कलावती की शिक्षा -जयशंकर प्रसाद

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

shyamasundar ne virakt hokar kaha-‘‘kala! yah mujhe nahian achchha lagata.’’ kalavati ne laimp ki batti kam karate hue sir jhukakar tirachhi chitavan se dekhate hue kaha-‘‘phir mujhe bhi sone ke samay yah roshani achchhi nahian lagati.’’

shyamasundar ne kaha-‘‘tumhara palang to is roshani se bacha hai. tum jakar so raho.’’ aur tum rat bhar yoan hi jagate rahoge.’’ ab ki dhire se kalavati ne hath se pustak bhi khianch li. shyamasundar ko is sneh mean bhi krodh a gaya. tinak gaye-‘‘tum padhऩe ka sukh nahian janati, isalie tumako samajhana hi moorkhata hai.’’ kalavati ne pragalbh hokar kaha-‘‘moorkh banakar tho da samajha do.’’

shyamasundar bh dak uthe, unaki shikshita upanyas ki nayika usi adhyay mean apane pranayi ke samane ayi thi- vah age batachit karati; usi samay aisa vyaghat. ‘strinamady pranay-vachanan’ kalidas ne bhi ise nahian chho da tha. kaisa amooly padarth! ashikshita kalavati ne vahian ras bhang kiya. big dakar bole-‘‘vah tum is janm mean nahian samajhogi.’’

kalavati ne aur bhi hansakar kaha-‘‘dekho, us janm mean bhi aisa bahana n karana.’’

pushpadhar mean dhare hue naragis ke guchchhe ne apani ekatak dekhati huee aankhoan se chupachap yah drishy dekha aur vah kalidas ke tatpary ko biga date hue shyamasundar ki dhrishtata n sahan kar saka, aur shesh ‘vibhramohi priyeshu’ ka path hilakar karane laga.

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shyamasundar ne laimp ki batti chadhayi, phir adhyayan arambh hua. kalavati ab ki apane palang par ja baithi. dabba kholakar pan lagaya, do khili lekar phir shyamasundar ke pas ayi. shyam ne kaha-‘‘rakh do.’’ khilivala hath muanh ki or badha, kuchh mukh bhi badha, pan usamean chala gaya. kalavati phir lauti or ek chini ki putali lekar use padhane baithi-‘‘dekho, maian tumhean do-char batean sikhati hooan, unhean achchhi tarah rat lena. lajja kabhi n karana, yah purushoan ki chalaki hai, jo unhoanne ise striyoan ke hisse kar diya hai. yah doosare shabdoan mean ek prakar ka bhram hai, isalie tum bhi aisa roop dharan karana ki purush, jo bahar se anukampa karate hue tumase bhitar-bhitar ghrina karate haian, vah bhi tumase bhayabhit rahean, tumhare pas ane ka sahas n karean. aur kritajn hona dasatv hai. chaturoan ne apana kary-sadhan karane ka astr ise banaya hai. isilie isaki aisi prashansa ki hai ki log isaki or akarshit ho jate haian. kintu hai yah dasatv. yah sharir ka nahian, kintu antaratma ka dasatv hai. is karan kabhi-kabhi log buri batoan ka bhi samarthan karate haian. pragalbhata, jo ajakal b di badh par hai, b di achchhi vastu hai. usake bal se moorkh bhi pandit samajhe jate haian. usaka achchha abhyas karana, jisamean tumako koee moorkh n kah sake, kahane ka sahas hi n ho. putali! tumane roop ka parivartan bhi chho d diya hai, yah aur bhi bura hai. sone ke kor ki sa di tumhare mastak ko abhi bhi dhanke haian, tanik ise khisaka do. baloan ko lahara do. log lagean pair choomane, pyari putali! samajhi n?’’

shyamasundar ke upanyas ki nayika bhi apane nayak ke gale lag gayi thi, prasannata se usaka mukh-mandal chamakane laga. vah apana anand chhipa nahian sakata tha. putali ki shiksha usane suni ki nahian, ham nahian kah sakate, kintu vah hansane laga. kalavati ko kya soojha, lo vah to sachamuch usake gale lagi huee thi. adhyay samapt hua. putali ko apana path yad raha ki nahian, laimp ke dhime prakash mean kuchh samajh n p da.