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APsaraeM ]va-SaI kao ifr
sao Apnao baIca maoM pakr baD,I p`sanna hu[- AaOr gadgad haokr rajaa ko
ilae maMgala kamanaa krnao lagaIM¸ "maharaja saOMkD,aoM klpaoM tk
pRqvaI ka palana krto rhoM." [saI samaya gaMQava-raja ica~rqa
vahaM Aa phMucao. ]nhaoMnao batayaa ik jaba [Md` kao naard sao [sa
duGa-Tnaa ka pta lagaa¸ tao ]nhaoMnao gaMQavaao-M kI saonaa kao Aa&a
dI¸ "turMt jaakr ]va-SaI kao CuD,a laaAao." vao calao
laoikna maaga- maoM hI caarNa imala gayao¸ jaao rajaa pu$rvaa kI ivajaya
ko gaIt gaa rho qao. [sailae vah BaI ]Qar calao Aayao. pu$rvaa
AaOr ica~rqa puranao ima~ qao. baD,o p`oma sao imalao. ica~rqa
nao ]nasao kha¸ "Aba Aap ]va-SaI kao laokr hmaaro saaqa dovaraja
[Md` ko pasa cailae. sacamauca Aapnao ]naka baD,a BarI ]pkar ikyaa
hO." laoikna ivajayaI rajaa nao [sa baat kao svaIkar nahIM
ikyaa. ]nhaoMnao [sao [Md` kI kRpa hI maanaa. baaolao¸
"ima~Ñ [sa samaya tao maOM dovaraja [Md` ko dSa-na nahIM kr
sakMUgaa. [sailae Aap hI [nhoM svaamaI ko pasa phMucaa Aa[e."
calato samaya laaja ko karNa ]va-SaI rajaa sao ivada nahIM maaMga sakI.
]sakI Aa&a sao ica~laoKa kao hI yah kama krnaa pD,a¸ "maharajaÑ
]va-SaI khtI hO ik maharaja kI Aa&a sao maOM ]nakI kIoit- kao ApnaI
saKI banaakr [Md`laaok lao jaanaa caahtI hMU." rajaa nao
]%tr idyaa¸ "jaa[e¸ prMtu ifr dSa-na AvaSya dIijae."
]va-SaI jaa rhI qaI¸ pr ]saka mana ]sao pICo KIMca rha qaa. maanaao
]sakI sahayata krnao ko ilae hI ]sakI vaOjayaMtI kI maalaa lata maoM ]laJa
ga[-. ]sanao ica~laoKa sao sahayata kI p`aqa-naa kI AaOr Apnao Aap
pICo mauD,kr rajaa kI Aaor doKnao lagaI.
ica~laoKa saba kuC samaJatI
qaI. baaolaI¸ "yah tao CUTtI nahIM idKa[- dotI ¸ ifr BaI
kaoiSaSa kr doKtI hMU." ]va-SaI nao hMsato hue kha¸
"PyaarI saKI. Apnao yao Sabd yaad rKnaa. BaUlanaa
mat."
rajaa ka mana BaI ]Qar hI lagaa huAa qaa. jaba–tk vao saba ]D, na
ga[-Â tba tk vah ]Qar hI doKto rho. ]sako baad barbasa rqa pr
caZ,kr vah BaI ApnaI rajaQaanaI kI Aaor laaOT gae.
maharaja rajaQaanaI laaOT tao Aayao pr mana ]saka iksaI kama
maoM nahIM lagata qaa. vah Anamanao–sao rhto qao. ]nakI
ranaI nao BaI¸ jaao kaSaInaroSa kI knyaa qaI¸ [sa ]dasaI kao doKa AaOr
ApnaI dasaI kao Aa&a dI ik vah rajaa ko ima~ ivadUYak maaNavak sao [sa
]dasaI ka karNa pUCkr Aayao. dasaI ka naama inapuiNaka qaa.
vah Apnao kama maoM BaI inapuNa qaI. ]sanao bahut SaIGa` [sa baat ka
pta lagaa ilayaa ik maharaja kI [sa ]dasaI ka karNa ]va-SaI hO.
ivadUUYak ko poT maoM rajaa ko gauPt p`oma kI baatoM Balaa kOsao pca saktI
qaIM. yahIM nahIM¸ ranaI ka Balaa bananao ko ilae ]sanao yah BaI
kha ik vah rajaa kao [sa maRgatRYNaa sao bacaanao ko ilae kaoiSaSa
krto–krto qak gayaa hO. yah samaacaar donao ko ilae inapuiNaka
turMt maharanaI ko pasa calaI ga[- AaOr ivadUYak Drta–Drta maharaja ko
pasa phMucaa.
tIsaro p`hr ka samaya qaa. rajakaja sao Cu+I
pakr maharaja ivaEaama ko ilae jaa rho qao. mana ]naka ]dasa qaa hI.
ivadUYak pirhasaaid sao Anaok p`kar ]naka mana bahlaanao kI kaoiSaSa krnao
lagaa¸ pr saba vyaqa- huAa. p`mad vana maoM BaI ]naka mana nahIM
lagaa. jaI ]laTa BaarI hao Aayaa. ]sa samaya vasaMt ?tu qaI.
Aama ko poD,aoM maoM kaoMplaoM fUT Aa[- qaIM. kurbak AaOr ASaaok ko
fUla iKla rho qao. BaaOMraoM ko ]D,nao sao jagah–jagah fUla ibaKro
pD,o qao laoikna ]va-SaI kI sauMdrta nao ]napr kuC eosaa jaadU kr idyaa
qaa ik ]nakI AaMKaoM kao fUlaaoM ko Baar sao JaukI hu[- lataeM AaOr
kaomala paOQao BaI AcCo nahIM lagato qao. [sailae ]nhaoMnao ivadUYak
sao kha¸ "kao[- eosaa ]paya saaocaao ik maoro mana kI saaQa pUrI hao
sako."
ivadUYak eosaa ]paya saaocanao ka naaTk kr hI rha qaa ik AcCo Sakuna
haonao lagao AaOr ica~laoKa ko saaqa ]va-SaI nao vahaM p`vaoSa ikyaa.
]nhaoMnao maayaa ko vas~ AaoZ, rKo qao¸ [sailae ]nhoM kao[- doK nahIM
sakta qaa¸ vao sabakao doK saktI qaIM. jaba p`mad vana maoM ]tr kr
]nhaoMnao rajaa kao baOzo doKa tao ica~laoKa baaolaI¸ "saKI Ñ
jaOsao nayaa caaMd caaMdnaI kI rah doKta hO vaOsao hI yao BaI toro Aanao
kI baaT jaaoh rho hOM." ]va-SaI kao ]sa idna rajaa phlao sao
BaI sauMdr lagao.
laoikna ]nhaoMnao Apnao–Aapkao p`gaT nahIM ikyaa. maharaja ko pasa
KD,o haokr ]nakI baatoM saunanao lagaIM. ivadUUYak tba ]nhoM Apnao
saaocao hue ]paya ko baaro maoM bata rha qaa. baaolaa¸ "yaa
tao Aap saao jaa[e¸ ijasasao sapnao maoM ]va-SaI sao BaoMT hao sako.
yaa ifr ica~–flak pr ]saka ica~ banaa[e AaOr ]sao ekTk doKto rihe."
rajaa nao ]%tr idyaa ik yao daonaaoM hI baatoM nahIM hao saktI.
mana [tnaa duKI hO ik naIMd Aa hI nahIM saktI. AaMKaoM maoM
baar–baar AaMsaU Aa jaanao ko karNa ica~ ka pUra haonaa BaI saMBava
nahIM hO.
[saI trh kI baatoM saunakr ]va-SaI kao ivaSvaasa hao gayaa ik maharaja
]saIko p`oma ko karNa [tnao duKI hOMÂ pr vah ABaI p`gaT nahIM haonaa
caahtI qaI. [sailae ]sanao Baaojap~ pr maharaja kI SaMkaAaoM ko
]%tr maoM ek p`omap~ ilaKa AaOr ]nako saamanao foMk idyaa.
maharaja nao ]sa p~ kao pZ,a tao pulak ]zo. ]nhoM lagaa jaOsao vao
daonaaoM Aamanao–saamanao KD,o haokr baatoM kr rho hOM. khIM vah
p~ ]nakI ]MgailayaaoM ko psaInao sao puC na jaaya¸ [sa Dr sao ]sao
]nhaoMnao ivadUYak kao saaOMp idyaa. ]va-SaI kao yah saba
doK–saunakr baD,a saMtaoYa huAa pr vah Aba BaI saamanao Aanao maoM
iJaJak rhI qaI. [sailae phlao ]sanao ica~laoKa kao Baojaa. pr
jaba maharaja ko maMuh sao ]sanao saunaa ik daoonaaoM Aaor p`oma ek jaOsaa
hI baZ,a huAa hO tao vah BaI p`gaT hao ga[-. Aagao baZ, kr ]sanao
maharaja ka jaya–jayakar ikyaa. maharaja ]va-SaI kao doKkr baD,o
p`sanna hue laoikna ABaI vao dao baatoM BaI nahIM kr payao qao ik
]nhaoMnao ek dovadUt ka svar saunaa. vah kh rha qaa¸
"ica~laoKaÑ ]va-SaI kao SaIGa` lao AaAao. Bart mauina nao tuma
laaogaaoM kao AazaoM rsaaoM sao pUNa- ijasa naaTk kI iSaxaa do rKI hO¸
]saIka sauMdr AiBanaya dovaraja [Md` AaOr laaok–pala doKnaa caahto
hOM."
yah saunakr ica~laoKa nao ]va-SaI sao kha¸ "tumanao dovadUt ko
vacana saunao. Aba maharaja sao ivada laao."
laoikna ]va-SaI [tnaI duKI hao rhI qaI ik baaola na sakI.
ica~laoKa nao ]sakI Aaor sao inavaodna ikyaa¸ "maharaja¸ ]va-SaI
p`aqa-naa krtI hO ik maOM praQaIna hMU. jaanao ko ilae maharaja kI
Aa&a caahtI hMU¸ ijasasao dovataAaoM ka ApraQa krnao sao baca
sakMU."
maharaja BaI duKI hao rho qao. baD,I kiznata sao baaola sako¸
"Balaa maOM Aapko svaamaI kI Aa&a ka kOsao ivaraoQa kr sakta hMU¸
laoikna mauJao BaUilaegaa nahIM."
maharaja kI Aaor baar–baar doKtI hu[- ]va-SaI ApnaI saKI ko saaqa vahaM
sao calaI ga[-. ]sako jaanao ko baad ivadUYak kao pta lagaa ik
maharaja nao ]sao ]va-SaI ka jaao p~ rKnao kao idyaa qaa vah khIM ]D,
gayaa hO. vah Drnao lagaa ik khIM maharaja ]sao maaMga na baOzoM.
yahI huAa BaI. p~ na pakr maharaja baD,o Ëuw hue AaOr turMt ]sao
ZMUZ,nao kI Aa&a dI. yahI nahIM vah svayaM BaI ]sao ZMUZ,nao
lagao.
[saI samaya maharanaI ApnaI daisayaaoM ko saaqa ]Qar hI Aa rhI qaI.
]nhoM ]va-SaI ko p`oma ka pta laga gayaa qaa. vah Apnao kanaaoM sao
maharaja kI baatoM saunakr [sa baat kI saccaa[- kao prKnaa caahtI qaIM.
maaga- maoM Aato samaya ]nhoM ]va-SaI ka vahI p~ ]D,ta huAa imala gayaa.
]sao pZ,nao pr saba baatoM ]nakI samaJa maoM Aa ga[-. ]sa p~ kao
laokr jaba vah maharaja ko pasa phMucaI tao vao daonaaoM baD,I vyaga`ta
sao ]sao Kaoja rho qao. maharaja kh rho qao ik maOM tao saba p`kar
sao lauT gayaa. yah saunakr maharanaI ekaek Aagao baZ,IM AaOr
baaolaIM¸ "Aaya-pu~ Ñ Gabara[e nahIM. vah Baaojap~ yah
rha Ñ"
maharanaI kao AaOr ]nhIMko haqa maoM ]sa p~ kao doKkr maharaja AaOr BaI
Gabara ]zo laoikna iksaI trh Apnaokao saMBalakr ]nhaoMnao maharanaI ka
svaagat ikyaa AaOr kha¸ "maOM [sao nahIM Kaoja rha qaa¸ dovaI.
mauJao tao iksaI AaOr hI vastu kI tlaaSa qaI." ivadUYak nao BaI
Apnao ivanaaod sao ]nhoM p`sanna krnao ka p`ya%na ikyaa¸ laoikna vah
@yaaoM maananaovaalaI qaIM. baaolaI¸ "maOM eosao samaya maoM
Aapko kama maoM baaQaa Dalanao Aaga[-. maOMnao ApraQa ikyaa.
laIijae maOM calaI jaatI hMU." AaOr vah gaussao maoM Barkr
laaOT calaIM. maharaja pICo–pICo manaanao ko ilae daOD,o.
pOr tk pkD,o¸ pr maharanaI [tnaI BaaolaI nahIM qaIM ik maharaja kI [na
icaknaI– caupD,I baataoM maoM Aa jaatI.
laoikna pitva`ta haonao ko
karNa ]nhaoMnao kao[- kD,a bata-va BaI nahIM ikyaa. eosaa krtI tao
pCtanaa pD,ta. basa vah calaI ga[-. maharaja BaI AQaIr haookr
snaana–Baaojana ko ilae calao gayao. vah maharanaI kao Aba BaI
phlao ko samaana hI Pyaar krto laoikna jaba vah haqa–pOr jaaoD,nao pr
BaI nahIM maanaIM tao vah BaI Ëuw hao ]zo.
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dovasaBaa maoM Bart mauina nao laxmaI–svayaMvar naama ka jaao naaTk
Kolaa qaa¸ ]sako gaIt svayaM sarsvatI dovaI nao banaayao qao.
]samaoM rsaaoM ka pirpak [tnaa sauMdr huAa qaa ik doKto samaya
pUrI–kI–pUrI saBaa magana hao ]ztI qaI. laoikna ]sa naaTk maoM
]va-SaI nao baaolanao maoM ek baD,I BaUla kr dI. ijasa samaya
vaa$NaI banaI hu[- maonaka nao¸ laxmaI banaI hu[- ]va-SaI sao pUCa¸
" saKI Ñ yahaM pr tInaaoM laaok ko ek sao ek saundr pu$Ya¸
laaokpala AaOr svayaM ivaYNau Bagavaana Aayao hue hOM¸ [namaoM tumhoM
kaOna sabasao AiQak AcCa lagata hOÆ" ]sa samaya ]sao khnaa
caaihe qaa 'pu$Yaao%tma' Â pr ]sako maMuh sao inakla gayaa 'pu$K'.
[sapr Bart mauina nao ]sao Saap idyaa¸ "tUnao maoro isaKae paz ko
Anausaar kama nahIM ikyaa hO¸ [sailae tuJao yah dMD idyaa jaata hO ik tU
svaga- maoM nahIM rhnao payaogaI."
laoikna naaTk ko samaaPt hao jaanao pr jaba ]va-SaI lajjaa sao isar naIcaa
ikyao KD,I qaI¸ tao sabako mana kI baat jaananaovaalao [Md` ]sako pasa
gayao AaOr baaolaao¸ " ijasao tuma p`oma krtI hao¸ vah rajaiYa-
rNaxao~ maoM sada maorI sahayata krnaovaalaa hO. kuC ]saka ip`ya BaI
krnaa hI caaihe. [sailae jaba tk vah tumharI saMtana ka mauMh na doKo¸
tbatk tuma ]sako saaqa rh saktI hao."
[Qar kaSaIraja kI knyaa maharanaI nao maana CaoD,kr ek va`t krnaa Sau$
ikyaa AaOr ]sao safla krnao ko ilae maharaja kao baulaa Baoojaa.
kMcaukI yah saMdoSa laokr jaba maharaja ko pasa phMucaa tao saMQyaa hao
calaI qaI. rajaWar baD,a sauhavanaa laga rha qaa. naIMd maoM
Alasaayao hue maaor eosao lagato qao jaOsao iksaI kuSala maUit-kar nao
]nhoM p%qar maoM AMikt kr idyaa hao. jagah jagah saMQyaa ko pUjana
kI tOyaarI hao rhI qaI. dIp sajaayao jaa rho qao.
Anaok daisayaaM dIpk ilayao maharaja ko caaraoM Aaor calaI Aa rhI qaIM.
[saI samaya kMcaukI nao Aagao baZ,kr maharaja kI jaya–jayakar kI AaOr
kha¸ " dova¸ dovaI inavaodna krtI hOM ik caMd`maa maiNahmya-–Bavana sao AcCI trh idKa[- dogaa. [sailae maorI [cCa hO
ik maharaja ko saaqa maOM vahI sao caMd`maa AaOr raoihNaI ka imalana
doKMU." maharaja na ]%tr idyaa¸ "dovaI sao khnaa ik
jaao vah khoMgaI vah maOM k$Mgaa."
yah khkr vah ivadUYak ko saaqa maiNahmya-–Bavana kI Aaor cala pD,o.
caMd`maa ]dya hao rha qaa. ]sao p`Naama krko vao vahIM baOz gayao
AaOr ]va-SaI ko baaro maoM baatoM krnao lagao. ]saI samaya maayaa ko
vas~ AaoZ,o ]va-SaI BaI ica~laoKa ko saaqa ]saI Bavana kI Ct pr ]trI AaOr
]nakI baatoM saunanao lagaIÂ laoikna jaba vah p`gaT haonao ka ivacaar kr
rhI qaI¸ tBaI maharanaI ko Aanao kI saUcanaa imalaI. vah pUjaa kI
saamaga`I ilayao AaOr va`t kao vaoSaBaUYaa maoM Ait saMudr laga rhI qaIM.
maharaja nao saaocaa ik ]sa idna maoro manaanao pr BaI jaao $zkr calaI
ga[- qaI¸ ]saIka pCtavaa maharanaI kaoo hI rha hO. va`t ko bahanao
yah maana CaoD,kr mauJapr p`sanna hao ga[- hO.
maharanaI nao Aagao baZ,kr maharaja kI jaya–jayakar kI AaOr kha¸ "
maOM Aaya-pu~ kao saaqa laokr ek ivaSaoYa va`t krnaa caahtI hMU¸ [sailae
p`aqa-naa hO ik Aap maoro ilae kuC dor kYT sahnao kI kRpa kroM."
maharaja nao ]%tr maoM eosao ip`ya vacana kho ik ijanhoM saunakr
maharanaI mauskura ]zIM. ]nhaoMnao sabasao phlao gaMQa–flaaid sao
caMd`maa kI ikrNaaoM kI pUjaa kI¸ ifr pUjaa ko laD\DU ivadUYak kao dokr
maharaja kI pUjaa kI. ]sako baad baalaIM¸ "Aaja maOM raoihNaI
AaOr caMd`maa kao saaxaI krko Aaya-pu~ kao p`sanna kr rhIM hMU. Aaja
sao Aaya-pu~ ijasa iksaI s~I kI [cCa kroMgao AaOr jaao BaI s~I Aaya-pu~ kI
p%naI bananaa caahogaI¸ ]sako saaqa maOM sada p`oma k$MgaI."
yah saunakr ]va-SaI kao baD,a saMtaoYa huAa. maharaja baaolao¸
"dovaI Ñ mauJao iksaI dUsaro kao do dao yaa Apnaa dasa banaakr rKaoÂ
pr tuma mauJao jaao dUr samaJa baOzI hao vah zIk nahIM hO."
maharanaI nao ]%tr idyaa¸ "dUr hao yaa na hao¸ pr maOMnao va`t
krnao ka inaScaya ikyaa qaa vah pUra hao cauka hO."
yah khkr vah dasa–daisayaaoM ko saaqa vahaM sao calaI ga[-M.
maharaja nao raoknaa caaha pr va`t ko karNa vah $kI nahIM. ]nako
jaanao ko baad maharaja ifr ]va-SaI kI yaad krnao lagao. ]dar–)dya
pitva`ta maharanaI kI kRpa sao Aba ]nako imalanao maoM jaao $kavaT qaI vah
BaI dUr hao caukI qaI. ]va-SaI nao¸ jaao Abatk sabakuC doK–sauna
rhI qaI¸ [sa sauMdr Avasar sao laaBa ]zayaa AaOr vah p`kT hao ga[-.
]sanao caupcaap pICo sao Aakr maharaja kI AaMKoM maIMca laIM.
maharaja nao ]sakao turMt phcaana ilayaa AaOr Apnao hI Aasana pr baOza
ilayaa. tba ]va-SaI nao ApnaI saKI sao kha¸ "saKI Ñ dovaI nao
maharaja kao mauJao do idyaa hO¸ [sailae maOM [nakI ivavaaihta s~I ko
samaana hI [nako pasa baOzI hMU. tuma mauJao duracaairNaI mat samaJa
baOznaa."
ica~laoKa nao BaI maharaja sao ApnaI saKI kI BalaI p`kar doKBaala krnao kI
p`aqa-naa kI¸ ijasasao vah svaga- jaanao ko ilae Gabara na ]zo. ifr
sabasao imala–BaoMTkr vah svaga- laaOT ga[-.
[sa p`kar maharaja ka manaaorqa pUra huAa. KuSaI–KuSaI vah BaI
ivadUYak AaOr ]va-SaI ko saaqa vahaM sao Apnao mahla k Aaor calao gayao.
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]va-SaI
ko Aanao ko baad maharaja pu$rvaa nao rajakaja maMi~yaaoM kao saaOMp idyaa
AaOr svayaM gaMQamaadna pva-t pr calao gayao. ]va-SaI saaqa hI qaI.
vahaM vao bahut idna tk AanaMd manaato rho. ek idna ]va-SaI maMdaiknaI
ko tT pr baalaU ko phaD, banaa–banaakr Kola rhI qaI ik Acaanak ]sanao
doKa– maharaja ek ivaVaQar kI prma sauMdr baoTI kI Aaor ekTk doK rho hOM.
basa vah [saI baat pr $z ga[- AaOr $zI BaI eosaI ik maharaja ko baar–baar
manaanao pr BaI nahIM maanaI. ]nhoM CaoD, kr calaI ga[-. vahaM
sao calakr vah kumaar vana maoM Aa[-. [sa vana maoM is~yaaoM kao Aanao
kI Aa&a nahIM qaI. ba`*macaya- ka va`t laokr Bagavaana kait-koya
yahaM rhto qao. ]nhaoMnao yah inayama banaa idyaa qaa ik jaao BaI s~I
yahaM AayaogaI vah lata bana jaayaogaI. [sailae jaOsao hI ]va-SaI nao
]sa vana maoM p`vaoSa ikyaa¸ vah lata bana ga[-.
[Qar maharaja ]sako ivayaaoga maoM pagala hI hao gayao AaOr Apnao mana kI
vyaqaa p`kT krto hue [Qar–]Qar GaUmanao lagao. kBaI vah samaJato ik
kao[- raxasa ]va-SaI kao ]zayao ilayao jaa rha hO.
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