मूर्ख बातूनी कछुआ
moorkh batooni kachhua panchatantr ki prasiddh kahaniyoan mean se ek hai jisake rachayita achary vishnu sharma haian.
kahani
ek talab mean ek kachhua rahata tha. usi talab mean do hans tairane ke lie utarate the. hans bahut hansamukh aur milanasar the. kachhue aur unamean dosti hote der n lagi. hansoan ko kachhue ka dhime-dhime chalana aur usaka bholapan bahut achchha laga. hans bahut jnani bhi the. ve kachhue ko adabhut batean batate. rrishi-muniyoan ki kahaniyaan sunate. hans to door-door tak ghoomakar ate the, isalie doosari jagahoan ki anokhi batean kachhue ko batate. kachhua mantramugdh hokar unaki batean sunata. baki to sab thik tha, par kachhue ko bich mean toka-taki karane ki bahut adat thi. apane sajjan svabhav ke karan hans usaki is adat ka bura nahian manate the. un tinoan ki ghanishtata badhati gee. din gujarate ge.
ek bar bade zor ka sookha pada. barasat ke mausam mean bhi ek booand pani nahian barasa. us talab ka pani sookhane laga. prani marane lage, machhaliyaan to tadap-tadapakar mar geean. talab ka pani aur tezise sookhane laga. ek samay aisa bhi aya ki talab mean khali kichad rah gaya. kachhua bade sankat mean pad gaya. jivan-maran ka prashn khada ho gaya. vahian pada rahata to kachhue ka aant nishchit tha. hans apane mitr par ae sankat ko door karane ka upay sochane lage. ve apane mitr kachhue ko dhadas bandhane ka prayatn karate aur himmt n harane ki salah dete. hans keval jhootha dilasa nahian de rahe the. ve door-door tak udakar samasya ka hal dhoodhate. ek din lautakar hansoan ne kaha 'mitr, yahaan se pachas kos door ek jhil haian.usamean kafi pani haian tum vahaan maje se rahoge.' kachhua roni avaz mean bola 'pachas kos? itani door jane mean mujhe mahinoan lageange. tab tak to maian mar jaooanga.'
kachhue ki bat bhi thik thi. hansoan ne aql ladaee aur ek tarika soch nikala.
ve ek lakadi uthakar lae aur bole 'mitr, ham donoan apani choanch mean is lakadi ke sire pakadakar ek sath udeange. tum is lakadi ko bich mean se muanh se thame rahana. is prakar ham us jhil tak tumhean pahuancha deange usake bad tumhean koee chinta nahian rahegi.'
unhoanne chetavani di 'par yad rakhana, udan ke dauran apana muanh n kholana. varana gir padoge.'
kachhue ne hami mean sir hilaya. bas, lakadi pakadakar hans ud chale. unake bich mean lakadi muanh dabe kachhua. ve ek kasbe ke oopar se ud rahe the ki niche khade logoan ne akash mean adabhut nazara dekha. sab ek doosare ko oopar akash ka drishy dikhane lage. log daud-daudakar apane chhajjoan par nikal ae. kuchh apane makanoan ki chhatoan ki or daude. bachche boode, auratean v javan sab oopar dekhane lage. khoob shor macha. kachhue ki najar niche un logoan par padi.
use ashchary hua ki unhean itane log dekh rahe haian. vah apane mitroan ki chetavani bhool gaya aur chillaya 'dekho, kitane log hamean dekh rahe hai!' muanh ke khulate hi vah niche gir pada. niche usaki haddi-pasali ka bhi pata nahian laga.
- sikh- bemauke muanh kholana bahut mahanga padata hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh