Rajasthan ke Tonk zile mein Chauru ke paas Dhuaan Kalaan gaanv mein pandrahvin shataabdi mein Dhanna naamak ek Jaat kisaan rehta tha. Vah saral, nirakshar aur nirdhan tha — ek aisa vyakti jiski sampoorn duniya uska khet, uske bail aur oopar ka aakaash thi. Par Dhanna ke paas kisi fasal se bada ek khazaana tha: poornatah nishkapat hriday. Jab mahaan shikshak Ramanand shishya banaate hue us kshetra se guzre, to Dhanna apne rookhe haathon aur seedhi aatma ke saath unmein se ek ban gaya.
Dhanna ke din rituon ki lay ka anusaran karte the. Vah bhor se pehle uthta, apne bailon ko jotta, aur Aravali pahaadiyon par soorya chadhte hue apne hal ke peechhe chalta, Ramanand ke vicharte shishyon se seekhe rookhe bhakti-geet gaata. Vah shaastron ka ek bhi akshar na padh sakta tha, par usne unka saar kanthasth kiya tha jaise saral jan sabhi mahaan satyon ko kanthasth karte hain — unhein jeekar. "Bhagwan sarvatra hain," shikshak ne kaha tha, "aur nishkapat hriday ke sabse nikat." Dhanna ise poornatah maanta tha, jaise baalak maanta hai ki soorya isliye ugta hai kyunki murga baang deta hai. Uske padosi use bhala par mandbuddhi maante the; ve abhi na jaante the ki swarg mandbuddhi, bhale manushyon ka vishesh lekha rakhta hai.
Ek din ek brahman atithi ke roop mein Dhanna ke ghar aaya. Dhanna ne kisaan-aatithya ki sampoorn ushnata se uski seva ki — taazi rotiyaan, chhaachh, vishraam ka swachchh sthaan. Prasann hokar brahman ne badle mein apne mezbaan ko kuchh precious dena chaaha. Apni gathri se usne ek chhota patthar nikaala — prabhu ka Shaligram-sadrish prateek — aur Dhanna ke haathon mein rakh diya. "Yah swayam Thakurji hain," usne kaha. "Pratidin bhojan-bhent se inki pooja karo, aur ve tumhaare ghar ko aashirvaad denge." Phir vah apne maarg chal gaya, yah na jaante hue ki uski nirdosh bhent kya udbhoot karegi.
Dhanna ne brahman ke vachanon ko poorn shaabdikta se liya — kyunki nishkapat hriday kisi anya prakaar se lena jaante hi nahin. Usne patthar ko swachchh chauki par sthaapit kiya, jal se snaan karaaya, aur uske saamne uski patni ki banaai uttam rotiyaan aur taazi chhaachh ka katora rakha. Phir vah uske saamne baith gaya, haath jode, aur bola, "Prabhu, kripaya khaaiye." Aur vah prateeksha karta raha. Jab bhojan achhoota pada raha, to Dhanna ne prabhu par sandeh na kiya — usne swayam par sandeh kiya. Shaayad bhent paryaapt uttam na thi. Shaayad usne theek se praarthna na ki thi. Vah kal aur adhik prayaas karega.
Din dar din vahi drishya dohraaya gaya. Parivaar chintit hua, kyunki Dhanna ne vrat liya tha: jab tak prabhu na kha lein vah swayam ek kaur na chhuega. Vah dubla hua; uski aankhein vichitra, atal nishchay se chamkeen. Graameen hanse — patthar se baatein karta moorkh! — par Dhanna keval muskuraaya aur agle din ki bhent aur bhi adhik yatn se taiyaar ki.
Phir ek dhanya praatah paashaan-dev hila. Prabhu — jo, sant kehte hain, itne poorn prem ka pratirodh nahin kar sakte — Dhanna ke saamne maanav roop mein prakat hue, deeptimaan aur muskuraate hue, aur baithkar rotiyaan khaain aur chhaachh pi. Us din se prabhu pratidin apne bhakt ke saath khaane aate. Dhanna ka aanand poorn hua; usne patthar ko Bhagwan mein nahin badla tha, kathaavaachak kehte hain — usne keval pehchaana tha ki Bhagwan pehle se hi vahaan the, kisi ke bhojan par bulaane ki prateeksha karte hue.
Kinvadantiyaan ek aur chamatkaar jodti hain. Ek baar jab saadhu uske dwaar aaye aur Dhanna ke paas unhein khilaane ko buvaai ke liye bachaaye beej-ann ke siva kuchh na tha, to usne bina hichak sab de diya. Kaun kisaan aisa karta hai? Vah jo jaanta hai ki rotiyaan khaane vaala prabhu apne sevak ka khet banjar na rehne dega. Us ritu mein, kathaayein kehti hain, uski fasal chamatkaari hui — kuchh vrittaanton mein uske khet ki laukiyaan hi motiyon se phat padeen — aur mahaan Meera Bai ne swayam apne padon mein Dhanna ki nishkapat shraddha ka gaan kiya.
Chamatkaar ki baat phaili, aur jo graameen hanse the ve aane lage — pehle jigyaasa se, phir shraddha se — kisaan ko apne adrishya atithi ke saath bhojan baantte dekhne. Kuchh daava karte ki ve bhi deeptimaan aagantuk ko dekh sakte the; anya keval Dhanna ko dekhte, rikt vaayu se baatein aur hansi karte hue, uska mukh damakta hua. Dhanna swayam kabhi shekhi na baghaarta. Poochhne par vah keval kehta, "Vah bhookha tha, to maine use khilaaya. Ismein vichitra kya hai?" Kinvadantiyaan jodti hain, prabhu ne ek baar use raajya aur moksh arpit kiye, aur Dhanna — ant tak vyaavhaarik kisaan — ne keval apne dwaar aane vaale har vyakti ki seva aur bhojan ki shakti maangi. Lagta hai swarg ko ek aisa bhakt mil gaya tha jise vah prabhaavit nahin, keval prem kar sakta tha.
Dhanna ke apne teen pad — rookhe, seedhe, nishtha se deeptimaan — aaj bhi Guru Granth Sahib mein pratishthit hain, jahaan kisaan-sant rajaon aur vidvaanon ke beech baitha hai. Usne shaastra padhna kabhi na seekha. Use aavashyakta na thi. Usne vah ek shiksha seekh li thi jise sikhaane ke liye shaastra hain: ki Bhagwan paanditya ya vidhi nahin maangte, keval nishkapat hriday — aur jo shraddha Bhagwan ke khaaye bina khaane se inkaar karti hai vah kabhi bhookhi nahin rahegi.
Is katha ke paatra
- Dhanna
- Ramananda
- the brahmin guest
