महाभारत कथा -अमृतलाल नागर पृ. 158

mahabharat katha -amritalal nagar

ashvatthama ka prachand yuddh

maharaj yudhishthir ne jab yah samachar suna to ve man hi man mean b de atankit ho uthe. karn aur arjun ki apasi dushmani ko ve achchhi tarah se janate the. unhean maloom tha ki karn arjun ko hi adhik apane tiroan ka nishana banaega. isilie ve keval usi ke bachav ki batoan par gaharaee se vichar karane lage. unhoanne socha ki karn jab arjun se l dane ke lie aega, tab usaka sarathi akhir kisako banaya jayega.

kaurav paksh mean aisa kaun sa hunaramand hai jo yuddh sanchalak sarathi shrikrishn ke kam se takkar le sake. yuddh-kshetr mean b de-b de viroan ke sarathi banane ka saubhagy kisi sadharan sarathi ko nahian diya jata tha. kab rath ko shatru ke samane se hataye aur kab vah apane rath ko utarakar nikal le jay, in sari batoan ka vichar yuddh-kala ke anusar hi hota hai. yudhishthir ne socha ki kauravoan ke paksh mean is kala mean shrikrishn ki takkar lene vale keval shaly mama hi haian.

vaise krishn aur shaly ka koee mukabala n tha. shaly yudhishthir ki sauteli mata madri ke sage bhaee the. ye apane ghar se chale to the yuddh mean pandavoan ka paksh lene, lekin duryodhan ne apani seva-chaturaee se inhean apane paksh mean mila liya. yudhishthir ne sab batoan par vichar karake yahi nishchay kiya ki shaly mama se ek bar avashy mileange. parantu us samay milane ka avakash nahian tha.

yuddh mean baje bajane lage. apane naye senapati ki banaee huee yojana ke anusar kaurav paksh ke vir apane-apane morche samhal chuke the. lohe se loha bajane laga tha. jyoan-jyoan l daee age badhati jati thi, tyoan-tyoan usamean teji bhi ati jati thi. senayean ek doosare ka bij nash karane par tuli huee thian. vishal yuddh-bhoomi hathi-gho doan aur manushyoan ki lashoan se tatha akash chil-giddh kauvoan se bhara hua tha. yahaan ki chikh pukarean aur jai-jaikarean sunakar b de-b doan ke kaleje dahal uthate the, karuna se bhar jate the.

us din ki l daee mean sabase adhik kamal kaurav paksh ke ashvatthama aur pandav paksh ke pandyaraj ne dikhalaya. dakshin bharat ke tamil bhashi pandy raja malayadhvaj asim parakrami aur yuddh-kala mean nipun mane jate the. unhoanne us din ashvatthama ke sath aisa chamatkari dhanuryuddh kiya ki shatru-mitr sabhi ek muanh se vah-vah karane lage aur jab maharathi ashvatthama ke hathoan se mare gaye, tab pandav paksh mean udasi chha gee. us din ke yuddh mean kauravoan ki apeksha pandavoan ko hi adhik hani huee thi.

tika-tippani aur sandarbh

sanbandhit lekh

kramaank vishay ka nam prishth sankhya
1. satyavati ke bete 7
2. pandu ka rajyabhishek 10
3. shiksha ka prabandh 12
4. drupad se yuddh 17
5. vidur ki chaturaee 19
6. draupadi svayanvar 23
7. rajadhani ka chunav 27
8. sund, upasund ki katha 28
9. arjun ka vanavas 32
10. subhadra aur arjun ka vivah 38
11. rajasooy yajn 42
12. jue mean parajay 53
13. vanagaman 59
14. virat nagar mean pandav 72
15. kauravoan ka akraman 83
16. abhimanyu ka vivah 87
17. shaly ka svagat 93
18. yuddh ki or 97
19. mahanash ki taiyari 108
20. yuddh ka arambh 112
21. bhishm-yudhishthir ki bheant 114
22. dronachary ka parakram 121
23. bhimasen ka yuddh-chamatkar 122
24. dadhichi ka asthidan 123
25. bhishm ki shar-shaiyya 125
27. bhimasen aur dronachary ka parakram 128
28. abhimanyu ka parakram 135
29. arjun subhadra milan 141
30. ashvatthama ki pratijna 148
31. ashvatthama ka prachand yuddh 153
32. mama bhanje ki bheant 159
33. duryodhan aur karn ki salah 165
34. shaly sarathi bane 167
35. kauve aur hans ki kahani 170
36. yudhishthir aur arjun ki mantrana 172
37. bhim du:shasan yuddh 179
38. duryodhan aur kripachary ki varta 186
39. shaly aur yudhishthir ka yuddh 188
40. dhritarashtr aur gaandhari ka vilap 192
41. duryodhan aur ashvatthama ki bheant 194
42. mahavilap 197
43. bhishm pitamah se bheant 198
44. bhishm ki kathaean 199
45. dhruv ki katha 200
46. priyavrat ke vansh ki katha 206
47. rrishabh ki katha 207
48. bharat ki katha 208
49. ved ki katha 209
50. ven aur prithu ki katha 210
51. indr ki katha 212
52. hastinapur mean yudhishthir ka rajyabhishek 215
53. dhritarashtr adi ka sanyas grahan 216
54. ashvamedh yajn 217
55. parikshit ke do janm 219
56. khajane ki khoj 220
57. yajn ka gho da 221
58. sindhu desh mean 222
59. bap bete ki l daee 223
60. yadavoan ka ant 227

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