ग़बन उपन्यास भाग-37
chitr:Icon-edit.gif | is lekh ka punarikshan evan sampadan hona avashyak hai. ap isamean sahayata kar sakate haian. "sujhav" |
ek mahina guzar gaya. gopinath pahale to kee din kalakatta ki sair karata raha, magar char-paanch din mean hi yahaan se usaka ji aisa uchat hua ki ghar ki rat lagani shuroo ki. akhir jalapa ne use lauta dena hi achchha samajha, yahaan to vah chhip-chhip kar roya karata tha.
jalapa kee bar rama ke bangale tak ho aee. vah janati thi ki abhi rama nahian ae haian. phir bhi vahaan ka ek chakkar laga ane mean usako ek vichitr santosh hota tha. jalapa kuchh padhate-padhate ya lete-lete thak jati, to ek kshan ke lie khi daki ke samane a kh di hoti thi. ek din sham ko vah khi daki ke samane aee, to s dak par motaroan ki ek katar nazar aee. kautoohal hua, itani motarean kahaan ja rahi haian! gaur se dekhane lagi. chhah motarean thian. unamean pulis ke aphasar baithe hue the. ek mean sab sipahi the. akhiri motar par jab usaki nigah p di
to, mano usake sare sharir mean bijali ki lahar dau d gee. vah aisi tanmay huee ki khi daki se jine tak dau di aee, mano motar ko rok lena chahati ho, par isi ek pal mean use maloom ho gaya ki mere niche utarate-utarate motarean nikal jaeangi. vah phir khi daki ke samane ayi, rama ab bilakul samane a gaya tha. usaki aankhean khi daki ki or lagi huee thian. jalapa ne ishare se kuchh kahana chaha, par sankoch ne rok diya. aisa maloom hua ki rama ki motar kuchh dhimi
ho gee hai. devidin ki avaz bhi sunaee di, magar motar rooki nahian. ek hi kshan mean vah age badhagee, par rama ab bhi rah-rahakar khi daki ki or takata jata tha.
jalapa ne jine par akar kaha, ‘dada!’
devidin ne samane akar kaha, ‘bhaiya a ge! vah kya motar ja rahi hai!’
yah kahata hua vah oopar a gaya. jalapa ne utsukata ko sankoch se dabate hue kaha, ‘tumase kuchh kaha?’
devidin—‘aur kya kahate, khali ram-ram ki. maianne kusal poochhi. hath se dilasa dete chale ge. tumane dekha ki nahian?’
jalapa ne sir jhukakar kaha,dekha kyoan nahian? khi daki par zara kh di thi.t
‘unhoanne bhi tumhean dekha hoga?’
‘khi daki ki or takate to the. ‘
‘bahut chakarae hoange ki yah kaun hai!’
‘kuchh maloom hua mukadama kab pesh hoga?’
‘kal hi to.’
‘kal hi! itani jald, tab to jo kuchh karana hai aj hi karana hoga. kisi tarah mera khat unhean mil jata, to kam ban jata.’
devidin ne is tarah taka mano kah raha hai, tum is kam ko jitana asan samajhati ho utana asan nahian hai. jalapa ne usake man ka bhav ta dakar kaha, ‘kya tumhean sandeh hai ki vah apana bayan badalane par razi hoange?’
devidin ko ab ise svikar karane ke siva aur koee upay n soojha, bola,haan, bahooji, mujhe isaka bahut aandesa hai. aur sach poochho to hai bhi jokhim, agar vah bayan badal bhi dean, to pulis ke panje se nahian chhoot sakate. vah koee doosara ilazam laga kar unhean pak d legi aur phir naya mukadama chalavegi.’
jalapa ne aisi nazaroan se dekha, mano vah is bat se zara bhi nahian darati. phir boli, ‘dada, maian unhean pulis ke panje se bachane ka theka nahian leti. maian keval yah chahati hooan ki ho sake to apayash se unhean bacha looan. unake hathoan itane gharoan ki barabadi hote nahian dekh sakati. agar vah sachamuch dakaitiyoan mean sharik hote, tab bhi maian yahi chahati ki vah aant tak apane sathiyoan ke sath rahean aur jo sir par p de use khushi se jhelean. maian yah kabhi n pasand karati ki vah doosaroan ko daga dekar mukhabir ban jayan, lekin yah mamala to bilakul jhooth hai. maian yah kisi tarah nahian baradasht kar sakati ki vah apane svarth ke lie jhoothi gavahi dean. agar unhoanne khud apana bayan n badala, to maian adalat mean jakar sara kachcha chitta khol dooangi, chahe natija kuchh bhi ho vah hamesha ke lie mujhe tyag dean, meri soorat n dekhean, yah manjoor hai, par yah nahian ho sakata ki vah itana bada kalank mathe par lagavean. maianne apane patr mean sab likh diya hai. devidin ne use adar ki drishti se dekhakar kaha, ‘tum sab kar logi bahoo, ab mujhe vishvas ho gaya. jab tumane kaleja itana mazaboot kar liya hai, to tum sab kuchh kar sakati ho.’
‘to yahaan se nau baje chalean?’
‘haan, maian taiyar hooan.’
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