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basa vah ]sao lalakarto laoikna tBaI ]nhoM pta lagata ik ijasao
vah raxasa samaJa baOzo qao ik vah tao panaI sao Bara huAa baadla hO.
]nhaoMnao [Md`QanauYa kao galatI sao raxasa ka QanauYa samaJa ilayaa hO.
yao baaNa nahIM barsa rho hOM¸ yao bMaUdMo Tpk rhI hOM AaOr vah jaao
ksaaOTI pr saaonao kI roKa ko samaana camak rhI hO¸ vah BaI ]va-SaI nahIM
hO¸ ibajalaI hO.
kBaI saaocato¸ khIM ËaoQa maoM Aakr vah Apnao dOvaI p`Baava sao iCp tao
nahIM ga[-. kBaI hrI Gaasa pr pD,I hu[- baIrbahUiTyaaoM kao
doKkr yah samaJato ik yao ]sako AaozaoM ko rMga sao laala hue AaMsauAaoM kI
bMaUdMo hOM. AvaSya vah [Qar sao hI ga[- hOM. kBaI vah maaor
kao doKkr ]sasao ]va-SaI ka pta pUCto¸ "Aro maaor Ñ maOM
tumasao p`aqa-naa krta hMU ik Agar GaUmato–ifrto tumanao maorI p%naI kao
doKa hao tao mauJao bata dao."
laoikna maaor ]%tr na dokr naacanao lagata. maharaja ]sako pasa
sao hTkr kaoyala ko pasa jaato. pixayaaoM maoM kaoyala sabasao catur
samaJaI jaatI hO. ]sako Aagao GauTnao Tokkr vah khto¸ "ho
maIza baaolanao vaalaI saMudr kaoyalaÑ yaid tumanao [Qar–]Qar
GaUmatI hu[- ]va-SaI kao doKa hao tao bata dao. tuma tao $zI hu[-
is~yaaoM ka maana dUr krnaovaalaI hao. tuma yaa tao ]sao maoro pasa
lao AaAao yaa JaTpT mauJao hI ]sako pasa phMucaa dao. @yaa kha
tumanaoÆ vah mauJasao @yaaoM $z ga[- hO. mauJao tao ek BaI
baat eosaI yaad nahIM AatI ik ijasa pr vah $zI hao. Aro¸ is~yaaM
tao vaOsao hI Apnao pityaaoM pr Saasana jamaayaa krtI hO. yah ja$rI
nahIM ik pit kao[- ApraQa hI kro tBaI vao ËaoQa kroMgaI."
laoikna kaoyala BaI [na baataoM ka @yaa javaaba dotIÑ vah Apnao
kama maoM lagaI rhtI. dUsaro ka duK laaoga kma samaJato hOM.
rajaa khto ¸ "AcCa baOzI rhao sauK saoÑ hma hI yahaM sao
calao jaato hOM."
ifr sahsaa ]nhoM di@Kna kI Aaor ibaCuAaoM kI saI JanaJana saunaa[- dotI.
laoikna pta lagata vah tao rajahMsaaoM kI kUk hO jaao baadlaaoM kI
AMiQayaarI doKkr maanasasaraovar jaanao kao ]tavalao hao rho hOM.
vah ]nako pasa jaakr khto¸ "tuma maanasasaraovar baad maoM jaanaa.
yao jaao tumanao kmalanaala saMBaalaI hO¸ [nhoM BaI ABaI CaoD, dao.
phlao tuma mauJao ]va-SaI ka samaacaar bataAao.
sajjana laaoga Apnao ima~aoM
kI sahayata krnaa Apnao svaaqa- sao baZ,kr AcCa samaJato hOM. ho
hMsa Ñ tuma tao eosao hI calato hao¸ jaOsao ]va-SaI calatI hO.
tumanao ]sakI caala khaM sao caura[-. Aro¸ tuma tao ]D, gayao.
³hÐsakr´ tuma samaJa gayao ik maOM caaoraoM kao dMD donaovaalaa rajaa
hMU. AcCa calaMU ¸ khIM AaOr KaojaU , , , , ."
ifr vah cakvao ko pasa jaa phMucato. ]sasao vahI p`Sna krto¸
laoikna ]nhoM lagata jaOsao cakvaa ]nasao pUC rha hO –– "tuma
kaOna haoÆ" vah khto¸ "Aro¸ tuma mauJao nahIM jaanatoÆ
saUya- maoro naanaa AaOr caMd`maa maoro dada hOM. ]va-SaI AaOr QartI
nao Apnao–Aap mauJao Apnaa svaamaI banaayaa hO. maoM vahIM pu$rvaa
hMU." laoikna cakvaa BaI caup rhta. maharaja vahaM sao
hTkr kmala pr maMDrato hue BaaOraoM sao pUCnao lagato. pr vao BaI
@yaa javaaba doto Ñ ifr ]nhoM haqaI idKa[- do jaata. ]sako
pasa jaakr vah pUCto¸ " ho matvaalao haqaI Ñ tuma dUr tk doK
sakto hao. @yaa tumanao sada javaana rhnaovaalaI ]va-SaI kao doKa
hO. tuma maoro samaana balavaana hao. maOM rajaaAaoM ka
svaamaI hMU. tuma gajaaoM ko svaamaI hao. tuma idna–rat
Apnaa dana yaanaI mad bahayaa krto hao¸ maoro yahaM BaI idna–rat dana
idyaa jaata hO. tumasao mauJao baD,a snaoh hao gayaa hO. AcCa¸
sauKI rhao. hma tao jaa rho hOM."
AaOr ifr ]nakao idKa[- do jaata ek sauhavanaa pva-t. ]saIsao pUCnao
lagato¸ "ho pva-taoM ko svaamaI Ñ @yaa tumanao mauJasao
ibaCuD,I hu[- saMudrI ]va-SaI kao khIM [sa vana maoM doKa hO. ]nhoM
eosaa lagata jaOsao pva-traja nao kuC ]%tr idyaa hO. ]nhoM KuSaI
haotIÂ pr tBaI maalaUma haota ik vah pva-traja ka ]%tr nahIM qaa¸
bailk phaD, kI gaufa sao Tkrakr inaklanaovaalaI ]nhIMko SabdaoM kI gaUMja
qaI.
yahaM sao hTo tao nadI idKa[- do ga[-. ]saIsao ]va-SaI kI tulanaa
krnao lagao. laoikna jaba vah BaI kuC nahIM baaolaI tao ihrna ko
pasa jaa phMucao. ]sanao BaI ]nakI baatoM AnasaunaI krko dUsarI Aaor
maMuh for ilayaa.zIk hI hO¸ jaba KaoTo idna Aato hOM tao saBaI durduranao
lagato hOM.laoikna tBaI ]nhaoMnao laala ASaaok ko poD, kao doKa.]sasao BaI
vahI p`Sna ikyaa AaOr jaba vah hvaa sao ihlanao lagaa tao samaJao ik vah
manaa kr rha hO – ]sanao ]va-SaI kao nahIM doKa.
[saI p`kar pagalaaoM kI trh p`laap krto hue jaba vah yahaM sao mauD,o tao
]nhoM ek p%qar kI drar maoM laala maiNa–saa kuC idKa[- idyaa.
saaocanao lagao ik na tao yah
Saor sao maaro hue haqaI ka maaMsa hao sakta hO AaOr na Aaga kI
icanagaarI. maaMsa [tnaa nahIM camakta AaOr caMU ik ABaI BaarI
vaYaa- haokr caukI hO¸ [sailae Aaga ko rhnao ka kao[- savaala hI nahIM
]zta. yah tao AvaSya laala ASaaok ko samaana laala maiNa hO.
[sao doKkr maora mana lalacaa rha hO.
yah saaocakr vah Aagao baZ,o AaOr maiNa kao inakala ilayaa. laoikna
ifr Qyaana Aayaa ik jaba ]va-SaI hI nahIM hO tao maiNa ka @yaa haogaaÑ
[sailae ]sao igara idyaa. ]saI samaya naopqya maoM sao iksaIkI
vaaNaI saunaa[- dI¸ "va%sa Ñ [sao lao laao¸ lao laao¸ yah
ip`yajanaaoM kao imalaanaovaalaI hO AaOr pava-tI ko carNaaoM kI laalaI sao
banaI hO. jaao [sao Apnao pasa rKta hO ]sao vah SaIGa` hI ip`ya sao
imalavaa dotI hO."
yah vaaNaI saunakr maharaja caikt rh gayao. ]nhoM jaana pD,a ik
maanaao iksaI mauina nao yah kRpa kI hO. ]nhaoMnao ]sa A&at
mauina kao Qanyavaad idyaa AaOr maiNa kao ]za ilayaa. [saI samaya
]nakI dRiYT ibanaa fUlavaalaI ek lata pr pD,I. na jaanao @yaaoM
]naka mana ]Cla pD,a. ]nhoM sauK imalaa. vah ]nhoM ]va-SaI ko
samaana idKa[- pD,I AaOr jaOsao hI ]nhaoMnao ]sao CuAa¸ ]va-SaI sacamauca
vahaM Aa ga[-Â pr ]nakI AaMKoM baMd qaIM. ]saI trh kuC dor
baaolato rho. jaba AaMKoM KaolaI AaOr ]va-SaI kao doKa tao vah
maUic-Ct haokr igar pD,o. ]va-SaI BaI raonao lagaI AaOr ]nhoM QaIrja
baMQaanao lagaI. kuC dor baad maharaja kI maUcCa- dUr hu[- tao ]nhoM
kait-koya ko Eaap ko karNa ]va-SaI ko lata bana jaanao ko rhsya ka pta
lagaa. yah BaI pta lagaa ik pava-tI ko carNaaoM kI laalaI sao pOda
haonaovaalaI maiNa sao hI [sao Saap sao maui@t imalaI hO.
]va-SaI ]nasao baar–baar xamaa maaMganao lagaI¸ "mauJao xamaa kr
dIijae¸ @yaaoMik maOMnao hI ËaoQa krko Aapkao [tnaa kYT
phMucaayaa." maharaja baaolao¸ " klyaaNaI Ñ tuma
xamaa @yaaoM maaMgatI hao Ñ tumhoM doKto hI maorI Aa%maa tk p`sanna hao
ga[- hO." AaOr ifr ]nhaoMnao ]sao vah maiNa idKa[-¸ ijasako karNa
]saka Eaap dUr hao gayaa qaa. ]va-SaI nao ]sa maiNa kao isar pr
QaarNa ikyaa tao ]sako p`kaSa maoM ]saka mauK A$Na–ikrNaaoM sao camakto
hue kmala ko samaana sauhavanaa laganao lagaa.
[saI samaya ]va-SaI nao yaad
idlaayaa¸ " ho ip`ya baaolanaovaalao Ñ Aap bahut idnaaoM sao
p`itYzana purI sao baahr hOM. AapkI p`jaa [sako ilae mauJao kaosa
rhI haogaI. [sailae Aa[e Aba laaOT calaoM.
maharaja nao ]%tr idyaa¸ " jaOsaa tuma caahao." AaOr laaOT
pD,o.
naMdna vana Aaid dovataAaoM ko banaaoM maoM GaUmakr maharaja pu$rvaa
ifr Apnao nagar maoM laaOT Aayao. naagairkaoM nao ]naka KUba
svaagat–sa%kar ikyaa AaOr vah p`sanna haokr raja krnao lagao.
saMtana kao CaoD, kr ]nhoM Aba AaOr iksaI baat kI kmaI nahIM qaIM.
]nhIM idnaaooM ek idna ek saovak maharanaI ko maaqao kI maiNa taD, kI
ipTarI maoM rKo laa rha qaa ik [tnao maoM ek igaw JapTa AaOr ]sao maaMsa
ka TukD,a samaJakr ]zakr ]D, gayaa. yah samaacaar pakr maharaja
Aasana CaoD,kr daOD, pD,o. pxaI ABaI idKa[- do rha qaa.
]nhaoMnao Apnaa QanauYabaaNa laanao kI Aa&a dI.
laoikna jabatk QanauYa Aayaa tbatk vah pxaI baaNa kI phMuca sao baahr
inakla cauka qaa AaOr eosaa laganao lagaa qaa maanaao rat ko samaya Ganao
baadlaaoM ko dla ko saaqa maMgala tara camak rha hao. yah doKkr
maharaja nao nagar maoM yah GaaoYaNaa krvaanao kI Aa&a dI ik jaba yah
caaor pxaI saMQyaa kao Apnao GaaoMsalao maoM phMucao tao [sakI Kaoja kI
jaaya.
yah vahI maiNa qaI¸ ijasako karNa ]va-SaI AaOr maharaja ka imalana huAa
qaa. [sailae maharaja ]saka ivaSaoYa Aadr krto qao. vah yah
baat ivadUYak kao bata hI rho qao ik kMcaukI nao Aakr maharaja kI
jaya–jayakar kI. ]sanao kha¸ " Aapko ËaoQa nao baaNa banakr
[sa pxaI kao maar Dalaa AaOr [sa maiNa ko saaqa yah QartI pr igar
pD,a."
maharaja nao ]sa maiNa kao Aaga maoM Sauw krko poTI maoM rKnao kI Aa&a
dI AaOr yah jaananao ko ilae ik baaNa iksaka hO ]sapr AMikt naama pZ,nao
lagao. pZ,kr vah saaoca maoM pD, gayao. ]sapr ilaKa huAa qaa
– yah baaNa pu$rvaa AaOr ]va-SaI ko QanauQaa-rI pu~ ka hO. ]saka
naama Aayau hO AaOr vah Sa~uAaoM ko p`aNa KIMcanaovaalaa hO.
ivadUYak yah saunakr baD,a p`sanna huAa. ]sanao maharaja kao baQaa[-
dIÂ pr vah tao kuC samaJa hI nahIM pa rho qao.
yah pu~ kOsao pOda huAa.
vah tao kuC jaanato hI nahIM. Saayad ]va-SaI nao dOvaI–Sai@t sao
[sa baat kao iCpa rKa hao. pr ]sanao pu~ kao @yaaoM iCpa rKaÆ
vah [saI ]QaoD,bauna maoM qao ik cyayana ?iYa ko AaEama sao ek kumaar kao
ilayao iksaI tpisvanaI ko Aanao ka samaacaar imalaa. maharaja nao
]nhoM vahIM baulaa Baojaa AaOr kumaar kao doKto hI ]nakI AaMKoM Bar Aa[-M.
)dya maoM p`oma ]maD, pD,a AaOr ]naka mana krnao lagaa ik ]sao ksakr CatI
sao lagaa lao. pr }pr sao vah SaaMt hI banao rho. ]nhaoMnao
tapsaI kao p`Naama ikyaa AaiSavaa-d dokr tapsaI nao kumaar sao kha¸
"baoTa¸ Apnao iptajaI kao p`Naama krao."
kumaar nao eosaa hI ikyaa. maharaja nao ]sao gadgad haokr
AaSaIvaa-d idyaa AaOr tba tapsaI baaolaI¸ "maharaja Ñ jaba
yah pu~ pOda huAa tBaI kuC saaocakr ]va-SaI [sao maoro pasa CaoD, Aa[-qaI.
xai~ya–kumaar ko ijatnao saMskar haoto hO vao saba Bagavaana
cyavana nao kra idyao hOM. ivaVaQana ko baad QanauYa calaanaa BaI
isaKa idyaa gayaa hOÂ laoikna Aaja jaba yah fUla AaOr saimaQaaid
laanao ko ilae ?iYakumaaraoM ko saaqa jaa rha qaa tao [sanao AaEama ko
inayamaaoM ko iva$w kama kr Dalaa."
ivadUYak nao Gabarakr pUCa¸ "@yaa kr DalaaÆ"
tapsaI baaolaI¸ " ek igaw maaMsa ka TukD,a ilayao hue poD, pr baOza
qaa.]sapr laxya baaMQakr [sanao baaNa calaa idyaa.jaba Bagavaana cyavana
nao yah saunaa tao ]nhaoMnao ]va-SaI kI yah Qaraohr ]sao saaOMp Aanao kI
Aa&a dI.[sailae maOM ]va-SaI sao imalanao Aa[- hMU."
maharaja nao turMt ]va-SaI kao baulaa Baojaa AaOr pu~ kao galao sao
lagaakr Pyaar krnao lagao. ]va-SaI nao Aato hI dUr sao ]sao doKa tao
yah saaoca maoM pD, ga[- Â pr tapsaI kao ]sanao phcaana ilayaa.Aba
tao vah sabakuC samaJa ga[-.ipta ko khnao pr jaba pu~ nao maata kao
p`Naama ikyaa tao ]sanao pu~ kao CatI sao icapka ilayaa.tapsaI nao ]sako
svaamaI ko saamanao ]saka pu~ ]sao saaOMpto hue kha¸ " zIk sao
pZ,–ilaKkr Aba yah kumaar kvaca QaarNa krnao yaaogya hao gayaa hO¸
[sailae tumharo svaamaI ko saamanao hI tumharI Qaraohr tumhoM saaOMp rhI
hMU AaOr Aba jaanaa BaI caahtI hMU.AaEama ka bahut–saa kama $ka pD,a hO."
jaato samaya kumaar BaI saaqa
jaanao ko ilae macala ]za pr jaba sabanao samaJaayaa tao vah
AaEama–jaOsaI sarlata sao tapsaI sao baaolaa¸ " tao Aap
baD,o–baD,o pMKaoM vaalao maoro ]sa maiNakMzk naama ko maaor kao Baoja
donaa.vah maorI gaaod maoM saaokr maoro haqaaoM sao Apnaa isar Kujalaayao
jaanao ka AanaMd ilayaa krta qaa."
tapsaI hMsa pD,I AaOr eosaa hI krnao ka vacana dokr calaI ga[-.maharaja
pu~ pakr baD,o p`sanna hue prMtu ]va-SaI raonao lagaI. yah doKkr maharaja
Gabara ]zo AaOr [sa ivaYaad ka karNa pUCnao lagao. ]va-SaI baaolaI¸
"bahut idna hue¸ Aapsao p`oma krnao pr Bart mauina nao mauJao Saap
idyaa qaa. ]sa Saap sao maOM bahut Gabara ga[- qaI tba dovaraja [Md`
nao mauJao Aa&a dI qaI ik jaba hmaaro Pyaaro ima~ rajaiYa- tumasao
]%pnna hue pu~ ka mauMh doK laoM tba tuma ifr maoro pasa laaOT Aanaa.
Aapsao ibaCaoh haonao ko Dr sao hI maOM [sa kumaar kao pOda haoto hI
cyavana ?iYa ko AaEama maoM pZ,nao–ilaKanao ko bahanao CaoD, Aa[- qaI.
Aaja ]nhaoMnao [sao ipta kI saovaa krnao ko yaaogya samaJakr laaOTa idyaa
hO. basa Aaja tk hI maOM maharaja ko saaqa rh saktI qaI."
yah kqaa
saunakr sabakao baD,a du:K huAa.maharaja tao maUic-Ct hao gayao.jaba
jaagao tao ]nhaoMnao turMt hI pu~ kao rajya saaOMpkr tpaovana maoM jaakr
rhnao kI [cCa p`gaT kI. laoikna [saI samaya naard mauina nao vahaM p`vaoSa
ikyaa. AakaSa sao ]trto hue pIlaI jaTavaalao¸ kMQao pr caMd`maa kI klaa ko
samaana ]jalaa janao} AaOr galao maoM maaoityaaoM kI maalaa phnao¸ vah
eosao lagato qao jaOsao saunahrI SaaKavaalaa kao[- calata–ifrta klpvaRxa
calaa Aa rha hao. pUjaa–AiBavaadna ko baad ]nhaoMnao kha ik maOM dovaraja
[Md` ka saMdoSaa laokr Aayaa hMU.vah ApnaI dOvaI Sai@t sao sabako mana kI
baatoM jaananaovaalao hOM.]nhaoMnao jaba doKa ik Aap vana jaanao kI
tOyaarI kr rho hOM tao ]nhaoMnao khlaayaa hO –– "tInaaoM kalaaoM
kao jaananaovaalao mauinayaaoM nao BaivaYyavaaNaI kI hO ik dovataAaoM AaOr
danavaaoM maoM BayaMkr yauw haonaovaalaa hO. yauw–ivaVa maoM kuSala Aap
hma laaogaaoM kI sada sahayata krto hI rhoM [sailae Aap Sas~ na CaoD,o.
]va-SaI jaIvanaBar Aapko saaqa rhogaI."
dovaraja [Md` ka yah saMdoSa saunakr ]va-SaI AaOr pu$rvaa daonaaoM bahut
p`sanna hue. [Md` nao kumaar Aayau ko yauvaraja bananao ko ]%sava ko
ilae BaI saamaga`I BaojaI qaI. ]saIsao rMBaa nao Aayau ka AiBaYaok
ikyaa.
AiBaYaok ko baad kumaar nao sabakao p`Naama ikyaa AaOr ]naka
AaSaIvaa-d payaa. laoikna baD,I maharanaI vahaM nahIM qaIM.
[sailae ]va-SaI nao Aayau sao kha "calaao baoTaÑ baD,I maaM kao
p`Naama kr AaAao." AaOr vah ]sao laokr baD,I maharanaI ko pasa
calaI. maharaja baaolao¸ "zhrao¸ hma saba laaoga saaqa hI
dovaI ko pasa calato hOM." laoikna calanao sao phlao naard
mauina nao ]nasao pUCa¸ "ho rajana\. [Md` AapkI AaOr kaOnasaI
[cCa pUrI kroM."
rajaa baaolao¸ "[Md` kI p`sannata sao baZ,kr AaOr mauJao @yaa
caaihe. ifr BaI maOM caahta hMU ik jaao laxmaI AaOr sarsvatI sada
ek–dUsaro sao $zI rhtI hOM¸ sajjanaaoM ko klyaaNa ko ilae sada eksaaqa
rhnao lagaoM. saba Aapi%tyaaM dUr hao jaaya¸ saba flaoM–fUlaoM¸
sabako manaaorqa pUro haoM AaOr saba khIM sauK–hI–sauK fOla jaaya.
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