गधा रहा गधा ही

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

kahani

          ek jangal mean ek sher rahata tha. gid d usaka sevak tha. jo di achchhi thi. sheroan ke samaj mean to us sher ki koee ijjat nahian thi, kyoanki vah javani mean sabhi doosare sheroan se yuddh har chuka tha, isalie vah alag-thalag rahata tha. use gid d jaise chamache ki sakht jarurat thi jo chaubis ghante usaki chamachagiri karata rahe. gid d ko bas khane ka juga d chahie tha. pet bhar jane par gid d us sher ki virata ke aise gun gata ki sher ka sina phoolakar dugana chau da ho jata.
ek din sher ne ek bigadail jangali saand ka shikar karane ka sahas kar dala. saand bahut shaktishali tha. usane lat marakar sher ko door pheank diya, jab vah uthane ko hua to saand ne phaan-phaan karate hue sher ko sigoan se ek ped ke sath rag d diya.
kisi tarah sher jan bachakar bhaga. sher siango ki mar se kafi jakhmi ho gaya tha. kee din bite, parantu sher ke jakhm thik hone ka nam nahian le rahe the. aisi halat mean vah shikar nahian kar sakata tha. svayan shikar karana gid d ke bas ka nahian tha. donoan ke bhookhoan marane ki naubat a gee. sher ko yah bhi bhay tha ki khane ka juga d samapt hone ke karan gid d usaka sath n chhod jae.
sher ne ek din use sujhaya 'dekh, jakhmoan ke karan maian dau d nahian sakata. shikar kaise karuan? too jakar kisi bevakooph-se janavar ko batoan mean phansakar yahaan la. maian us jha di mean chhipa rahooanga.'
gid d ko bhi sher ki bat janch gee. vah kisi moorkh janavar ki talash mean ghoomata-ghoomata ek kasbe ke bahar nadi-ghat par pahuancha. vahaan use ek mariyal-sa gadha ghas par muanh marata najar aya. vah shakl se hi bevakooph lag raha tha.
gid d gadhe ke nikat jakar bola 'paany lagooan chacha. bahut kamazor ho ge ho, kya bat haian?'
gadhe ne apana dukh da roya 'kya bataooan bhaee, jis dhobi ka maian gadha hooan, vah bahut kroor haian. din bhar dhulaee karavata haian aur chara kuchh deta nahian.'
gid d ne use nyauta diya 'chacha, mere sath jangal chalo n, vahaan bahut hari-hari ghas haian. khoob charana tumhari sehat ban jaegi.'
gadhe ne kan phadaphadae 'ram ram. maian jangal mean kaise rahooanga? jangali janavar mujhe kha jaeange.'
'chacha, tumhean shayad pata nahian ki jangal mean ek bagula bhagataji ka satsang hua tha. usake bad sare janavar shakahari ban ge haian. ab koee kisi ko nahian khata.' gid d bola aur kan ke pas muanh le jakar dana pheanka 'chachoo, pas ke kasbe se bechari gadhi bhi apane dhobi malik ke atyacharoan se tang akar jangal mean a gee thi. vahaan hari-hari ghas khakar vah khoob lahara gee hai tum usake sath ghar basa lena.'
gadhe ke dimag par hari-hari ghas aur ghar basane ke sunahare sapane chhane lage. vah gid d ke sath jangal ki or chal diya. jangal mean gid d gadhe ko usi jhadi ke pas le gaya, jisamean sher chhipa baitha tha. isase pahale ki sher panja marata, gadhe ko jha di mean sher ki nili battiyoan ki tarah chamakati aankhean najar a geean. vah darakar uchhala, gadha bhaga aur bhagata hi gaya. sher bujhe svar mean gid d se bola 'bhee, is bar maian taiyar nahian tha. tum use dobara lao is bar galati nahian hogi.'
gid d dobara us gadhe ki talash mean kasbe mean pahuancha. use dekhate hi bola 'chacha, tumane to meri nak katava di. tum apani dulhan se darakar bhag ge?'
'us jha di mean mujhe do chamakati aankhean dikhaee di thi, jaise sher ki hoti haian. maian bhagata n to kya karata?' gadhe ne shikayat ki.
gid d jhoothamooth matha pitakar bola 'chacha o chacha! tum bhi nire moorkh ho. us jha di mean tumhari dulhan thi. jane kitane janmoan se vah tumhari rah dekh rahi thi. tumhean dekhakar usaki aankhean chamak uthi to tumane use sher samajh liya?'
gadha bahut lajjit hua, gid d ki chal-bhari batean hi aisi thi. gadha phir usake sath chal pada. jangal mean jha di ke pas pahuanchate hi sher ne nukile panjoan se use mar giraya. is prakar sher v gid d ka bhojan juta.

sikh- doosaroan ki chikani-chup di batoan mean ane ki moorkhata kabhi nahian karani chahie.