बालक -प्रेमचंद

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

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gangoo ko log brahman kahate haian aur vah apane ko brahman samajhata bhi hai. mere sees aur khidamatagar mujhe door se salam karate haian. gangoo mujhe kabhi salam nahian karata. vah shayad mujhase palagan ki asha rakhata hai. mera jootha gilas kabhi hath se nahian chhoota aur n meri kabhi itani himmat huee ki usase pankha jhalane ko kahooan. jab maian pasine se tar hota hooan aur vahaan koee doosara adami nahian hota, to gangoo ap-hi-ap pankha utha leta hai; lekin usaki mudra se yah bhav spasht prakat hota hai ki mujh par koee ehasan kar raha hai aur maian bhi n-jane kyoan phauran hi usake hath se pankha chhin leta hooan. ugr svabhav ka manushy hai. kisi ki bat nahian sah sakata. aise bahut kam adami hoange, jinase usaki mitrata ho; par sees aur khidamatagar ke sath baithana shayad vah apamanajanak samajhata hai. maianne use kisi se milate-julate nahian dekha. ashchary yah hai ki use bhang-booti se prem nahian, jo is shreni ke manushyoan mean ek asadharan gun hai. maianne use kabhi pooja-path karate ya nadi mean snan karate nahian dekha. bilakul nirakshar hai; lekin phir bhi vah brahman hai aur chahata hai ki duniya usaki pratishtha tatha seva kare aur kyoan n chahe ? jab purakhoan ki paida ki huee sampatti par aj bhi log adhikar jamaye hue haian aur usi shan se, mano khud paida kiye hoan, to vah kyoan us pratishtha aur samman ko tyag de, jo usake purukhaoan ne sanchay kiya tha ? yah usaki bapauti hai. mera svabhav kuchh is tarah ka hai ki apane naukaroan se bahut kam bolata hooan. maian chahata hooan, jab tak maian khud n bulaooan, koee mere pas n aye. mujhe yah achchha nahian lagata ki jara-si batoan ke lie naukaroan ko avaz deta phirooan. mujhe apane hath se surahi se pani uan del lena, apana laimp jala lena, apane joote pahan lena ya alamari se koee kitab nikal lena, isase kahian zyada saral maloom hota hai ki hiangan aur maikoo ko pukarooan. isase mujhe apani svechchha aur atmavishvas ka bodha hota hai. naukar bhi mere svabhav se parichit ho gaye haian aur bina zaroorat mere pas bahut kam ate haian. isalie ek din jab prat:kal gangoo mere samane akar kh da ho gaya to mujhe bahut bura laga. ye log jab ate haian, to peshagi hisab mean kuchh maangane ke lie ya kisi doosare naukar ki shikayat karane ke lie. mujhe ye donoan hi batean atyant apriy haian. maian pahali tarikh ko har ek ka vetan chuka deta hooan aur bich mean jab koee kuchh maangata hai, to krodh a jata hai; kaun do-do, char-char rupaye ka hisab rakhata phire. phir jab kisi ko mahine-bhar ki poori majoori mil gayi, to use kya hak hai ki use pandrah din mean kharch kar de aur rrin ya peshagi ki sharan le, aur shikayatoan se to mujhe ghrina hai. maian shikayatoan ko durbalata ka praman samajhata hooan, ya thakurasuhati ki kshudr cheshta. maianne matha siko dakar kaha, kya bat hai, ‘maianne to tumhean bulaya nahian ?’ gangoo ke tikhe abhimani mukh par aj kuchh aisi namrata, kuchh aisi yachana, kuchh aisa sankoch tha ki maian chakit ho gaya. aisa jan p da, vah kuchh javab dena chahata hai; magar shabd nahian mil rahe haian. maianne jara namr hokar kaha, ‘akhir kya bat hai, kahate kyoan nahian ? tum janate ho, yah mere tahalane ka samay hai. mujhe der ho rahi hai.‘ gangoo ne nirasha bhare svar mean kaha, ‘to ap hava khane jayan, maian phir a jaooanga.' yah avastha aur bhi chintajanak thi. is jaldi mean to vah ek kshan mean apana vrittant kah sunayega. vah janata hai ki mujhe zyada avakash nahian hai. doosare avasar par to dusht ghantoan royega. mere kuchh likhane-padhane ko to vah shayad kuchh kam samajhata ho; lekin vichar ko, jo mere lie sabase kathin sadhana hai, vah mere vishram ka samay samajhata hai. vah usi vakt akar mere sir par savar ho jayaga. maianne nirdayata ke sath kaha, ‘kya kuchh peshagi maangane aye ho ? maian peshagi nahian deta.' 'ji nahian sarakar, maianne to kabhi peshagi nahian maanga.' 'to kya kisi ki shikayat karana chahate ho ? mujhe shikayatoan se ghrina hai.' 'ji nahian sarakar, maianne to kabhi kisi ki shikayat nahian ki.' gangoo ne apana dil mazaboot kiya. usaki akriti se spasht jhalak raha tha, mano vah koee chhalaang marane ke lie apani sari shaktiyoan ko ekatr kar raha ho. aur l dakh dati huee avaz mean bola, ‘mujhe ap chhutti de dean. ‘maian apaki naukari ab n kar sakooanga.’ yah is tarah ka pahala prastav tha, jo mere kanoan mean p da. mere atmabhiman ko chot lagi. maian jab apane ko manushyata ka putala samajhata hooan, apane naukaroan ko kabhi katu-vachan nahian kahata, apane svamitv ko yathasadhy myan mean rakhane ki cheshta karata hooan, tab maian is prastav par kyoan n vismit ho jata ! kathor svar mean bola, ‘kyoan, kya shikayat hai ? 'apane to huzoor, jaisa achchha svabhav paya hai, vaisa kya koee payega; lekin bat aisi a p di hai ki ab maian apake yahaan nahian rah sakata. aisa n ho ki pichhe se koee bat ho jay, to apaki badanami ho. maian nahian chahata ki meri vajah se apaki abaroo mean batta lage.' mere dil mean ulajhan paida huee. jijnasa ki agni prachand ho gayi. atmasamarpan ke bhav se baramade mean p di huee kursi par baithakar bola, ‘tum to paheliyaan bujhava rahe ho. saph-saph kyoan nahian kahate, kya mamala hai ?’ gangoo ne b di namrata se kaha, ‘bat yah hai ki vah stri, jo abhi vidhava-ashram se nikal di gayi hai, vah gomati devi ... vah chup ho gaya. maianne adhir hokar kaha, ‘haan, nikal di gayi hai, to phir ? tumhari naukari se usase kya sambandh ?’ gangoo ne jaise apane sir ka bhari bojh zamin par patak diya -- 'maian usase byah karana chahata hooan babooji !' maian vismay se usaka muanh takane laga. yah purane vicharoan ka poanga brahman jise nayi sabhyata ki hava tak n lagi, us kulata se vivah karane ja raha hai, jise koee bhala adami apane ghar mean qadam bhi n rakhane dega. gomati ne muhalle ke shant vatavaran mean tho di-si halachal paida kar di. kee sal pahale vah vidhavashram mean ayi thi. tin bar ashram ke karmachariyoan ne usaka vivah kara diya tha, par har bar vah mahine-pandrah din ke bad bhag ayi thi. yahaan tak ki ashram ke mantri ne abaki bar use ashram se nikal diya tha. tab se vah isi muhalle mean ek kothari lekar rahati thi aur sare muhalle ke shohadoan ke lie manoranjan ka kendr bani huee thi. mujhe gangoo ki saralata par krodh bhi aya aur daya bhi. is gadho ko sari duniya mean koee stri hi n milati thi, jo isase byah karane ja raha hai. jab vah tin bar patiyoan ke pas se bhag ayi, to isake pas kitane din rahegi ? koee gaanth ka poora adami hota, to ek bat bhi thi. shayad sal-chh: mahine tik jati. yah to nipat aankh ka andha hai. ek saptah bhi to nibah n hoga. maianne chetavani ke bhav se poochha, ‘tumhean is stri ki jivan-katha maloom hai?’ gangoo ne aankhoan-dekhi bat ki tarah kaha, ‘sab jhooth hai sarakar, logoan ne hakanahak usako badanam kar diya hai.‘ 'kya kahate ho, vah tin bar apane patiyoan ke pas se nahian bhag ayi ?' 'un logoan ne use nikal diya, to kya karati ?' 'kaise budhdoo adami ho ! koee itani door se akar vivah karake le jata hai, hajaroan rupaye kharch karata hai, isilie ki aurat ko nikal de ?' gangoo ne bhavukata se kaha, ‘jahaan prem nahian hai huzoor, vahaan koee stri nahian rah sakati. stri keval roti-kap da hi nahian chahati, kuchh prem bhi to chahati hai. ve log samajhate hoange ki hamane ek vidhava se vivah karake usake oopar koee bahut b da ehasan kiya hai. chahate hoange ki tan-man se vah unaki ho jay, lekin doosare ko apana banane ke lie pahale ap usaka ban jana p data hai huzoor. yah bat hai. phir use ek bimari bhi hai. use koee bhoot laga hua hai. yah kabhi-kabhi bak-jhak karane lagati hai aur behosh ho jati hai.’ 'aur tum aisi stri se vivah karoge ?' maianne sandigdh bhav se sir hilakar kaha, samajh lo, jivan k dava ho jayaga.’ gangoo ne shahidoan ke-se avesh se kaha, ‘maian to samajhata hooan, meri zindagi ban jayagi babooji, age bhagavanh ki marji !’ maianne zor dekar poochha, ‘to tumane tay kar liya hai ?’ 'haan, huzoor.' 'to maian tumhara istipha manjoor karata hooan.' maian nirarthak roodhiyoan aur vyarth ke bandhanoan ka das nahian hooan; lekin jo adami ek dushta se vivah kare, use apane yahaan rakhana vastav mean jatil samasya thi. aye-din tante-bakhe de hoange, nayi-nayi ulajhanean paida hoangi, kabhi pulis dau d lekar ayegi, kabhi mukadame kh de hoange. sambhav hai, chori ki varadatean bhi hoan. is daladal se door rahana hi achchha. gangoo kshudha-pi dit prani ki bhaanti roti ka tuk da dekhakar usaki or lapak raha hai. roti joothi hai, sookhi huee hai, khane yogy nahian hai, isaki use paravah nahian; usako vichar-buddhi se kam lena kathin tha. maianne use prithakh kar dene hi mean apani kushal samajhi. 2 paanch mahine gujar gaye. gangoo ne gomati se vivah kar liya tha aur usi muhalle mean ek khaparail ka makan lekar rahata tha. vah ab chat ka khoancha lagakar gujar-basar karata tha. mujhe jab kabhi bazar mean mil jata, to maian usaka kshem-kushal poochhata. mujhe usake jivan se vishesh anurag ho gaya tha. yah ek samajik prashn ki pariksha thi samajik hi nahian, manovaijnanik bhi. maian dekhana chahata tha, isaka parinam kya hota hai. maian gangoo ko sadaiv prasann-mukh dekhata. samriddhi aur nishchintata ke mukh par jo ek tej aur svabhav mean jo ek atm-samman paida ho jata hai, vah mujhe yahaan pratyaksh dikhayi deta tha. rupaye-bis-ane ki roj bikri ho jati thi. isamean lagat nikalakar ath-das ane bach jate the. yahi usaki jivika thi; kintu isamean kisi devata ka varadan tha; kyoanki is varg ke manushyoan mean jo nirlajjata aur vipannata payi jati hai, isaka vahaan chihn tak n tha. usake mukh par atm-vikas aur anand ki jhalak thi, jo chitt ki shanti se hi a sakati hai. ek din maianne suna ki gomati gangoo ke ghar se bhag gayi hai ! kah nahian sakata, kyoan ? mujhe is khabar se ek vichitr anand hua. mujhe gangoo ke santusht aur sukhi jivan par ek prakar kirh eershya hoti thi. maian usake vishay mean kisi anisht ki, kisi ghatak anarth ki, kisi lajjaspad ghatana ki pratiksha karata tha. is khabar se eershya ko santvana mili. akhir vahi bat huee, jisaka mujhe vishvas tha. akhir bachcha ko apani adooradarshita ka dand bhogana p da. ab dekhean, bacha kaise muanh dikhate haian. ab aankhean khuleangi aur maloom hoga ki log, jo unhean is vivah se rok rahe the, unake kaise shubhachintak the. us vakt to aisa maloom hota tha, mano apako koee durlabh padarth mila ja raha ho. mano mukti ka dvar khul gaya hai. logoan ne kitana kaha, ki yah stri vishvas ke yogy nahian hai, kitanoan ko daga de chuki hai, tumhare sath bhi daga karegi; lekin in kanoan par jooan tak n reangi. ab milean, to jara unaka mizaj poochhooan. kahooan kyoan maharaj, deviji ka yah varadan pakar prasann hue ya nahian ? tum to kahate the, vah aisi hai aur vaisi hai, log us par keval durbhavana ke karan dosh aropit karate haian. ab batalao, kisaki bhool thi ? usi din sanyogavash gangoo se bazar mean bheant ho gayi. ghabaraya hua tha, badahavas tha, bilakul khoya hua. mujhe dekhate hi usaki aankhoan mean aansoo bhar aye, lajja se nahian, vyatha se. mere pas akar bola, ‘babooji, gomati ne mere sath vishvasaghat kiya.‘ maianne kutil anand se, lekin kritrim sahanubhooti dikhakar kaha, ‘tumase to maianne pahale hi kaha tha; lekin tum mane hi nahian, ab sabr karo. isake siva aur kya upay hai. rupaye-paise le gayi ya kuchh chho d gayi ?’ gangoo ne chhati par hath rakha. aisa jan p da, mano mere is prashn ne usake hriday ko vidirn kar diya. 'are babooji, aisa n kahie, usane dhele ki bhi chiz nahian chhuee. apana jo kuchh tha, vah bhi chho d gayi. n-jane mujhamean kya buraee dekhi. maian usake yogy n tha aur kya kahooan. vah padhi-likhi thi, maian kariya akshar bhaians barabar. mere sath itane din rahi, yahi bahut tha. kuchh din aur usake sath rah jata, to adami ban jata. usaka apase kahaan tak bakhan karooan huzoor. auroan ke lie chahe jo kuchh rahi ho, mere lie to kisi devata ka ashirvad thi. n-jane mujhase kya aisi khata ho gayi. magar kasam le lijie, jo usake mukh par mail tak aya ho. meri aukat hi kya hai babooji ! das-barah ane ka majoor hooan; par isi mean usake hathoan itani barakkat thi ki kabhi kami nahian p di.' mujhe in shabdoan se ghor nirasha huee. maianne samajha tha, vah usaki bevaphaee ki katha kahega aur maian usaki andh-bhakti par kuchh sahanubhooti prakat karooanga; magar us moorkh ki aankhean ab tak nahian khulian. ab bhi usi ka mantr padh raha hai. avashy hi isaka chitt kuchh avyavasthit hai. maianne kutil parihas arambh kiya- ‘to tumhare ghar se kuchh nahian le gayi ? 'kuchh bhi nahian babooji, dhele  ki bhi chiz nahian.' 'aur tumase prem bhi bahut karati thi ?' 'ab apase kya kahooan babooji, vah prem to marate dam tak yad rahega.' 'phir bhi tumhean chho dakar chali gayi ?' 'yahi to ashchary hai babooji !' 'triya-charitr ka nam kabhi suna hai ?' 'are babooji, aisa n kahie. meri gardan par koee chhuri rakh de, to bhi maian usaka yash hi gaooanga.' 'to phir dhooandh nikalo !' 'haan, malik. jab tak use dhooandh n laooanga, mujhe chain n ayega. mujhe itana maloom ho jay ki vah kahaan hai, phir to maian use le hi aooanga; aur babooji, mera dil kahata hai ki vah ayegi zaroor. dekh lijiega. vah mujhase roothakar nahian gayi; lekin dil nahian manata. jata hooan, mahine-do-mahine jangal, paha d ki dhool chhanooanga. jita raha, to phir apake darshan karooanga.' yah kahakar vah unmad ki dasha mean ek taraph chal diya. 3 isake bad mujhe ek zaroorat se nainital jana p da. sair karane ke lie nahian. ek mahine ke bad lauta, aur abhi kap de bhi n utarane paya tha ki dekhata hooan, gangoo ek navajat shishu ko god mean liye kh da hai. shayad krishna ko pakar nand bhi itane pulakit n hue hoange. maloom hota tha, usake rom-rom se anand phoota p data hai. chehare aur aankhoan se kritajnata aur shraddha ke rag-se nikal rahe the. kuchh vahi bhav tha, jo kisi kshudha-pi dit bhikshuk ke chehare par bharapet bhojan karane ke bad najar ata hai. maianne poochha- kaho maharaj, gomatidevi ka kuchh pata laga, tum to bahar gaye the ? gangoo ne ape mean n samate hue javab diya, ‘haan babooji, apake ashirvad se dhooandh laya. lakhanoo ke janane aspatal mean mili. yahaan ek saheli se kah gayi thi ki agar vah bahut ghabarayean to batala dena. maian sunate hi lakhanoo bhaga aur use ghasit laya. ghate mean yah bachcha bhi mil gaya. usane bachche ko uthakar meri taraph badhaya. mano koee khila di tamaga pakar dikha raha ho.‘ maianne upahas ke bhav se poochha, ‘achchha, yah l daka bhi mil gaya ? shayad isilie vah yahaan se bhagi thi. hai to tumhara hi l daka ?’ 'mera kahe ko hai babooji, apaka hai, bhagavanh ka hai.' 'to lakhanoo mean paida hua ?' 'haan babooji, abhi to kul ek mahine ka hai.' 'tumhare byah hue kitane din hue ?' 'yah satavaan mahina ja raha hai.' 'to shadi ke chhathe mahine paida hua ?' 'aur kya babooji.' 'phir bhi tumhara l daka hai ?' 'haan, ji.' 'kaisi be-sir-pair ki bat kar rahe ho ?' maloom nahian, vah mera ashay samajh raha tha, ya ban raha tha. usi nishkapat bhav se bola, marate-marate bachi, babooji naya janam hua. tin din, tin rat chhatapatati rahi. kuchh n poochhie. maianne ab jara vyangy-bhav se kaha, lekin chh: mahine mean l daka hote aj hi suna. yah chot nishane par ja baithi. muskarakar bola, ‘achchha, vah bat ! mujhe to usaka dhyan bhi nahian aya. isi bhay se to gomati bhagi thi. maianne kaha, ‘gomati, agar tumhara man mujhase nahian milata, to tum mujhe chho d do. maian abhi chala jaooanga aur phir kabhi tumhare pas n aooanga. tumako jab kuchh kam p de to mujhe likhana, maian bharasak tumhari madad karooanga. mujhe tumase kuchh malal nahian hai. meri aankhoan mean tum ab bhi utani hi bhali ho. ab bhi maian tumhean utana hi chahata hooan. nahian, ab maian tumhean aur zyada chahata hooan; lekin agar tumhara man mujhase phir nahian gaya hai, to mere sath chalo. gangoo jite-ji tumase bevaphaee nahian karega. maianne tumase isalie vivah nahian kiya ki tum devi ho; balki isalie ki maian tumhean chahata tha aur sochata tha ki tum bhi mujhe chahati ho. yah bachcha mera bachcha hai. mera apana bachcha hai. maianne ek boya hua khet liya, to kya usaki phasal ko isalie chho d dooanga, ki use kisi doosare ne boya tha ? yah kahakar usane zor se thattha mara. maian kap de utarana bhool gaya. kah nahian sakata, kyoan meri aankhean sajal ho gayian. n-jane vah kaun-si shakti thi, jisane meri manogat ghrina ko dabakar mere hathoan ko badha diya. maianne us nishkalank balak ko god mean le liya aur itane pyar se usaka chumban liya ki shayad apane bachchoan ka bhi n liya hoga. gangoo bola, ‘babooji, ap b de sajjan haian. maian gomati se bar-bar apaka bakhan kiya karata hooan. kahata hooan, chal, ek bar unake darshan kar a; lekin mare laj ke ati hi nahian.‘ maian aur sajjan ! apani sajjanata ka parda aj meri aankhoan se hata. maianne bhakti se doobe hue svar mean kaha, ‘nahian ji, mere-jaise kalushit manushy ke pas vah kya ayegi. chalo, maian unake darshan karane chalata hooan. tum mujhe sajjan samajhate ho ? maian oopar se sajjan hooan; par dil ka kamina hooan. asali sajjanata tumamean hai. aur yah balak vah phool hai, jisase tumhari sajjanata ki mahak nikal rahi hai. maian bachche ko chhati se lagaye hue gangoo ke sath chala.

sanbandhit lekh

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