उस पार का योगी -जयशंकर प्रसाद

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is lekh ka punarikshan evan sampadan hona avashyak hai. ap isamean sahayata kar sakate haian. "sujhav"

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samane sandhya-dhoosarati jal ki ek chadar bichhi hai. usake bad baloo ki bela hai, usamean athakheliyaan karake laharoan ne sidhi bana di hai. kautuk yah hai ki us par bhi hari-hari doob jam gayi hai. us baloo ki sidhi ki oopari tah par jane kab se ek shila p di hai. kee varshaoan ne use apane pet mean pachana chaha, par vah kathor shila gal n saki, phir bhi nikal hi ati thi. nandalal use apane shaishav se hi dekhata tha. chhoti-si nadi, jo usake gaanv se satakar bahati thi, usi ke kinare vah apani sitari lekar pashchim ki dhoosar abha mean nity jakar baith jata. jis rat ko chaandani nikal ati, usamean der tak aur aandheri rat ke pradosh mean jab tak andhakar nahian ho jata tha, baithakar sitari bajata apani tapariyoan mean chala jata tha.

nandalal aandhere mean darata n tha. kintu chandrika mean der tak kisi aspasht chhaya ko dekh sakata tha. isalie, aj bhi usi shila par vah moorti baithi hai. gairik vasan ki abha sandhy-soory se ranjit nabh se ho d kar rahi hai. do-char latean idhar-udhar maansal aansh par van ke sath khel rahi haian. nadi ke kinare pray: pavan ka basera rahata hai, isi se yah suvidha hai. jab se shaishav-sahachari nalini se nandalal ka viyog hua hai, vah apani sitari se hi man bahalata hai, so bhi ekant mean; kyoanki nalini se bhi vah kisi ke samane milane par sukh nahian pata tha. kintu hay re sukh! uttejanamay anand ko anubhav karane ke lie ek sakshi bhi chahie. bina kisi doosare ko apana sukh dikhae haday bhali-bhaanti se garv ka anubhav nahian kar pata. chandr-kiran, nadi-tarang, malay-hillol, kusum-surabhi aur rasal-vriksh ke sath hi nandalal ko yah bhi vishvas tha. ki us par ka yogi bhi kabhi-kabhi us sitari ki mi d se maro d khata hai. latean usake kapol par tal dene lagati haian.

chaandani nikhari thi. aj apani sitari ke sath nandalal bhi gane laga tha. vah pranay-sangit tha-bhavukata aur kalpanik prem ka sambhar b de veg se uchchhvasit hua. ant:karan se dabi huee taralavritti, jo vismrit svapn ke saman halaka prakash deti thi, aj n jane kyoan gairik nirjhar ki tarah ubal p di. jo vastu aj tak maitri ka sukh-chihn thi-jo saral hriday ka upahar thi-jo udarata ki kritajnata thi-usane jvala, lalasapoorn prem ka roop dharan kiya. sangit chalane laga.

‘‘are kaun hai.....mujhe bachao.....ah.....’’, pavan ne upayukt doot ki tarah yah sandesh nandalal ke kanoan tak pahuanchaya. vah vyakul hokar sitari chho d kar dau da. nadi mean phaand p da. usake kanoan mean nalini ka sa svar sunaee p da. nadi chhoti thi-kharasrota thi. nandalal hath marata hua laharoan ko chir raha tha. usake bahu-pash mean ek sukumar sharir a gaya.

chandrakiranoan aur lahariyoan ko batachit karane ka ek adhar mila. lahari kahane lagi-‘‘abhage! too is dukhiya nalini ko bachane kyoan aya, isane to aj apane samast du:khoan ka ant kar diya tha.’’

kiran-‘‘kyoan ji, tum logoan ne nandalal ko bahut din tak bich mean baha kar halla-gulla machakar, bachaya tha.’’

lahari-‘‘aur tumhian to prakash dalakar use sachet karati rahi ho.’’

kiran-‘‘aj tak us bechare ko aandhere mean rakkha tha. keval alok ki kalpana karake vah apane alekhy pat ko udh‌bhasit kar leta tha. us par ka yogi sudooravarti paradeshi ki ramy smriti ko shant tapovan ka drishy tha.’’

lahari-‘‘pagali! sukh-svapn ke sadrish aur asha mean anand ke saman maian bich mean p di-p di usake saral neh ka bahut dinoan tak sanchay karati rahi-antarik akarshanapoorn sammilan hone par bhi, vasana-rahit nishkam saundaryamay vyavadhan ban kar maian donoan ke bich mean bahati thi; kintu nandalal itane mean santusht n ho saka. uchhal-kood kar hath chalakar mujhe bhi gandala kar diya. use bahane, doobane aur utarane ka avesh badh gaya tha.’’

kiran-‘‘hooan, tab doobean bahean.’’

pavan chupachap in batoan ko sun kar nadi ke bahav ki or sarrata mar kar sandesha kahane ko bhaga. kintu ve door nikal gaye the. sitari moochrchhana mean p di rahi.