दुखिया -जयशंकर प्रसाद

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

paha di dehat, jangal ke kinare ke gaanv aur barasat ka samay! vah bhi ooshakal! b da hi manoram drishy tha. rat ki varsha se am ke vriksh tarabor the. abhi pattoan se pani dhulak raha tha. prabhat ke spasht hone par bhi dhuandhale prakash mean s dak ke kinare amravriksh ke niche balika kuchh dekh rahi thi. ‘tap’ se shabd hua, balika uchhal p di, gira hua am uthakar anchal mean rakh liya. (jo paket ki tarah khoans kar bana hua tha.)

dakshin pavan ne anajan mean phal se ladi huee daliyoan se athakheliyaan kian. usaka sanchit dhan ast-vyast ho gaya. do-char gir p de. balika oosha ki kiranoan ke saman hi khil p di. usaka anchal bhar utha. phir bhi asha mean kh di rahi. vyarth prayas jan kar lauti, aur apani jhoanp di ki or chal p di. phoos ki jhoanp di mean baitha hua usaka andha boodha bap apani phooti huee chilam sulaga raha tha. dukhiya ne ate hi aanchal se sat amoan mean se paanch nikal kar bap ke hath mean rakh diye. aur svayan baratan maanjane ke lie ‘dabare’ ki or chal p di.

baratanoan ka vivaran sunie, ek phooti batuli, ek loanhadi aur lota, yahi us din parivar ka upakaran tha. dabare ke kinare chhoti-si shila par apane phate hue vastr sanbhale hue baithakar dukhiya ne baratan malana arambh kiya.

bhag 2

apane pise hue bajare ke ate ki roti pakakar dukhiya ne boodhe bap ko khilaya aur svayan bacha hua kha-pikar pas hi ke mahue ke vriksh ki phaili j doan par sir rakh kar let rahi. kuchh gunagunane lagi. dupahari dhal gayi. ab dukhiya uthi aur khurapi-jala lekar ghas chhilane chali. zamiandar ke gho de ke lie ghas vah roj de ati thi, kathin parishram se usane apane kam bhar ghas kar liya, phir use dabare mean rakh kar dhone lagi.

soory ki sunahali kiranean barasati akash par navin chitrakar ki tarah kee prakar ke rang lagana sikhane lagian. amaraee aur ta d-vrikshoan ki chhaya us shadval jal mean p dakar prakritik chitr ka srijan karane lagi. dukhiya ko vilamb hua, kintu abhi usaki ghas dho nahian gayi, use jaise isaki kuchh paravah n thi. isi samay gho de ki tapoan ke shabd ne usaki ekagrata ko bhang kiya.

zamiandar kumar sandhya ko hava khane ke lie nikale the. vegavan ‘balotara’ jati ka kummed pachakalyan aj garam ho gaya tha. mohanasianh se bekaboo hokar vah bagatoot bhag raha tha. sanyog! jahaan par dukhiya baithi thi, usi ke samip thokar lekar gho da gira. mohanasianh bhi buri tarah ghayal hokar gire. dukhiya ne mohanasianh ki sahayata ki. dabare se jal lakar ghavoan ko dhone lagi. mohan ne patti baandhi, gho da bhi uthakar shant kh da hua. dukhiya jo use tahalane lagi thi. mohan ne kritajnata ki drishti se dukhiya ko dekha, vah ek sushikshit yuvak tha. usane daridr dukhiya ko usaki sahayata ke badale hi rupaya dena chaha. dukhiya ne hath jo dakar kaha-‘‘baboo ji , ham to ap hi ke gulam haian. isi gho de ko ghas dene se hamari roti chalati hai.’’

ab mohan ne dukhiya ko pahichana. usane poochha-

‘‘kya tum ramagulam ki ladaqi ho?’’

‘‘haan, babooji.’’

‘‘vah bahut dinoan se dikhata nahian!’’

‘‘baboo ji, unaki aankhoan se dikhaee nahian p data.’’

‘‘aha, hamare l dakapan mean vah hamare gho de ko, jab ham us par baithate the, pak dakar tahalata tha. vah kahaan hai?’’

‘‘apani m dee mean.’’

‘‘chalo, ham vahaan tak chaleange.’’

kishori dukhiya ko kaun jane kyoan sankoch hua, usane kaha-

‘‘babooji, ghas pahuanchane mean der huee hai. sarakar big deange.’’

‘‘kuchh chinta nahian; tum chalo.’’

lachar hokar dukhiya ghas ka bojha sir par rakhe hue jhoanp di ki or chal p di. gho de par mohan pichhe-pichhe tha.

bhag 3

‘‘ramagulam, tum achchhe to ho?’’

‘‘raj! sarakar! jug-jug jio baboo!’’ boodhe ne bina dekhe apani tooti charapaee se uthate hue donoan hath apane sir tak le jakar kaha.

‘‘ramagulam, tumane pahachan liya?’’

‘‘n kaise pahachanean, sarakar! yah deh pali hai.’’ usane kaha.

‘‘tumako kuchh penshan milati hai ki nahian?’’

‘‘ap hi ka diya khate haian, babooji. abhi ladaqi hamari jagah par ghas deti hai.’’

bhavuk navayuvak ne phir prashn kiya, ‘‘kyoan ramagulam, jab isaka vivah ho jayega, tab kaun ghas dega?’’

ramagulam ke anandashru du:kh ki nadi hokar bahane lage. b de kasht se usane kaha-‘‘kya ham sada jite raheange?’’

ab mohan se nahian raha gaya, vahian do rupaye us buddhe ko dekar chalate bane. jate-jate kaha-‘‘phir kabhi.’’

dukhiya ko bhi ghas lekar vahian jana tha. vah pichhe chali.

zamiandar ki pashushala thi. hathi, ooant, gho da, bulabul, bhaiansa, gay, bakare, bail, lal, kisi ki kami nahian thi. ek dusht najib khaan in saboan ka nirikshak tha. dukhiya ko der se ate dekhakar use avasar mila. b di nichata se usane kaha-‘‘mare javani ke tera mizaj hi nahian milata! kal se teri naukari band kar di jayagi. itani der?’’

dukhiya kuchh nahian bolati, kintu usako apane boodhe bap ki yad a gayi. usane socha, kisi tarah naukari bachani chahie, turant kah baithi-

‘‘chhote sarakar gho de par se gir p de rahe. unhean m dee tak pahuanchane mean der ......’’

‘‘chup haramajadi! tabhi to tera mizaj aur big da hai. abhi b de sarakar ke pas chalate haian.’’

vah utha aur chala. dukhiya ne ghas ka bojha pataka aur roti huee jhoanp di ki or chalati huee. rah chalate-chalate use dabare ka sayankalin drishy smaran hone laga. vah usi mean bhool kar apane ghar pahuanch gee.