha raha tha. arjun ki ichhchha yah thi ki kisi tarah kaurav-sena ko to d-pho dakar aandar pravesh karake sooryasht hone se pahale jayadrath ke nikat pahuanchakar usaka kam tamam kiya jay. itane mean shrikrishhn ne ekaek apana shankh-paanchajanhy joroan se bajaya. sunate hi unaka sarathi daruk ek rath lekar a pahuancha. sathyaki lapakakar us par savar hua. vah karn par toot p da aur donoan mean b di kushalata aur tathparata se yuddh hone laga. daruk ne rath chalane mean b da kaushal dikhaya aur sathyaki ne dhanush chalane mean. donoan ka ran-kaushal dekhane ko devata akash mean ikatthe ho gaye. karn ke charoan gho de aur sarathi mare gaye. usake rath ki dhhvaja katakar gir p di. pal-bhar mean rath bhi choor ho gaya. is par karn duryodhan ke rath par chadhakar yuddh karane laga. is yuddh ka varnan dhritarashtr ko sunate hue sanjay ne kaha- "is sansar mean shrikrishhn, arjun aur sathyaki ke saman dhanurdhari aur koee nahian hai." udhar kaurav-sena ko titar-bitar karata hua arjun jayadrath ke pas akhir pahuanch hi gaya. us samay ke arjun ke raudr roop ka varnan nahian ho sakata tha. vah apane putr abhimanhyu ki hathya aur pichhali sari musibatoan ko yad karake krodh se ag ki bhaanti prajhvalit ho utha. us samay vah donoan hathoan se gaandiv dhanush ka prayog kar raha tha. kaurav-sena isase bhayakul ho uthi. us samay vah kaurav-sena ko mahakal ke saman bhayanak pratit hone laga. jayadrath ki raksha karane vale sabhi maharathiyoan ko harakar arjun ekadam jayadrath ke pas pahuanch gaya aur us par toot p da. par jayadrath bhi koee sadharan vir nahian tha. vah suvikhhyat yoddha tha. datakar l dane laga. use harana arjun ke liye bhi sugam n tha b di der tak yuddh hota raha. dono pakshoan ke vir soory ki or bar-bar dekhane lage. |
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