अवगुंठन -रविन्द्र नाथ टैगोर

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

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mahamaya aur rajiv lochan donoan sarita ke tat par ek prachin shivalay ke khandaharoan mean mile. mahamaya ne mukh se kuchh n kahakar apani svabhavik gambhir drishti se tanik kuchh tiraskrit avastha mean rajiv ki or dekha, jisaka arth tha ki jis birate par tum aj besamay mujhe yahaan bula le aye ho? maian ab tak tumhari sabhi batoan ka samarthan karati aee hooan, isi se tumhara itana sahas badh gaya.

rajiv lochan to vaise mahamaya se sadaiv trast rahata hai, us par yah chitavan! bechara kaanp utha. sahas batorakar kuchh kahana chahata tha; kintu usaki ashaoan par usi kshan pani phir gaya aur ab is bheant ki shighrata se koee-n-koee karan bina bataye bhi usaka chhutakara nahian ho sakata. at: vah shighrata se kah baitha-maian chahata hooan ki yahaan se kahian bhag chalean aur vahaan jakar donoan vivah kar lean. rajiv jin vicharoan ko prakat karana chahata tha, vichar to usane thik vahi pragat kie; kintu jo bhoomika vah banakar laya tha, vah n jane kahaan gum ho gee? usake vichar bilkul rasahin aur nirarthak sidhd hue so to thik hai hi; lekin sunane mean bhi bhadde aur ajib-se lage. vah svayan hi sunakar bhauanchakka-sa rah gaya. aur bhi do-char bat jo dakar use tanik naram bana dene ki shakti usamean n rahi. shivalay ke khandaharoan mean sarita ke tat par is jalati huee dupahariya mean mahamaya ko bulakar us moorkh ne keval itana hi kaha- chalo, ham kahian chalakar vivah kar lean.

mahamaya kulinoan ke ghar ki avivahit kanya hai. avastha hai chalis varsh ki. jaisi b di avastha hai, vaisa hi saundary. sharad ki dhoop ke saman pakke sone ke rang ki pratima-si lagati hai, us dhoop jaisi hi dipt aur nirav usaki drishti hai divyalok jaisi unmukt aur nirbhik. usake pita nahian hai, keval b da bhaee hai. usaka nam hai bhavanicharan. bhaee-bahan ka svabhav ek-sa hi hai. mukh se kahata nahian, par tej aisa hai ki dopahar ke soory ki tarah chupake se jala sab kuchh dete haian. khasakar bhavanicharan se log akaran hi bhay khaya karate haian.

rajiv lochan paradeshi hai. yahaan ki resham ki kothi ka b da sahab use apane sath le aya tha. rajiv ke pita is sahab ki kothi mean kam karate the. usake svargavasi ho jane par sahab ne usake nabalig l dake ke lalan-palan ka sara bhar apane oopar le liya aur balyakal se hi use vah apani is vamanahari ki kothi mean le aya. l dake ke sath keval usaki sneh karane vali bua thi. rajiv apani bua ke sath bhavanicharan ke p dos mean raha karata tha. mahamaya usaki bal-sahachari thi aur rajiv ki bua ke sath usaka sudhridh sneh bandhan tha.

rajiv ki avastha kramash: solah, satrah, atharah, yahaan tak ki unnis varsh ki ho gee; phir bhi bua ke anurodh karane par bhi vah vivah nahian karana chahata tha. sahab usaki is subudhdi ka parichay pakar bahut hi prasann hua. usane socha ki l dake ne unhian ko apana adarsh bana liya hai. sahab bhi avivahit the.

is bich mean bua bhi svargavasini bani.

idhar takat se adhik vyay kie bina mahamaya ke lie anuroop aur yogy patr milana kathin ho raha tha aur usaki kumari avastha bhi kramash: badhati hi ja rahi thi.

pathakaganoan ko yah batane ki avashyakata nahian ki pranay-bandhan mean baandhana jin devata ka kam hai, ve yadyapi in donoan ke prati ab tak barabar laparavahi hi dikha rahe the; lekin pranay-bandhan ka bojh jis par hai usane ab tak apana samay vyarth nahian kiya. vridhd praja-vati jis samay jhoanke le rahe the. navayuvak kandarp us samay poornataya savadhan tha.

kamadev ka prabhav bhinn-bhinn prakar se p da karata hai. unake prabhav mean akar rajiv apane man ki do batean kahane ke lie paryapt avasar dhooandh raha tha, par mahamaya use avasar hi nahian deti thi.

vastav mean usaki nistabdh gambhir chitavan rajiv ke vyathit hriday mean ek prakar ka bhay paida kar deti thi.

aj saik doan bar shapath lene ke bad rajiv use us shivalay ke khandaharoan mean la saka. isi se usane socha ki jo kuchh use kahana hai, aj sab-kuchh kah-sun lega, usake bad ya to zindagi bhar sukh mean rahega aur nahian to atmahatya kar lega, jivan ke ek sankatamay din mean rajiv ne keval itana hi kaha- chalo, vivah kar lean aur usake uparant path bhoole hue chhatr ke saman sakapakakar chup rah gaya.

mahamaya ko mano yah asha hi n thi ki rajiv usake sanmukh aisa prastav rakh dega. isase der tak vah chup kh di rahi.

dopahari ki bahut-si anirdisht karun dhvaniyaan hoti haian, ve sabaki-sab is sannate mean phoot nikalian. vayu se shivalay ka adha hilata hua toota dvar bich-bich mean bahut hi kshin svar mean dhire-dhire khulane aur band hone laga. kabhi shivalay ke jharokhe mean baitha hua kapot guturagooan-guturagooan karata to kabhi sookhe pallavoan ke oopar se sarasar karati huee giragit nikal jati to kabhi sahasa maidan ki or se vayu ka ek zor ka jhoanka ata aur usase sab pe doan ke patte bar-bar arttanad kar uthate; bich-bich mean sahasa nadi ka jal jagrit ho jata aur toote ghat ki sidhiyoan par chhal-chhal, chhapak-chhapak chot karane lagata. in sab akasmat udasi mean doobe hue asal shabdoan ke bich bahut doori par, ek vriksh ke niche kisi gadariye ki baans ki baansuri mean se maidani rag nikal raha hai. rajiv ko mahamaya ke mukh ki or dekhane ki himmat nahian huee. vah shivalay ki bhit ke sahare svapn ki-si avastha mean chupachap kh da-kh da sarita ke nirmal jal ki or niharata raha.

kuchh der ke pashchath muanh pherakar rajiv ne phir ek bar bhikshuk ki tarah mahamaya ke mukh ki or dekha. mahamaya ne usaka ashay samajha, sir hilate hue kaha- 'nahian, aisa nahian ho sakata.

mahamaya ka sir jaise hi hila, vaise hi rajiv ki asha bhi usi kshan prithvi par moorchhit hokar gir p di. karan, rajiv yah bhalibhaanti janata tha ki mahamaya ka sir mahamaya ke niji matanusar hi hilata hai aur kisi ki takat nahian ki use apane mat se vichalit kar sake? apane kul ka shaktiyukt abhiman-srot mahamaya ke vansh mean n jane kis kal se bahata chala a raha hai? bhala aj vah rajiv jaise akulin brahman ke sath vivah karane ke lie kaise taiyar ho sakati hai? pyar karana aur bat hai aur vivah ke sootr mean bandhana aur bat. kuchh bhi ho mahamaya samajh gee ki usake apane hi vichar-vyavahar ke karan rajiv ka ghamand yahaan tak chadh gaya hai aur usi kshan vahaan se chalane ke lie udyat ho gee.

rajiv ne samay evan paristhiti se avagat hote hue kaha- kal hi yahaan se chala ja raha hooan.

mahamaya ne pahale to vichar kiya ki ab use aisa bhav dikhana chahie ki jahaan chahe rahe, isase use kya matalab? par dikha n saki. pag badhana chaha, par badha nahian saki-usane shant mudra mean poochha- kyoan?

rajiv ne kaha- hamare sahab ki yahaan se sonapur ke lie badali ho gee hai, ve ja rahe haian, so mujhe bhi sath lete jayeange.

mahamaya ka bahut der tak mukh n khul saka. vah sochati rahi, donoan ke jivan ki gati do or hai, kisi bhi insan ko sadaiv ke lie najaraband nahian kiya ja sakata. at: usane shant oshthoan ko tanik kholakar kaha- achchha.

usaka yah 'achchha' kuchh-kuchh gahari usas-si sunaee di aur itana hi kah ke yah jane ke lie taiyar ho gee. itane mean rajiv ne chauankakar kaha- bhavani baboo.

mahamaya ne dekha, bhavanicharan shivalay ki or a rahe haian. samajh gee ki unhean sab pata lag gaya hai. rajiv ne mahamaya par akasmat musibat ate hue dekhakar, shivalay ki tooti huee divar phaandakar bhagane ka prayatn kiya; kintu mahamaya ne hath pak dakar use rok liya. bhavanicharan shivalay ke khandaharoan mean pahuanche aur sirph ek bar chupachap donoan ki or sthir drishti se dekha.

mahamaya ne rajiv ki or dekhate hue avichalit svar mean kaha- rajiv maian tumhare ghar hi aooangi. tum meri rah dekhana.

bhavanicharan chupachap shivalay se bahar a gaye. mahamaya bhi chupachap unaka anusaran karane lagi aur rajiv chakit-sa hokar vahian kh da raha; mano use phaansi ka dand sunaya gaya ho.

bhag 2

usi din rat ko bhavanicharan ne vishesh reshami sa di lekar mahamaya ko di, aur bole- ise pahan ao.

mahamaya use pahan aee. usake bad bole- ab, mere sath chalo. aj tak bhavanicharan ki ajna to door rahi, sanket tak ka bhi kisi ne ullanghan nahian kiya tha? mahamaya ne bhi nahian.

usi ratri ko donoan sarita ke tat par shmashan bhoomi ki or chal diye. shmashan bhoomi adhik door nahian thi. vahaan ganga yatri ke ghar mean ek boodha brahman aantim gh diyaan gin raha tha. usaki khatiya ke pas donoan pahuanchakar kh de ho gaye. ghar ke ek kone mean purohit brahman bhi maujood tha. bhavanicharan ne usase sanket mean kuchh kaha. vah shighr hi shubhanushthan ki taiyariyaan karake pas a kh da hua. mahamaya samajh gee ki is mrityu ko aliangan karane vale insan ke sath usaka vivah hoga. usane ratti bhar bhi virodh nahian kiya. samip mean hi jalati huee do chitaoan ke prakash mean us aandhere se ghar mean mrityu ki yantrana ki artt-dhvani ke sath aspasht mantrochcharan milakar mahamaya ka panigrahan sanskar kara diya gaya.

jis din vivah hua usake doosare din hi mahamaya vidhava ho gee. is durghatana se mahamaya ko til matr bhi shok n hua aur rajiv bhi achanak mahamaya ke vivah ki soochana pakar jaisa dukhi hua tha, vaidhavy ki soochana se vaisa n hua, balki use kuchh khushi ho gee.

pahale usane socha ki sahab ko soochit kar de aur usaki sahayata se is amanushik atyachar par kisi prakar pratibandh laga diya jaye? tabhi vichar aya ki sahab to sonapur ja chuka hai. rajiv ko bhi vah sath le jana chahata tha, par vah ek mas ka avakash lekar yahian rah gaya hai.

mahamaya ne use vachan diya hai- tum meri rah dekhana. usaki vah kisi prakar bhi upeksha nahian kar sakata? itane mean b de zor ki aandhi ke sath moosaladhar varsha hone lagi. aandhi kya thi, bhayankar toofan tha, rajiv ko aisa mahasoos hone laga mano abhi usake sir par makan hi toot p dega. jab usane dekha ki usake ant:karan ke saman bahy-prakriti mean bhi ek prakar ki pralay-si uth kh di huee hai, tab use kuchh-kuchh shaanti-si mili. use aisa pratit hone laga ki mano svayan prakriti hi akash-patal ek karake, usase kahian adhik shakti ka prayog karake usaka kam poora kar rahi hai.

isi samay bahar se kisi ne dvar par zor se dhakka mara, rajiv ne shighrata ke sath dvar khola. ghar mean bhige vastr pahane hue ek stri ne pravesh kiya. chehare par usake lamba avaguanthan p da hua tha. rajiv ne usi kshan pahachan liya, yah to mahamaya hai. usane avesh-bhare svar mean poochha-mahamaya! tum chita se uth aee ho?

mahamaya ne kaha- haan! maianne vachan diya tha ki maian tumhare ghar aooangi? usi vachan ko palane ke lie aee hooan; lekin rajiv, maian ab thik pahale ki tarah nahian hooan. mera sab-kuchh badal gaya hai; lekin apane man mean mahamaya hooan. ab bhi bolo aur yadi tum vachan do ki kabhi bhi tum mera avaguanthan n hataoge, mera mukh n niharoge to maian jivan-bhar tumhare sath rah sakati hooan.

mrityu ke changul se vapas mil jana hi bahut hai, us samay aur sab batean tuchchh maloom deti haian. rajiv ne shighrata se kaha-tum jaise chaho, vaise rahana. mujhe chho d jaogi to maian nahian rah sakata.

mahamaya ne kaha- to abhi chalo. tumhara sahab jahaan gaya hai, vahian le chalo mujhe.

ghar mean jo kuchh tha, sab kuchh chho d-chha dakar rajiv mahamaya ko lekar usi prakriti ke prakop mean nikal p da. aisa bavandar chal raha tha ki kh da hona mushkil tha, usake veg se kank diyaan u d-u dakar bandook ke chharroan ke saman sharir mean chubhane lagian. donoan is bhay se kahian sir par vriksh n gir p de, s dak chho dakar vistrit maidan mean hokar rasta par karane lage? bavandar ka zor pichhe se dhakelane laga, mano yah inhean is duniya se chhinakar pralay ki or u daye lie ja raha ho.

bhag 3

pathak is katha ko kori kavi-kalpana hi n samajhean. jin dinoan yahaan sati ki pratha prachalit thi, unhian dinoan aisi ghatanaean kabhi-kabhi ho jaya karati thian.

mahamaya ke hath-pair baandhakar yathasamay chita mean rakhakar usamean ag laga di gee thi. ag bhi khoob joroan se jal uthi thi. lekin usi samay bahut zor ka bavandar utha aur moosaladhar varsha p dane lagi. jo dah-sanskar karane aye the ve shighrata se 'gangayatri' vali kothari mean ja chhipe aur bhitar se dvar band kar liya. sabhi samajhate haian ki aise aandhi pani mean chita bujhate samay nahian lagata. isi bich mean usake hathoan mean bandha kap da jalakar bhasm ho gaya aur hath khul gaye. asahy dah-pi da mean mukh se vah kuchh kah n saki, turant uthakar baith gee aur pair ki rassi khol dali. usake bad kee sthanoan se jali huee sa di se deh ko chhipaye hue lagabhag nangi-si chita se uthakar pahale vah apane ghar aee. ghar mean koee tha nahian? sab shmashan mean the. dipak jalakar ek dhoti pahanakar mahamaya ne ek bar darpan mean apana chehara dekha aur darpan zamin par de pataka. phir kuchh der kh di-kh di sochati rahi. usake bad chehare par lamba avaguanthan kiya aur rajiv ke ghar ki or chal di. isake bad jo kuchh hua, so pathakoan ko maloom hi hai.

mahamaya ab rajiv ke pas hi rahati hai; lekin rajiv ke jivan mean sukh-shanti nahian, donoan ke bich, keval avaguanthan ka vyavadhan hai.

lekin vah avaguanthan maut ke saman chir-sthayi nahian, apitu mrityu se bhi badhakar pi da utpadak hai. isalie ki nirasha mrityu ki virah pi da ko dhire-dhire achiantan roop pradan kar deti hai; kintu is avaguanthan ke prithakh roop ne ek jiti-jagati asha ko pratidin pratipal vyathit evan pi dit kar rakha hai.

ek to pahale hi mahamaya ki shant prakriti hai, us par usake is avaguanthan ke bhitar niravata duguni asahy-si pratit hone lagi. rajiv ab aise rahane laga, jaise use mrityu ki chalati-phirati putali ne gher liya ho. vah putali usake jivan ko aliangan karake nityaprati use kshin karati ja rahi hai. rajiv pahale jis mahamaya nam se parichit tha use to usane kho diya. ab to vah keval usaki sundar baly-smriti par hi jivan ko avalambit karake is duniya mean rah sakata hai, parantu usamean bhi avaguanthan yukt putali sadaiv usake parshv mean rahakar badha pahuanchati rahati hai. vah sochata hai, iansan mean svabhav se hi kafi antar hai aur khas kar mahamaya to mahabharat ke karn ke saman svabhavik kavach dhani hai. vah apane svabhav ke ird-gird ek prakar ka avaran lekar janmi hai. uparant bich mean, phir mano vah punarjanm lekar aur ek avaran lekar aee hai. rat-din sath rahati huee bhi vah itani door chali gee hai ki mano rajiv se us doori ko par nahian kiya jata, mano vah keval ek maya ki rekha ke bahar baithakar atript trishit man se is sookshm evan atal rahasy se avagat hone ka prayatn kar raha hai, jaise taragan pratyek nisha mean niand rahit nirnimesh nat nayanoan se andhakar yamini ke rahasy se avagat hone ke nishphal prayas mean ratri bita diya karate haian. is prakar ye donoan chiraparichit sangarahit sathi bhinn-bhinn jiv ke roop mean bahut kal tak sath bane rahe.

ek din, barasat ke mausam mean, shukl paksh ke dashami ki ratri ko badal phate aur nishikar ne darshan diye. nishikar ki jyotsna se yamini soti huee prithvi ke sirahane baithi jagaran kar rahi thi. us yamini ko dekhane bistare se uthakar rajiv bhi jharokhe ke pas ja baitha. barakha aur garmi ke sangam se thake hue upavan mean se ek prakar ki sugandh aur jhianguroan ki jhinn-jhinn ki dhvani kamare mean akar usake manorajy mean ek prakar ki arajakata vyapt kar rahi thi. rajiv dekh raha tha bagiche ke aandhakar mean kh de hue vrikshoan ke us par shant sthir sarovar manje hue svachchh rajat-thal ke saman chamak raha hai. iansan aise samay mean spasht taur par kuchh bhi soch sakata hai ya nahian, batana kathin hai. par haan, itana avashy kaha ja sakata hai ki usaka sampoorn hriday kisi ek disha ki or pravahit hua hai, gandh-yukt upavan ke saman hi ek sugandh se poorn uchchhvas chho data rahata hai. pata nahian rajiv ne kya-kya vichara? use pratit hua ki mano aj usake pahale ke sab niyam toot gaye haian. aj is barasat ki rat ne usake samaksh apana meghoan ka avaguanthan hata dala hai aur aj ki yah yamini pahale ki us mahamaya ke saman nistabdh shoony aur suganbhir ho gee hai. hote-hote akasmat aisa hua ki rajiv ka dhyan jiti-jagati putali ki or plavit ho gaya. svan chalit ke saman chalakar rajiv ne mahamaya ke kamare mean pravesh kiya. mahamaya us samay nindra lok ki sair kar rahi thi.

rajiv usaki shaiya ke pas jakar kh da ho gaya. muanh jhukakar dekha, mahamaya ke avaguanthan-se hin chehare par chandrajyotsna a p di hai, lekin! hay! yah kya? vah chiraparichit purush ke saman khila hua chehara kahaan gaya? chitagni ki shikha apani vikaral laharati huee jihna se mahamaya ke bayean kapol ka tho da-sa saundary chatakar vahaan sadaiv ke lie apani rakshasi bhookh ka amit chinh chho d gee hai.

shayad rajiv chauank p da ho. shayad ek avyakt dhvani bhi usake kanth se mukharit ho gee hogi. mahamaya tatkal ashcharyachakitavastha mean jag uthi. dekha, samane rajiv kh da hai. usi kshan vah avaguanthan khianchakar shaiya chho dakar ekadam uth kh di huee. rajiv ta d gaya ki ab usake sir par damini tootana chahati hai. vah pharsh par gir p da; aur mahamaya ke charanoan ko sparsh kar bola- mujhe kshama karo, mahamaya mujhe kshama kar do.

mahamaya kuchh uttar n dekar, ek pal ke lie bhi pichhe ki or n hatakar, ghar se bahar nikal gee. rajiv ke ghar phir vah kabhi nahian, lauti. usaka kahian bhi pata n chala. is kshamahin chir-gaman ki krodhagni rajiv ke sampoorn jivan par sadaiv ke lie sudirgh dagdh-chinh chho d gee.