mahabharat katha -chakravarti rajagopalachary
73.bhishhm ka aant
dasavean din ka yuddh shuroo hua. aj paandavoan ne shikhandi ko age kiya tha. age-age shikhandi aur usake pichhe arjun. shikhandi ki a d mean arjun ne pitamah ke oopar ban barasae. aj bhishhm ka tej aisa prakhar ho raha tha mano bhishhm mean madhhyahn ka soory. shikhandi ke banoan ne vriddh pitamah ka vaksh-shthal biandh dala. kshan-bhar ke liye bhishhm ki aankhoan se mano chinagariyaan nikalian. aisa pratit hua ki unaki agnimay drishti hi shikhandi ko jalakar rakh kar degi? paranhtu pal-bhar bad hi bhishhm ka krodh shaant ho gaya. unhhoanne apane ko sanbhal liya aur yah sochakar ki jivan-sandhhya samip a rahi hai, vah kuchh der shikhandi ka pratirodh kiye bina moortivat kh de rahe. yah drishhy dekhakar sab achanbhe mean a gaye. devata tak vismit ho uthe. par bhishhm ke man ki batean shikhandi khya janata? vah to ban-par-ban barasaye hi ja raha tha. bhishhm ne apane chehare par jara bhi shikan n ane di aur shikhandi ke banoan ka prathyuttar nahian diya. arjun ne jab yah dekha ki pitamah pratirodh nahian kar rahe haian to jara ji k da karake bhishhm ke marm-shthanoan ko lakshhy karake tikhean banoan se biandhana shuroo kar diya. bhishhm ka sara sharir biandh gaya, par itane par bhi unaka mukh malin n hua. vah mushkarate hue pas hi kh de du:shasan se kahane lage– "dekho, ye ban arjun ke haian, shikhandi ke nahian. jaise keank di ke sharir ko usake bachhche hi pha d dete haian, usi prakar arjun ke ye ban mere sharir ko biandh rahe haian." apane phyare pautr ke chalaye banoan ke prati bhi pitamah ki is prakar ki komal bhavana thi. bhishhm ne shakti-asr arjun par chalaya. arjun ne use tin banoan se kat giraya. ab bhishhm ko yah nishhchay ho gaya ki aj ka yuddh unaka akhiri yuddh hoga. is karan vah hath mean dhal-talavar lekar rath se utarane lage. itane mean arjun ke chalae banoan se unaki dhal ke tuk de-tuk de ho gaye. arjun ka ban barasana jari tha. usake banoan ne pitamah ke sharir mean uangali rakhane ki bhi jagah n chho di thi. pitamah ke sare sharir par ban-hi-ban chubh gaye the aur aisi avashtha mean hi bhishhm rath se sir ke bal jamin par gir p de. bhishhm ke girane par akash mean kh de devataoan ne apane donoan hath jo dakar namashkar kiya aur dishaoan mean suvas-bhari mand-mand pavan pani ki booandean chhi dakati huee chalane lagi. akash se prithhvi par utarakar pranimatr ke sharir tatha athma ka jinhhoanne kalhyan kiya un poojaniy mata ganga ke putr mahathma bhishhm, pita shaantanu ko sukh pahuanchane ki khatir rajhy-shri evan sukh-bhog ko thyagakar ajivan brahmachary ke vrat par atal rahane vale mahan vir bhishhm, parashuram ko parasht karane vale advitiy yoddha bhishhm, avishhvasi duryodhan ki khatir apane sathyavrat pad dridh rahakar, til-til karake pranoan ki ahuti dete rahakar tatha yuddh-bhoomi par ag ke tapht aangare ke samane tikhe banoan se sare sharir ke biandh jane par bhi apani shakti ke aantim kshan tak paandavoan ko kanpane vale bhishhm, mahabharat ke yuddh ke dasavean din, shakti ki aantim booand samapht ho jane par rath se bhoomi par gir p de aur bhishhm ke girane ke sath hi kauravoan ke hriday bhi gir gaye. |
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