ढोल की पोल

dhol ki pol panchatantr ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita achary vishnu sharma haian.

kahani

          ek bar ek jangal ke nikat do rajaoan ke bich ghor yuddh hua. ek jita doosara hara. senaean apane nagaroan ko laut gee. bas, sena ka ek dhol pichhe rah gaya. us dhol ko baja-bajakar sena ke sath ge bhaand v charan rat ko virata ki kahaniyaan sunate the.
yuddh ke bad ek din aandhi aee. aandhi ke zor mean vah dhol ludhakata-pudhakata ek sookhe ped ke pas jakar tik gaya. us ped ki sookhi tahaniyaan dhol se is tarah se sat gee thi ki tej hava chalate hi dhol par takara jati thi aur dhamadham dhamadham ki guanjayaman avaz hoti.
ek siyar us kshetr mean ghoomata tha. usane dhol ki avaz suni. vah bada bhayabhit hua. aisi ajib avaz bolate pahale usane kisi janavar ko nahian suna tha. vah sochane laga ki yah kaisa janavar haian, jo aisi joradar boli bolata haian ’dhamadham’. siyar chhipakar dhol ko dekhata rahata, yah janane ke lie ki yah jiv udane vala haian ya char taango par daudane vala.
ek din siyar jhadi ke pichhe chhup kar dhol par najar rakhe tha. tabhi ped se niche utarati huee ek gilahari koodakar dhol par utari. halaki-si dham ki avaz bhi huee. gilahari dhol par baithi dana kutarati rahi.
siyar badabadaya 'oh! to yah koee hiansak jiv nahian haian. mujhe bhi darana nahian chahie.'
siyar phooank-phooankakar qadam rakhata dhol ke nikat gaya. use sooangha. dhol ka use n kahian sir najar aya aur n pair. tabhi hava ke jhuanke se tahaniyaan dhol se takaraeean. dham ki avaz huee aur siyar uchhalakar pichhe ja gira.
'ab samajh aya.' siyar udhane ki koshish karata hua bola 'yah to bahar ka khol haian. jiv is khol ke aandar haian. avaz bata rahi haian ki jo koee jiv is khol ke bhitar rahata haian, vah mota-taja hona chahie. charbi se bhara sharir. tabhi ye dham=dham ki joradar boli bolata haian.'
apani maand mean ghusate hi siyar bola 'o siyari! davat khane ke lie taiyar ho ja. ek mote-taje shikar ka pata lagakar aya hooan.'
siyari poochhane lagi 'tum use marakar kyoan nahian lae?'
siyar ne use jhidaki di 'kyoanki maian teri tarah moorkh nahian hooan. vah ek khol ke bhitar chhipa baitha haian. khol aisa haian ki usamean do taraph sookhi chamadi ke daravaze haian.maian ek taraph se hath dal use pakadane ki koshish karata to vah doosare daravaze se n bhag jata?'
chaand nikalane par donoan dhol ki or ge. jab vahh nikat pahuanch hi rahe the ki phir hava se tahaniyaan dhol par takaraeean aur dham-dham ki avaz nikali. siyar siyari ke kan mean bola 'suni usaki avaj? jara soch jisaki avaz aisi gahari haian, vah khud kitana mota taja hoga.'
donoan dhol ko sidha kar usake donoan or baithe aur lage daanto se dhol ke donoan chamadi vale bhag ke kinare phadane. jaise hi chamadiyaan katane lagi, siyar bola 'hoshiyar rahana. ek sath hath aandar dal shikar ko dabochana haian.' donoan ne ‘hooan’ ki avaz ke sath hath dhol ke bhitar dale aur aandar tatolane lage. adanr kuchh nahian tha. ek doosare ke hath hi pakad mean ae. doanno chillae 'haian! yahaan to kuchh nahian haian.' aur ve matha pitakar rah ge.

sikhah- shekhi marane vale dhol ki tarah hi aandar se khokhale hote haian.