sakha satkar
‘lal! aj mitroan ka satkar karate haian.’ maiya ne b de sneh se kaha- ‘tum apane sakhaoan ko bhi to upahar do.’
‘haan! kanhaee prasann, dau d aya us rashi ke samip jo maiya ne saja rakhi hai. is bar maiya ne baba ko bahut savadhan kiya tha ki unaka nilamani apane sakhaoan ko aisi-vaisi vastu nahian dena chahega. baba ne kee mahine lagaye haian in vastuoan ke chayan mean. bahut prayatn karake door-door se mangaya hai.
maiya thithaki kh di rah gayi. baba bhi stabdh dekhate rah gaye. is bar bhi vahi hua jo pichhali varshagaanthoan ko hota aya hai. koee prayatn saphal nahian hua. kuchh bhi to krishn ko aisa nahian lagata hai, jo vah apane kisi sakha ko de sake.
kanhaee koee chamakata mani, koee ratnabharan, koee vastr uthata hai, dekhata hai aur pheank deta hai. kisi sakha ke kisalay, guanja, pichchh, phal ko dekhata hai aur hath ki vastu ise tuchchh lagati hai. anek bar bhal ke gomay-bindu tak kar le gaya aur hath ki vastu upeksha se pheank di isane. ab tak harsh se uchhalata, khilakhilata, dau data shyamasundar gambhir ho gaya hai. kuchh khinn ho utha hai. vishal anjan-ranjit kamalalochan bhar aye haian. agraj ki or dekha isane ‘dada!’
pratyek varshagaanth par yahi hota hai. daoo hi apane anuj ka samadhan karate haian- ‘kanooan! apane sakha ko dekar santusht ho sake, aisi koee vastu kaise ho sakati hai?’ sachamuch koee vastu tribhuvan mean kaise ho sakati hai, jo sakha ko dene yogy pratit ho sake kanhaee ko. tab? ek kshan sir jhukakar sochata hai aur pheanke-bikhare ratnabharanoan, maniyoan, vastroan ke madhy se age kood ata hai, ‘bhadr!’ donoan bhujaean gale mean dalakar kanhaee lipat gaya hai. vani nahian kah pati; kiantu isaka rom-rom kahata hai..‘maian tera! maian tera!’ ‘tok! subal! shridam! varoothap! ab ek-ek sakha ke kanth se kanhaee bhujaean phailakar lipat raha hai. isaka aang-aang mano pukar raha hai- ‘maian tera! maian tera!’ chal raha hai yah sakhaoan ka satkar!
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
varnamala kramanusar lekh khoj