Jab Ram, Sita aur Lakshman van ke liye nikle, to Bharat apne naana ke rajya mein door the, jo hua usse anjaan. Vah apne bhai Shatrughna ke saath wahaan yatra par gaye the, aur mahal ke shadyantra unki anupasthiti mein hue. Jab doot tatkaal bulaave ke saath aaye, to Bharat ka hriday bhay se bhar gaya, kyonki aisi sheeghrata ka arth keval vipatti ho sakta tha. Vah poori gati se Ayodhya laute, aur jo unhone paaya usne unka hriday tod diya. Unke pita raja Dasharath mrit pade the, Ram ke dukh se grast. Unki maata Kaikeyi ki chaalen apni samast kuroopta mein prakat ho gayi thin. Ayodhya ka sinhaasan khaali pada tha, aur mantri tatha praja Bharat ki or dekh rahe the ki vah ise sanbhaalen. Kaikeyi swayam vijayi bhaav se apne putr se boli ki sab kuchh usi ke liye kiya gaya tha, aur use bina vilamb mukut sveekaar karne ka aagrah kiya. Lekin Bharat ki pratikriya uski apeksha ke bilkul vipreet thi. Unhone apni maata ko bhay aur ghrina se dekha. Unhone usse kaha ki usne unke parivaar ko nasht kar diya hai aur apne naam ko sada ke liye kalankit kar diya hai, ek aise sinhaasan ke liye jo unhone kabhi chaaha hi nahin tha. Unhone ghoshna ki ki vah aisi vishvaasghaat se jeeta mukut kabhi sveekaar nahin karenge, aur unke bhai Ram hi nyaaysangat raja hain. Kaikeyi ki vijay uske munh mein raakh ban gayi. Raaj purohiton ne tab poorn sammaan ke saath Dasharath ka antim sanskaar kiya, aur Bharat ne aansu bahaate hue apne pita ki chita ko agni di. Shok avadhi ke baad Vashishth ke netritva mein mantri aur rishi ikatthe hue aur Bharat se sinhaasan sveekaar karne ki vinati ki. Unhone tark diya ki rajya raja ke bina nahin reh sakta, praja ko shaasak chaahiye, aur Kaikeyi ke hi aadesh se Bharat Ram ke chune hue pratinidhi hain. Bharat ne poornatah mana kar diya. Unhone kaha ki sinhaasan janm ke adhikaar aur sadgun se Ram ka hai, aur vah apne bhai ka sthaan churaane se marna pasand karenge. Iske bajaay unhone poore darbaar ke saamne gambheer pratigya ki. Vah van jaayenge, Ram ko khojenge, aur unse lautkar apna sinhaasan sanbhaalne ki vinati karenge. Yadi Ram ne mana kiya, to Bharat apne bhai ki charanpaaduka laayenge aur sanrakshak ke roop mein shaasan karenge, raja ke roop mein kabhi nahin. Darbaar unki kuleenta se aansuon mein doob gaya. Is prakaar Bharat ek badi shobhaayatra ke saath van ke liye nikle, apne saath mantri, purohit, raaniyaan aur yahaan tak ki Kaikeyi ko bhi lekar, jo lajja aur pashchaataap mein aayi thin. Ve kai dinon tak yatra karte rahe jab tak Chitrakoot kshetra nahin pahunche, jahaan Ram ne sundar Mandakini nadi ke kinaare apni patton wali kutiya banaayi thi. Jab Ram ne shaahi shobhaayatra ko aate dekha, to pehle unhe darr laga ki Bharat shatrutaapoorn iraade se aaye hain. Lekin Lakshman, jinhone wahi socha tha, shaant ho gaye jab Bharat akele aage aaye, rajkumar ke roop mein nahin balki valkal vastron mein tapasvi ke roop mein, aankhon mein aansu liye. Bhai ek aalingan mein mile jisne upasthit har hriday ko dravit kar diya. Bharat Ram ke charnon mein gir pade aur unhe sab kuchh bataaya, apne pita ki mrityu, Kaikeyi ke pashchaataap, aur Ayodhya mein prateeksha kar rahe khaali sinhaasan ke baare mein. Unhone Ram se lautkar mukut sveekaar karne ki vinati ki. Ram ne gehre dukh se suna, vishesh roop se apne pita ki mrityu ke samachar par, jiske liye unhone Lakshman ke saath jal tarpan kiya. Lekin unhone lautne se mana kar diya. Unhone kaha ki pita ki aagya unhe chaudah varshon tak van mein baandhti hai, aur putr ka dharm pita ke vachan ka unki mrityu ke baad bhi sammaan karna hai. Unhone Bharat se kaha ki pratigya todne se unke pita ka balidaan nirarthak ho jaayega. Bharat ne baar-baar vinati ki, aur rishi tatha raaniyaan bhi apni aawaazein unki aawaaz mein milaayin. Lekin Ram dridh rahe, saumya aur adig. Yah dekhkar ki Ram nahin maanenge, Bharat ne apni antim praarthana ki. Unhone Ram se unki lakdi ki charanpaaduka maangi, unke adhikaar ke prateek ke roop mein. Ram ne apni paadukaayein utaareen aur prem se apne bhai ko de deen. Bharat ne unhe shraddha se apne maathe se lagaaya aur apni mahaan pratigya ki. Unhone ghoshna ki ki vah paadukaon ko Ayodhya ke sinhaasan par rakhenge aur Ram ke sevak ke roop mein rajya ka shaasan karenge, nagar ke baahar Nandigram gaanv mein tapasvi ki tarah rehte hue. Vah valkal vastra pehnenge, keval kandmool phal khaayenge, aur Ram ki vaapsi ki prateeksha karenge. Aur unhone ek bhayankar shapath jodi, ki yadi chaudah varsh poore hone ke din hi Ram nahin laute, to vah agni mein pravesh karke apne praan de denge. Ram ne unhe ek baar phir gale lagaaya aur aashirvaad ke saath vida kiya. Bharat Ayodhya laute, pavitra paadukaon ko shaahi sinhaasan par rakha, aur Nandigram chale gaye. Wahaan vah tapasvi ki tarah rahe, Ram ke naam par rajya ka shaasan karte hue, apne bhai ki vaapsi ke dinon ki ginti karte hue. Sinhaasan par rakhi paadukaayein har darbaari ko yaad dilaati thin ki sachcha raja van mein hai, aur Ayodhya keval uska aasan garm rakh rahi hai.
Is katha ke paatra
- Bharata
- Rama
- Shatrughna
- Vasishtha
- Guha
