Baanshayya par Bheeshm

Kurukshetra ka mahaan yuddh das dinon tak chala, aur Kaurav sena ke mukhiya the Bheeshm, Pitaamah, itne paraakrami yoddha ki Paandav sena unke saamne dhoop mein him ki tarah pighal jaati thi. Har din vah hazaaron sainikon ka vadh karte, aur Paandav shivir niraasha mein doob jaata. Jyeshth Paandav Yudhishthir yah sochkar rote ki jab tak Bheeshm maidaan mein hain vijay asambhav hai. Paandav jaante the ki vah unhe nishpaksh yuddh mein paraajit nahin kar sakte, kyonki unka kaushal sarvochch tha aur unka sankalp atoot tha. Ant mein Krishna ki salaah par unhone swayam Bheeshm se hi salaah lene ka nishchay kiya ki unhe kaise paraajit kiya ja sakta hai. Us raat paanchon bhai Pitaamah ke shivir mein gaye, aur Bheeshm ne unhe prem se swaagat kiya, kyonki unka hriday sada Paandavon ke saath tha haalaanki kartavya unhe Kauravon se baandhta tha. Yudhishthir ne unse spasht poocha ki unhe kaise paraajit kiya ja sakta hai. Bheeshm dukh se muskuraaye aur rahasya bataaya. Unhone kaha ki vah kabhi usse nahin ladenge jo kabhi stree raha ho, kyonki unki yoddha sanhita iska nishedh karti hai. Unhone unhe Shikhandi ki yaad dilaayi, jo Paandav sena ke saath the. Shikhandi poorv janm mein Amba naam ki stree ke roop mein janme the, ek rajkumari jinke saath Bheeshm ne bahut pehle apne bhai ke liye unka apaharan karke anyaay kiya tha, aur jo unse badla lene ke liye purush ke roop mein punarjanmi thin. Yadi Arjun Shikhandi ke peechhe aage badhein, to Bheeshm apne astra neeche rakh denge aur ladne se mana kar denge, aur tab Arjun unhe gira sakte hain. Paandav duvidha mein the, kyonki yojana vishvaasghaat jaisi lagti thi, lekin Bheeshm ne swayam zid ki, kaha ki yahi ekmaatra maarg hai, aur vah us yuddh se mukti chaahte hain jo unki aatma ko peeda deta hai. Agli subah, yuddh ke dasven din, Arjun Shikhandi ko aage karke yuddh mein utre. Apne vachan ke anusaar Bheeshm ne Shikhandi ko dekhkar apna dhanush neeche rakh diya aur us par ek bhi baan nahin chhoda. Arjun ne rote hue ladte hue apni maanav dhaal ke peechhe se Pitaamah ke shareer mein apne baan barsaaye. Baanon ne Bheeshm ke kavach aur maans ko bedh diya jab tak koi sthaan ghaayal na bacha. Ant mein paraakrami Pitaamah gir pade, lekin unke shareer mein baan itne ghane the ki vah dharti ko chhoo na sake. Vah baanon ki shayya, Sharshayya par lete rahe, prithvi ke oopar tairte hue. Donon or ki ladaayi ruk gayi jab yoddha gire naayak ke chaaron or ikatthe hue. Bheeshm peeda mein bhi shaant the, kyonki unhone yah kshan chuna tha. Unhone takiya maanga, aur Arjun ne samajhkar unke sir ko sahaara dene ke liye dharti mein teen baan maare. Unhone jal maanga, aur Arjun ne baan se dharti bedhi, unke hothon tak thande jal ka srot la diya. Bheeshm ne tab ve shabd kahe jinhe donon senaayein yaad rakhengi. Unhone Duryodhan se kaha ki samay rehte shaanti kar le, chetavni di ki Paandavon ko paraajit nahin kiya ja sakta, lekin Duryodhan ka ahankaar nahin jhuka. Tab Bheeshm ne apna sankalp ghoshit kiya. Apne pita ke vardaan se vah apni mrityu ka kshan chun sakte the, aur vah abhi nahin marenge. Vah atthaavan dinon tak baanon ki shayya par lete rahenge, jab tak Soorya apni yatra mein uttar ki or na mud jaaye, shubh Uttarayana, aur tabhi vah apna shareer chhodenge. Yuddh unke bina jaari raha, lekin unki anupasthiti sooryaast jaisi thi. Atthaavan raaton tak Bheeshm apne baanon par lete rahe, yogik shaanti se peeda sehte hue, jabki raja aur rishi unka gyaan sunne aate. Yuddh samaapt hone ke baad Yudhishthir, mukutdhaari lekin toote hriday wale, Pitaamah ke paas aaye aur nyaaypoorn shaasan ke liye maargdarshan ki vinati ki. Baanon ki shayya se Bheeshm ne dharm, raajdharm, kartavya aur moksh par mahaan updesh diye, ve shikshaayein jo mahaakaavya ke Shaanti Parv aur Anushaasan Parv ko bharti hain. Unhone bataaya ki raja ko kaise shaasan karna chaahiye, sajjanon ko kaisa aacharan karna chaahiye, aur aatma ko mukti kaise milti hai. Kai dinon tak marte rishi ne aajeevan gyaan udela. Ant mein jab Soorya ne Uttarayan shuru kiya, to Bheeshm ne aankhen band keen, indriyon ko sameta aur nashvar shareer chhod diya. Devtaon ne phool barsaye, aur Pitaamah ki aatma swarg mein aarohit hui. Baanon ki shayya unka yuddhkshetra aur gyaan ka sinhaasan donon thi, aur unki antim shikshaayein Mahabharat ka naitik hriday hain.