करुणा की विजय -जयशंकर प्रसाद

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

sandhya ki dinata godhooli ke sath daridr mohan ki rikt thali mean dhool bhar rahi hai. nagaropakanth mean ek kuean ke samip baitha hua apani chhoti bahan ko vah samajha raha hai. phate hue kurate ki kor se usake ashru poanchhane mean vah saphal nahian ho raha tha, kyoanki kap de ke soot se ashru vishesh the. tho da-sa chana, jo usake patr mean bechane ka bacha tha, usi ko ramakali maangati thi. tin varsh ki ramakali ko terah varsh ka mohan sanbhalane mean asamarth tha.

dhaee paise ka vah bech chuka hai. abhi do-tin paise ka chana jo jal aur mirche mean ubala hua tha, aur bacha hai. mohan chahata tha ki char paise usake rok d mean aur bache rahean, dedh-do paise ka kuchh lekar apana aur ramakali ka pet bhar lega. char paise se sabere chane ubal kar phir apani dookan laga lega. kintu vidhata ko yah nahian svikar tha. jab se usake mata-pita mare, sal bhar se vah isi tarah apana jivan nirvah karata tha. kisi sambandhi ya sajjan ki drishti usaki or n p di. mohan abhimani tha. vah dhun ka bhi pakka tha. kintu aj vah vichalit hua. ramakali ki kaun kahe, vah bhi bhookh ki jvala sahan n kar saka. apane adrisht ke samane har manakar ramakali ko usane khilaya. bacha hua jo tha, usane mohan ke pet ki garami aur badha di. dhaee paise ka aur bhi kuchh lakar apani bhookh mitayi. donoan kuean ki jagath par so gaye.

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daridrata aur karuna se jhag da chal p da. daridrata boli-‘‘dekho ji, mera kaisa prabhav hai.’’ karuna ne kaha-‘‘mera sarvatr rajy hai. tumhara vidroh saphal n hoga.’’ daridrata ne kaha-‘‘girati huee baloo ki divar kahakar nahian girati. tumhara kalpanik kshetr nihar ki varsha se kab tak sincha rahega?’’ abhiman abhi tak chup baitha raha, kintu usase nahian raha gaya. kaha-‘‘maian bhi kisi dal mean ghus kar dekhooanga ki kaun jitata hai.’’ donoan ne poochha ki tum kisaka sath doge? abhiman ne kaha-‘‘jidhar ki jit dekhooanga.’’

karuna ne vishrant balakoan ko sukh dene ka vichar kiya. malay hillol ki thapaki dekar sula dena chaha. daridrata ne din bhar ki jami huee gard kadamb ke pattoan par se khisaka di. balakoan ke saral mukh ne dhool p dane se kuchh vikrit roop dharan kiya. daridrata ne svapn mean bhayanak roop dharan karake unhean darshan diya. mohan ka sharir kaanpane laga. door se dekhati huee karuna bhi kanp uthi. akasmath mohan utha aur jhoank se bola-‘‘bhikh n maangooanga, marooanga.’’

ek krandan aur dhamaka. ramakali ko kuean ne apani shital god mean le liya. dal par se daridrata ke attahas ki tarah ulloo bol utha. usi samay bangale par meanhadi ki tatti se ghire hue chabootare par asamani pankhe ke niche masahari mean se nagar-pita dandanayak chilla uthe-‘‘pankha khiancho.’’

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prasann-vadan nyayadhish ne ek sthir drishti se dekhate hue aparadhi mohan se kaha-‘‘balak, tumane aparadh svikar karate hue ki ramakali apani bahin ki hatya tumhian ne ki hai, mrityudand chaha hai. kintu nyay aparadh ka karan dhooandhata hai. sir katati hai talavar, kintu vahi sir katane ke aparadh mean nahian to di jati hai. nirbodh balak, tumhara kuchh bhi abhi kartritv nahian hai. tumane yadi yah hatya ki bhi ho, to tum keval hatyari ke astr the. nagar ke vyavasthapak par isaka dayitv hai ki tin varsh ki ramakali tumhare hath mean kyoan di gayi! yadi koee uttaradhikari-vihin dhani mar jata, to vyavasthapak nagar-pita usake dhan ko apane kosh mean rakhava lete. yadi nirbodh uttaradhikari rahata, to usaki sampatti surakshit karane ki vah vyavastha karate. kintu asahay, nirdhan aur abhimani tatha nirbodh balak ke hath mean shishu ka bhar rakh dena rashtr ke shubh uddeshy ki gupt riti se aur shishu ki prakat hatya karana hai. tum isake aparadhi nahian ho. tum mukt ho.’’

karuna rote hue hans p di. apani vijay ki varsha mohan ke abhiman ke ashru banakar rane lagi.