मूर्ख गधा

moorkh gadha panchatantr ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita achary vishnu sharma haian.

kahani

          kisi jangal mean ek sher rahata tha. ek siyar usaka sevak tha. ek bar ek hathi se sher ki l daee ho gee. sher buri tarah ghayal ho gaya. vah chalane-phirane mean bhi asamarth ho gaya. ahar n milane se siyar bhi bhookha tha.
sher ne siyar se kaha- ‘tum jao aur kisi pashu ko khojakar lao, jise marakar ham apane pet bhar sakean.’ siyar kisi janavar ki khoj karata hua ek gaanv mean pahuanch gaya. vahaan usane ek gadhe ko ghas charate hue dekha. siyar gadhe ke pas gaya aur bola- ‘mama, pranam! bahut dinoan bad apake darshan hue haian. ap itane dubale kaise ho ge?’ gadha bola- ‘bhaee, kuchh mat poochho. mera svami b da kathor hai. vah petabhar kar ghas nahian deta. is dhool se sani huee ghas khakar pet bharana p data hai.’ siyar ne kaha- ‘mama, udhar nadi ke kinare ek bahut b da ghas ka maidan hai. ap vahian chalean aur mere sath anand se rahean.' gadhe ne kaha- ‘bhaee, maian to gaanv ka gadha hooan. vahaan jangali janavaroan ke sath maian kaise rah sakooanga?’ siyar bola- ‘mama, vah b di surakshit jagah hai. vahaan kisi ka koee dar nahian hai. tin gadhiyaan bhi vahian rahati haian. ve bhi ek dhobi ke atyacharoan se tang hokar bhag aee haian. unaka koee pati bhi nahian hai. ap unake yogy ho!’ chaho to un tinoan ke pati bhi ban sakate ho. chalo to sahi.’ siyar ki bat sunakar gadha lalach mean a gaya. gadhe ko lekar dhoort siyar vahaan pahuancha, jahaan sher chhipa hua baitha tha. sher ne panje se gadhe par prahar kiya lekin gadhe ko chot nahian lagi aur vah darakar bhag kh da hua.
tab siyar ne naraz hokar sher se kaha-‘tum ekadam nikamme ho ge! jab tum ek gadhe ko nahian mar sakate, to hathi se kaise l doge?’ sher jheanpata hua bola-‘maian us samay taiyar nahian tha, isilie chook ho gee.’ siyar ne kaha- ‘achchha, ab tum poori tarah taiyar hokar baitho, maian use phir se lekar ata hooan.’ vah phir gadhe ke pas pahuancha. gadhe ne siyar ko dekhate hi kaha- ‘tum to mujhe maut ke muanh mean hi le ge the. n jane vah kaun-sa janavar tha. maian b di mushkil se jan bachakar bhaga!’ siyar ne hansate hue kaha- ‘are mama, tum use pahachan nahian pae. vah to gadhi thi. usane to prem se tumhara svagat karane ke lie hath badhaya tha. tum to bilkul kayar nikale! aur vah bechari tumhare viyog mean khana-pina chho dakar baithi hai. tumhean to usane apana pati man liya hai. agar tum nahian chaloge to vah pran tyag degi.’ gadha ek bar phir siyar ki batoan mean a gaya aur usake sath chal p da. is bar sher nahian chooka. usane gadhe ko ek hi jhapatte mean mar diya. bhojan karane se pahale sher snan karane ke lie chala gaya. is bich siyar ne us gadhe ka dil aur dimag kha liya.
sher snan karake lauta to naraz hokar bola- ‘o siyar ke bachche! toone mere bhojan ko jootha kyoan kiya? toone isake hriday aur sar kyoan kha lie ?’
dhoort siyar gi dagi data hua bola- 'maharaj, maianne to kuchh bhi nahian khaya hai. is gadhe ka dil aur dimag tha hi nahian, yadi isake hote to yah dobara mere sath kaise a sakata tha. sher ko siyar ki bat par vishvas a gaya. vah shaant hokar bhojan karane mean jut gaya.'

sikh- jo dil aur dimag se kam nahian lete haian, vo hamesha kisi ka shikar ho jate haian chahe vo janavar ho ya phir iansan .