ग़बन उपन्यास भाग-20

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

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rama sham ko daftar se chalane laga, to ramesh baboo dau de hue ae aur kal rupaye lane ki takid ki. rama man mean jhuanjhala utha. ap bade eemanadar ki dum bane haian! dhoangiya kahian ka! agar apani zaroorat a p de, to doosaroan ke talave sahalate gireange, par mera kam hai, to ap adarshavadi ban baithe. yah sab dikhane ke daant haian, marate samay isake pran bhi jaldi nahian nikaleange! kuchh door chalakar usane socha, ek bar phir ratan ke pas chalooan. aur aisa koee n tha jisase rupaye milane ki asha hoti. vah jab usake bangale par pahuancha, to vah apane bagiche mean gol chabootare par baithi huee thi. usake pas hi ek guzarati jauhari baitha sandook se suandar abhooshan nikal-nikalakar dikha raha tha. rama ko dekhakar vah bahut khush huee. ‘aiye baboo sahab, dekhie sethaji kaisi achchhi-achchhi chizean lae haian. dekhie, har kitana suandar hai, isake dam barah sau rupaye batate haian.’

rama ne har ko hath mean lekar dekha aur kaha,haan, chiz to achchhi maloom hoti hai!’

ratan—‘dam bahut kahate haian.’

jauhari—‘baeeji, aisa har agar koee do hazar mean la de, to jo jurmana kahie, dooan. barah sau meri lagat baith gee hai.’

rama ne muskarakar kaha, ‘aisa n kahie sethaji, jurmana dena p d jaega.’

jauhari—‘baboo sahab, har to sau rupaye mean bhi a jaega aur bilakul aisa hi. balki chamak-damak mean isase bhi badhakar. magar parakhana chahie. maianne khud hi apase mol-tol ki bat nahian ki. mol-tol anadiyoan se kiya jata hai. apase kya mol-tol, ham log nire rozagari nahian haian baboo sahab, adami ka mizaj dekhate haian. shrimatiji ne kya amirana mizaj dikhaya hai ki vah! ’

ratan ne har ko lubdh najaroan se dekhakar kaha, ‘kuchh to kam kijie, sethaji! apane to jaise kasam kha li! ’

jauhari—‘kami ka nam n lijie, huzoor! yah chiz apaki bheant hai.’

ratan—‘achchha, ab ek bat batala dijie, kam-se-kam isaka kya leange?’

jauhari ne kuchh kshubdh hokar kaha, ‘barah sau rupaye aur barah kaudiyaan hoangi, huzoor, ap se kasam khakar kahata hooan, isi shahar mean pandrah sau ka bechooanga, aur apase kah jaooanga, kisane liya.’

yah kahate hue jauhari ne har ko rakhane ka kes nikala. ratan ko vishvas ho gaya, yah kuchh kam n karega. balakoan ki bhaanti adhir hokar boli, ‘ap to aisa samete lete haian ki har ko najar lag jaegi! ’

jauhari—‘kya karooan huzoor! jab aise darabar mean chiz ki qadar nahian hoti,to du:kh hota hi hai.’

ratan ne kamare mean jakar rama ko bulaya aur boli, ‘ap samajhate haian yah kuchh aur utarega?’

ramanath—‘meri samajh mean to chiz ek hazar se zyada ki nahian hai.’

ratan—‘uanh, hoga. mere pas to chhah sau rupaye haian. ap char sau rupaye ka prabandh kar dean, to le looan. yah isi ga di se kashi ja raha hai. udhar n manega. vakil sahab kisi jalase mean ge haian, nau-das baje ke pahale n lauteange. maian apako kal rupaye lauta dooangi.’

rama ne bade sankoch ke sath kaha, ‘vishvas manie, maian bilakul khali hath hooan. maian to apase rupaye maangane aya tha. mujhe badi sakht zaroorat hai. vah rupaye mujhe de dijie, maian apake lie koee achchha-sa har yahian se la dooanga. mujhe vishvas hai, aisa har sat-ath sau mean mil jayaga. ’

ratan—‘chalie, maian apaki batoan mean nahian ati. chhah mahine mean ek kangan to banava n sake, ab har kya laeange! maian yahaan kee dukanean dekh chuki hooan, aisi chiz shayad hi kahian nikale. aur nikale bhi, to isake dyodhe dam dene p deange.’ ramanath—‘to ise kal kyoan n bulaie, ise sauda bechane ki garaz hogi,to ap thaharega. ’

ratan—‘achchha kahie, dekhie kya kahata hai.’

donoan kamare ke bahar nikale, rama ne jauhari se kaha, ‘tum kal ath baje kyoan nahian ate?’

jauhari—‘nahian huzoor, kal kashi mean do-char bade reesoan se milana hai. aj ke n jane se badi hani ho jaegi.’

ratan—‘mere pas is vakt chhah sau rupaye haian, ap har de jaie, baki ke rupaye kashi se lautakar le jaiega. ’

jauhari—‘rupaye ka to koee harz n tha, mahine-do mahine mean le leta, lekin ham paradeshi logoan ka kya thikana, aj yahaan haian, kal vahaan haian, kaun jane yahaan phir kab ana ho! ap is vakt ek hazar de dean, do sau phir de dijiega. ’

ramanath—‘to sauda n hoga.’

jauhari—‘isaka akhtiyar apako hai, magar itana kahe deta hooan ki aisa mal phir n paiega.’

ramanath—‘rupaye hoange to mal bahut mil jayaga. ’

jauhari—‘kabhi-kabhi dam rahane par bhi achchha mal nahian milata.’yah kahakar jauhari ne phir har ko kes mean rakkha aur is tarah sandook sametane laga, mano vah ek kshan bhi n rookega.

ratan ka royaan-royaan kan bana hua tha, mano koee kaidi apani kismat ka phaisala sunane ko khada ho usake hriday ki sari mamata, mamata ka sara anurag, anurag ki sari adhirata, utkantha aur cheshta usi har par keandrit ho rahi thi, mano usake pran usi har ke danoan mean ja chhipe the, mano usake janmajanmaantaroan ki sanchit abhilasha usi har par mandara rahi thi. jauhari ko sandook band karate dekhakar vah jalavihin machhali ki bhaanti t dapane lagi. kabhi vah sandook kholati, kabhi vah daraj kholati, par rupaye kahian n mile. sahasa motar ki avaz sunakar ratan ne phatak ki or dekha. vakil sahab chale a rahe the. vakil sahab ne motar baramade ke samane rok di aur chabootare ki taraph chale. ratan ne chabootare ke niche utarakar kaha, ‘ap to nau baje ane ko kah ge the?’

vakil, ‘vahaan kam hi poora n hua, baithakar kya karata! koee dil se to kam karana nahian chahata, sab muft mean nam kamana chahate haian. yah kya koee jauhari hai? ’

jauhari ne uthakar salam kiya.

vakil sahab ratan se bole, ‘kyoan, tumane koee chiz pasand ki ?’

ratan—‘haan, ek har pasand kiya hai, barah sau rupaye maangate haian. ’

vakil, ‘bas! aur koee chiz pasand karo. tumhare pas sir ki koee achchhi chiz nahian hai.’

ratan—‘is vakt maian yahi ek har looangi. ajakal sir ki chizean kaun pahanata hai.’

vakil --‘lekar rakh lo, pas rahegi to kabhi pahan bhi logi. nahian to kabhi doosaroan ko pahane dekh liya, to kahogi, mere pas hota, to maian bhi pahanati.’ vakil sahab ko ratan se pati ka-sa prem nahian, pita ka-sa sneh tha. jaise koee snehi pita mele mean l dakoan se poochh-poochhakar khilaune leta hai, vah bhi ratan se poochh-poochhakar khilaune lete the. usake kahane bhar ki der thi. unake pas use prasann karane ke lie dhan ke siva aur chiz hi kya thi. unhean apane jivan mean ek adhar ki zaroorat thi,sadeh adhar ki, jisake sahare vah is jirn dasha mean bhi jivan?sangram mean kh de rah sakean, jaise kisi upasak ko pratima ki

zaroorat hoti hai. bina pratima ke vah kis par phal chadhae, kise ganga-jal se nahalae, kise svadisht chizoan ka bhog lagae. isi bhaanti vakil sahab ko bhi patni ki zaroorat thi. ratan unake lie sadeh kalpana matr thi jisase unaki atmik pipasa shaant hoti thi. kadachit ratan ke bina unaka jivan utana hi soona hota, jitana aankhoan ke bina mukhab.

ratan ne kes mean se har nikalakar vakil sahab ko dikhaya aur boli, ‘isake barah sau rupaye maangate haian.’

vakil sahab ki nigah mean rupaye ka mooly anandadayini shakti thi. agar har ratan ko pasand hai, to unhean isaki parava n thi ki isake kya dam dene p deange. unhoanne chek nikalakar jauhari ki taraph dekha aur poochha, ‘sach-sach bolo, kitana likhooan! .’

jauhari ne har ko ulat-palatakar dekha aur hichakate hue bola, ‘sadhe gyarah sau kar dijie..’vakil sahab ne chek likhakar usako diya, aur vah salam karake chalata hua. ratan ka mukh is samay vasant ki prakritik shobha ki bhaanti vihasit tha. aisa garv, aisa ullas usake mukh par kabhi n dikhaee diya tha. mano use sansar ki sanpatti mil gee hai. har ko gale mean latakae vah aandar chali gee. vakil sahab ke acharavichar mean nee aur purani prathaoan ka vichitr mel tha. bhojan vah abhi tak kisi brahman ke hath ka bhi n khate the. aj ratan unake lie achchhi-achchhi chizean banane gee, apani kritajnata ko vah kaise zahir kare.

rama kuchh der tak to baitha vakil sahab ka yorap-gaurav-gan sunata raha, aant ko nirash hokar chal diya.

sanbandhit lekh

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