बड़े नाम का चमत्कार

bade nam ka chamatkar panchatantr ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita achary vishnu sharma haian.

kahani

          ek samay ki bat hai ek van mean hathiyoan ka ek jhuand rahata tha. us jhuand ka saradar chaturdant namak ek vishal, parakrami, ganbhir v samajhadar hathi tha. sab usi ki chhatr-chhaya mean sukh se rahate the. vah sabaki samasyaean sunata. unaka hal nikalata, chhote-bade sabaka barabar khyal rakhata tha. ek bar us kshetr mean bhayankar sookha pada. varshoan pani nahian barasa. sare tal-talaiya sookhane lage. ped-paudhe kumhala ge dharati phat gee, charoan aur hahakar mach gee. har prani booand-booand ke lie tarasata gaya. hathiyoan ne apane saradar se kaha 'saradar, koee upay sochie. ham sab pyase mar rahe haian. hamare bachche tadap rahe haian.'
chaturdant pahale hi sari samasya janata tha. sabake du:kh samajhata tha par usaki samajh mean nahian a raha tha ki kya upay kare. sochate-sochate use bachapan ki ek bat yad aee aur chaturdant ne kaha 'mujhe aisa yad ata haian ki mere dadaji kahate the, yahaan se poorv disha mean ek tal haian, jo bhoomigat jal se jude hone ke karan kabhi nahian sookhata. hamean vahaan chalana chahie.' sabhi ko asha ki kiran najar aee.
hathiyoan ka jhuand chaturdant dvara bataee gee disha ki or chal pada. bina pani ke din ki garmi mean saphar karana kathin tha, atah hathi rat ko saphar karate. paanch ratri ke bad ve us anokhe tal tak pahuanch ge. sachamuch tal pani se bhara tha sare hathiyoan ne khoob pani piya ji bharakar tal mean nahae v dubakiyaan lagaeean.
usi kshetr mean kharagoshoan ki ghani abadi thi. unaki shamat a gee. saikadoan kharagosh hathiyoan ke pairoan-tale kuchale ge. unake bil rauande ge. unamean hahakar mach gaya. bache-kuche kharagoshoan ne ek apatakalin sabha ki. ek kharagosh bola 'hamean yahaan se bhagana chahie.'
ek tej svabhav vala kharagosh bhagane ke hak mean nahian tha. usane kaha 'hamean akl se kam lena chahie. hathi aandhavishvasi hote haian. ham unhean kaheange ki ham chandravanshi hai. tumhare dvara kie kharagosh sanhar se hamare dev chandrama rusht haian. yadi tum yahaan se nahian ge to chandradev tumhean vinash ka shrap deange.'
ek any kharagosh ne usaka samarthan kiya 'chatur thik kahata hai. usaki bat hamean manani chahie. lanbakarn kharagosh ko ham apana doot banakar chaturdant ke pas bheanjege.' is prastav par sab sahamat ho ge. lanbakarn ek bahut chatur kharagosh tha. sare kharagosh samaj mean usaki chaturaee ki dhak thi. batean banana bhi use khoob ata tha. bat se bat nikalate jane mean usaka javab nahian tha. jab kharagoshoan ne use doot banakar jane ke lie kaha to vah turant taiyar ho gaya. kharagoshoan par ae sankat ko door karake use prasannata hi hogi. lanbakarn kharagosh chaturdant ke pas pahuancha aur door se hi ek chattan par chadhakar bola 'gajanayak chaturdant, maian lanbakarn chandrama ka doot unaka sandesh lekar aya hooan. chandrama hamare svami haian.'
chaturdant ne poochha 'bhee, kya sandesh lae ho tum ?'
lanbakarn bola 'tumane kharagosh samaj ko bahut hani pahuanchaee hai. chandradev tumase bahut rusht haian. isase pahale ki vah tumhean shrap dedean, tum yahaan se apana jhuand lekar chale jao.'
chaturdant ko vishvas n hua. usane kaha 'chandradev kahaan hai? maian khud unake darshan karana chahata hooan.'
lanbakarn bola 'uchit hai. chandradev asankhy mrit kharagoshoan ko shraddhaanjali dene svayan tal mean padharakar baithe haian, aeee, unase sakshatkar kijie aur svayan dekh lijie ki ve kitane rusht haian.' chalak lanbakarn chaturdant ko rat mean tal par le aya. us rat poornamasi thi. tal mean poorn chandrama ka bimb aise pad raha tha jaise shishe mean pratibimb dikhaee padata hai. chaturdant ghabara gaya chalak kharagosh hathi ki ghabarahat tad gaya aur vishvas ke sath bola 'gajanayak, jara najadik se chandradev ka sakshatkar karean to apako pata lagega ki apake jhuand ke idhar ane se ham kharagoshoan par kya biti haian. apane bhaktoan ka du:kh dekhakar hamare chandradevaji ke dil par kya gujar rahi hai.'
lanbakarn ki batoan ka gajaraj par jadoo-sa asar hua. chaturdant darate-darate pani ke nikat gaya aur sooand chadranma ke pratibimb ke nikat le jakar jaanch karane laga. sooand pani ke nikat pahuanchane par sooand se nikali hava se pani mean halachal huee aur chadranma la pratibimb kee bhagoan mean bant gaya aur vikrit ho gaya. yah dekhate hi chaturdant ke hosh ud ge. vah hadabadakar kee qadam pichhe hat gaya. lanbakarn to isi bat ki tak mean tha. vah chikha 'dekha, apako dekhate hi chandradev kitane rusht ho ge! vah krodh se kaanp rahe haian aur gusse se phat rahe haian. ap apani khair chahate haian to apane jhuand ke samet yahaan se shighratishighr prasthan karean varna chandradev pata nahian kya shrap dedean.'
chaturdant turant apane jhuand ke pas laut gaya aur sabako salah di ki unaka yahaan se turant prasthan karana hi uchit hoga. apane saradar ke adesh ko manakar hathiyoan ka jhuand laut gaya. kharagoshoan mean khushi ki lahar daud gee. hathiyoan ke jane ke kuchh hi din pashchath akash mean badal ae, varsha huee aur sara jal sankat samapt ho gaya. hathiyoan ko phir kabhi us or ane ki zaroorat hi nahian padi.

sikh- chaturaee se sharirik rup se balashali shatru ko bhi mat di ja sakati hai.