सद्गति -प्रेमचंद

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

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dukhi chamar dvar par jhadoo laga raha tha aur usaki patni jhuriya, ghar ko gobar se lip rahi thi. donoan apane-apane kam se phursat pa chuke the, to chamarin ne kaha, ‘to jake pandit baba se kah ao n. aisa n ho kahian chale jayan.‘

dukhi –‘ haan jata hooan, lekin yah to soch, baitheange kis chiz par ?’

jhuriya –‘ qahian se khatiya n mil jayagi ? thakurane se maang lana.‘

dukhi –‘ too to kabhi-kabhi aisi bat kah deti hai ki deh jal jati hai. thakuranevale mujhe khatiya deange ! ag tak to ghar se nikalati nahian, khatiya deange ! kaithane mean jakar ek lota pani maangooan to n mile. bhala khatiya kaun dega ! hamare upale, seanthe, bhoosa, lak di tho de hi haian ki jo chahe utha le jayan. le apani khatoli dhokar rakh de. garami ke to din haian. unake ate-ate sookh jayagi.‘

jhuriya –‘vah hamari khatoli par baitheange nahian. dekhate nahian kitane nem-dharam se rahate haian.‘

dukhi ne jara chiantit hokar kaha, ‘haan, yah bat to hai. mahue ke patte to dakar ek pattal bana looan to thik ho jay. pattal mean b de-b de adami khate haian. vah pavittar hai. la to danda, patte to d looan.‘

jhuriya –‘pattal maian bana looangi, tum jao. lekin haan, unhean sidha bhi to dena hoga. apani thali mean rakh dooan ?’

dukhi –‘qahian aisa gajab n karana, nahian to sidha bhi jay aur thali bhi phoote ! baba thali uthakar patak deange. unako b di jaldi virodh chadh ata hai. kirodh mean panditain tak ko chho date nahian, l dake ko aisa pita ki aj

tak toota hath liye phirata hai. pattal mean sidha bhi dena, haan. muda too chhoona mat.‘

jhoori –‘ goan d ki l daki ko lekar sah ki dookan se sab chizean le ana. sidha bharapoor ho. ser bhar ata, adha ser chaval, pav bhar dal, adha pav ghi, non, haldi aur pattal mean ek kinare char ane paise rakh dena. goan d

ki l daki n mile to bhurjin ke hath-pair jo dakar le jana. too kuchh mat chhoona, nahian gajab ho jayaga.‘

in batoan ki takid karake dukhi ne lak di uthaee aur ghas ka ek b da-sa gattha lekar panditaji se arj karane chala. khali hath babaji ki seva mean kaise jata. najarane ke lie usake pas ghas ke sivay aur kya

tha. use khali dekhakar to baba door hi se dutkarate. pan. ghasiram eeshvar ke param bhakt the. niand khulate hi eeshopasan mean lag jate. muanh-hath dhote ath bajate, tab asali pooja shuroo hoti, jisaka pahala bhag bhang ki taiyari thi. usake bad adha ghante tak chandan rag date, phir aine ke samane ek tinake se mathe par tilak lagate. chandan ki do rekhaoan ke bich mean lal rori ki bindi hoti thi. phir chhati par, bahoan par chandan ki

gol-gol mudrikaean banate. phir thakuraji ki moorti nikalakar use nahalate, chandan lagate, phool chadhate, arati karate, ghanti bajate. das bajate-bajate vah poojan se uthate aur bhang chhanakar bahar ate. tab tak do-char jajaman dvar par a jate ! eeshopasan ka tatkal phal mil jata. vahi unaki kheti thi. aj vah poojan-grih se nikale, to dekha dukhi chamar ghas ka ek gattha liye baitha hai. dukhi unhean dekhate hi uth kh da hua aur unhean sashtaang dandavath karake hath baandhakar kh da ho gaya. yah tejasvi moorti dekhakar usaka hriday

shrriddha se paripoorn ho gaya ! kitani divy moorti thi. chhota-sa gol-matol adami, chikana sir, phoole gal, brahmatej se pradipt aankhean. rori aur chandan devataoan ki pratibha pradan kar rahi thi. dukhi ko dekhakar shrimukh se bole – ‘aj kaise chala re dukhiya ?’

dukhi –‘ne sir jhukakar kaha, bitiya ki sagaee kar raha hooan maharaj. kuchh sait-sagun vicharana hai. kab marzi hogi ?’

ghasi –‘aj mujhe chhutti nahian. haan saanjh tak a jaooanga.‘

dukhi –‘nahian maharaj, jaldi marzi ho jay. sab saman thik kar aya hooan. yah ghas kahaan rakh dooan ?

ghasi –‘is gay ke samane dal de aur jara jhadoo lekar dvar to saf kar de. yah baithak bhi kee din se lipi nahian gee. use bhi gobar se lip de. tab tak maian bhojan kar looan. phir jara aram karake chalooanga. haan, yah lak di bhi chir dena. khalihan mean char khaanchi bhoosa p da hai. use bhi utha lana aur bhusauli mean rakh dena.‘

dukhi phauran hukm ki tamil karane laga. dvar par jhadoo lagaee, baithak ko gobar se lipa. tab barah baj gaye. panditaji bhojan karane chale gaye. dukhi ne subah se kuchh nahian khaya tha. use bhi zor ki bhookh lagi; par vahaan

khane ko kya dhara tha. ghar yahaan se mil bhar tha. vahaan khane chala jay, to panditaji big d jayan. bechare ne bhookh dabaee aur lak di pha dane laga. lak di ki moti-si gaanth thi; jis par pahale kitane hi bhaktoan ne apana zor ajama liya tha. vah usi dam-kham ke sath lohe se loha lene ke lie taiyar thi. dukhi ghas chhilakar bazar le jata tha. lak di chirane ka use abhyas n tha. ghas usake khurape ke samane sir jhuka deti thi. yahaan kas-kasakar kulha di ka bharapoor hath lagata; par us gaanth par nishan tak n p data tha. kulha di uchat jati. pasine mean tar tha, haanphata tha, thakakar baith jata tha, phir uthata tha. hath uthaye n uthate the, paanv kaanp rahe the, kamar n sidhi hoti thi, aankhoan tale aandhera ho raha tha, sir mean chakkar a rahe the, titaliyaan u d rahi thian, phir bhi apana kam kiye jata tha. agar ek chilam tambakoo pine ko mil jati, to shayad kuchh takat ati.

usane socha, yahaan chilam aur tambakoo kahaan milegi. bahmanoan ka poora hai. bahman log ham nich jatoan ki tarah tambakoo tho de hi pite haian. sahasa use yad aya ki gaanv mean ek goan d bhi rahata hai. usake yahaan zaroor chilam-tamakhoo hogi. turat usake ghar dau da. khair mehanat suphal huee. usane tamakhoo bhi di aur chilam bhi di; par ag vahaan n thi. dukhi ne kaha, ag ki chinta n karo bhaee. maian jata hooan, panditaji ke ghar se ag maang looanga. vahaan to abhi rasoee ban rahi thi. yah kahata hua vah donoan chizean lekar chala aya aur panditaji ke ghar mean barauthe ke dvar par kh da hokar bola, ‘malik, rachike ag mil jay, to chilam pi lean.‘

panditaji bhojan kar rahe the. panditain ne poochha, ‘yah kaun adami ag maang raha hai ?’

pandit –‘are vahi sasura dukhiya chamar hai. kaha, hai tho di-si lak di chir de. ag to hai, de do.‘

panditain ne bhॅvean chadhakar kaha, ‘tumhean to jaise pothi-patro ke pher mean dharam-karam kisi bat ki sudhi hi nahian rahi. chamar ho, dhobi ho, pasi ho, muanh uthaye ghar mean chala aye. hindoo ka ghar n hua, koee saray huee. kah do dadhijar se chala jay, nahian to is luathe se muanh jhulas dooangi. ag maangane chale haian.‘

panditaji ne unhean samajhakar kaha, ‘bhitar a gaya, to kya hua. tumhari koee chiz to nahian chhuee. dharati pavitr hai. jara-si ag de kyoan nahian deti, kam to hamara hi kar raha hai. koee loniya yahi lak di pha data, to

kam-se-kam char ane leta.‘

panditain ne garajakar kaha, ‘vah ghar mean aya kyoan !’

pandit ne harakar kaha, ‘sasure ka abhag tha aur kya !’

panditain--‘achchha, is bakhat to ag diye deti hooan, lekin phir jo is tarah ghar mean ayega, to usaka muanh hi jala dooangi.‘

dukhi ke kanoan mean in batoan ki bhanak p d rahi thi. pachhata raha tha, nahak aya. sach to kahati haian. pandit ke ghar mean chamar kaise chala aye. b de pavittar hote haian yah log, tabhi to sansar poojata hai, tabhi to itana man

hai. bhar-chamar tho de hi haian. isi gaanv mean boodha ho gaya; magar mujhe itani akal bhi n aee. isalie jab panditain ag lekar nikalian, to vah mano svarg ka varadan pa gaya. donoan hath jo dakar zamin par matha tekata hua bola, ‘p dain mata, mujhase b di bhool huee ki ghar mean chala aya. chamar ki akal hi to thahari. itane moorakh n hote, to lat kyoan khate.‘

panditain chimate se pak dakar ag laee thian. paanch hath ki doori se ghooanghat ki a d se dukhi ki taraph ag pheanki. ag ki b di-si chinagari dukhi ke sir par p d gayi. jaldi se pichhe hatakar sir ke jhote dene laga. usane man mean kaha, yah ek pavittar bahman ke ghar ko apavittar karane ka phal hai. bhagavan ne kitani jaldi phal de diya. isi se to sansar panditoan se darata hai. aur sabake rupaye mare jate haian bahman ke rupaye bhala koee mar to le ! ghar bhar ka satyanash ho jay, paanv gal-galakar girane lage. bahar akar usane chilam pi aur phir kulha di lekar jut gaya. khat-khat ki avajean ane lagian. us par ag p d gee, to panditain ko us par kuchh daya a gee. panditaji bhojan karake uthe, to bolian –‘is chamarava ko bhi kuchh khane ko de do, bechara kab se kam kar raha hai. bhookha hoga.‘

panditaji ne is prastav ko vyavaharik kshetr se door samajhakar poochha, ‘rotiyaan haian ?’

panditain –‘do-char bach jayangi.‘

pandit –‘do-char rotiyoan mean kya hoga ? chamar hai, kam se kam ser bhar chadha jayaga.‘

panditain kanoan par hath rakhakar bolian, ‘are bap re ! ser bhar ! to phir rahane do.‘

panditaji ne ab sher banakar kaha, ‘quchh bhoosi-chokar ho to ate mean milakar do tho litta thoank do. sale ka pet bhar jayaga. patali rotiyoan se in nichoan ka pet nahian bharata. inhean to juar ka litta chahie.‘

panditain ne kaha, ‘ab jane bhi do, dhoop mean kaun mare.‘

dukhi ne chilam pikar phir kulha di sanbhali. dam lene se jara hathoan mean takat a gee thi. koee adha ghante tak phir kulha di chalata raha. phir bedam hokar vahian sir pak d ke baith gaya. itane mean vahi goan d a gaya. bola, ‘kyoan jan dete ho boodhe dada, tumhare pha de yah gaanth n phategi. nahak halakan hote ho.‘

dukhi ne mathe ka pasina poanchhakar kaha, ‘abhi ga di bhar bhoosa dhona hai bhaee !’

goan d –‘quchh khane ko mila ki kam hi karana janate haian. jake maangate kyoan nahian ?’

dukhi –‘qaisi bat karate ho chikhuri, bahman ki roti hamako pachegi !’

goan d –‘pachane ko pach jayagi, pahale mile to. mooanchhoan par tav dekar bhojan kiya aur aram se soye, tumhean lak di pha dane ka hukm laga diya. zamiandar bhi kuchh khane ko deta hai. hakim bhi begar leta hai, to tho di bahut majoori deta hai. yah unase bhi badh gaye, us par dharmatma banate haian.‘

dukhi –‘dhire-dhire bolo bhaee, kahian sun lean to aphat a jay.‘

yah kahakar dukhi phir sanbhal p da aur kulha di ki chot marane laga. chikhuri ko us par daya aee. akar kulha di usake hath se chhin li aur koee adha ghante khoob kas-kasakar kulha di chalaee; par gaanth mean ek darar bhi n p di. tab usane kulha di pheank di aur yah kahakar chala gaya tumhare pha de yah n phategi, jan bhale nikal jay.‘

dukhi sochane laga, baba ne yah gaanth kahaan rakh chho di thi ki pha de nahian phatati. kahian darar tak to nahian p dati. maian kab tak ise chirata rahooanga. abhi ghar par sau kam p de haian. kar-parojan ka ghar hai, ek-n-ek chiz ghati hi rahati hai; par inhean isaki kya chianta. chalooan jab tak bhoosa hi utha laooan. kah dooanga, baba, aj to lak di nahian phati, kal akar pha d dooanga. usane jhauva uthaya aur bhoosa dhone laga. khalihan yahaan se do pharalaang se kam n tha. agar jhauva khoob bhar-bhar kar lata to kam jald khatm ho jata; phi r jhauve ko uthata kaun. akele bhara hua jhauva usase n uth sakata tha. isalie tho da-tho da lata tha. char baje kahian bhoosa khatm hua. panditaji ki niand bhi khuli. muanh-hath dhoya, pan khaya aur bahar nikale. dekha, to dukhi jhauva sir par rakhe so raha hai. zor se bole –‘are, dukhiya too so raha hai ? lak di to abhi jyoan ki tyoan p di huee hai. itani der too karata kya

raha ? mutthi bhar bhoosa dhone mean sanjha kar di ! us par so raha hai. utha le kulha di aur lak di pha d dal. tujhase jara-si lak di nahian phatati. phir sait bhi vaisi hi nikalegi, mujhe dosh mat dena ! isi se kaha, hai ki nich ke ghar mean khane ko hua aur usaki aankh badali.‘

dukhi ne phir kulha di uthaee. jo batean pahale se soch rakhi thian, vah sab bhool geean. pet pith mean dh aausa jata tha, aj sabere jalapan tak n kiya tha. avakash hi n mila. uthana hi paha d maloom hota tha. ji dooba jata tha, par dil ko samajhakar utha. pandit haian, kahian sait thik n vicharean, to phir satyanash hi ho jay. jabhi to sansar mean itana man hai. sait hi ka to sab khel hai. jise chahe biga d dean. panditaji gaanth ke pas akar

kh de ho gaye aur badhava dene lage haan, mar kasake, aur mar qasake mar abe zor se mar tere hath mean to jaise dam hi nahian hai laga kasake, kh da sochane kya lagata hai haan bas phata hi chahati hai ! de usi darar mean ! dukhi apane hosh mean n tha. n-jane kaun-si guptashakti usake hathoan ko chala rahi thi. vah thakan, bhookh, kamazori sab mano bhag gee. use apane bahubal par svayan ashchary ho raha tha. ek-ek chot vajr ki tarah p dati thi. adha ghante tak vah isi unmad ki dasha mean hath chalata raha, yahaan tak ki lak di bich se phat gee aur dukhi ke hath se kulha di chhootakar gir p di. isake sath vah bhi chakkar khakar gir p da. bhookha, pyasa, thaka hua sharir javab de gaya.

panditaji ne pukara, ‘uthake do-char hath aur laga de. patali-patali chailiyaan ho jayan. dukhi n utha. panditaji ne ab use dik karana uchit n samajha. bhitar jakar booti chhani, shauch gaye, snan kiya aur panditaee bana pahanakar bahar nikale ! dukhi abhi tak vahian p da hua tha. zor se pukara –‘are kya p de hi rahoge dukhi, chalo tumhare hi ghar chal raha hooan. sab saman thik-thik hai n ? dukhi phir bhi n utha.‘

ab panditaji ko kuchh shanka huee. pas jakar dekha, to dukhi ak da p da hua tha. badahavas hokar bhage aur panditain se bole, ‘dukhiya to jaise mar gaya.‘

panditain hakabakakar bolian—‘vah to abhi lak di chir raha tha n ?’

pandit –‘haan lak di chirate-chirate mar gaya. ab kya hoga ?’

panditain ne shant hokar kaha, ‘hoga kya, chamaraune mean kahala bhejo murda utha le jayan.‘

ek kshan mean gaanv bhar mean khabar ho gee. poore mean brahmanoan ki hi basti thi. keval ek ghar goan d ka tha. logoan ne idhar ka rasta chho d diya. kuean ka rasta udhar hi se tha, pani kaise bhara jay ! chamar ki lash ke pas se hokar pani bharane kaun jay. ek budhiya ne panditaji se kaha, ab murda pheankavate kyoan nahian ? koee gaanv mean pani piyega ya nahian. idhar goan d ne chamaraune mean jakar sabase kah diya khabaradar, murda uthane mat jana. abhi pulis ki tahakikat hogi. dillagi hai ki ek garib ki jan le li. panditaji hoange, to apane ghar ke hoange. lash uthaoge to tum bhi pak d jaoge. isake bad hi panditaji pahuanche; par chamaraune ka koee adami lash utha lane ko taiyar n hua, haan dukhi ki stri aur kanya donoan hay-hay karati vahaan chalian aur panditaji ke dvar par akar sir pit-pitakar rone lagian. unake sath das-paanch aur chamarinean thian. koee roti thi, koee samajhati thi, par chamar ek bhi n tha. panditaji ne chamaroan ko bahut dhamakaya, samajhaya, minnat ki; par chamaroan ke dil par pulis ka rob chhaya hua tha, ek bhi n minaka. akhir nirash hokar laut aye.

adhi rat tak rona-pitana jari raha. devataoan ka sona mushkil ho gaya. par lash uthane koee chamar n aya aur brahman chamar ki lash kaise uthate ! bhala aisa kisi shastr-puran mean likha hai ? kahian koee dikha de. panditain ne jhuanjhalakar kaha, ‘in dainoan ne to khop di chat dali. sabhoan ka gala bhi nahian pakata. pandit ne kaha, rone do chu dailoan ko, kab tak royeangi. jita tha, to koee bat n poochhata tha. mar gaya, to kolahal machane ke lie sab ki sab a pahuanchian.‘

panditain –‘chamar ka rona manahoos hai.‘

pandit –‘haan, bahut manahoos.‘

panditain –‘abhi se durgandh uthane lagi.‘

pandit –‘chamar tha sasura ki nahian. sadh-asadh kisi ka vichar hai in saboan ko.‘

panditain –‘in saboan ko ghin bhi nahian lagati.‘

pandit—‘ bhrasht haian sab.‘

rat to kisi tarah kati; magar sabere bhi koee chamar n aya. chamarinean bhi ro-pitakar chali geean. durgandh kuchh-kuchh phailane lagi. panditaji ne ek rassi nikali. usaka phanda banakar murade ke pair mean dala aur phande ko khianchakar kas diya. abhi kuchh-kuchh dhuandhalaka tha. panditaji ne rassi pak dakar lash ko ghasitana shuroo kiya aur gaanv ke bahar ghasit le gaye. vahaan se akar turant snan kiya, durgapath padha aur ghar mean gangajal chhi daka.

udhar dukhi ki lash ko khet mean gid d aur giddh, kutte aur kaue noch rahe the. yahi jivan-paryant ki bhakti, seva aur nishtha ka puraskar tha.

sanbandhit lekh

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