Dhritarashtra ki Vidaai: Daavaanal

Mahaayuddh ko pandrah varsh beet chuke the, aur Yudhishthir shaanti se Hastinapur par shaasan karte the. Mahal mein vriddh raja Dhritarashtra apni raani Gandhari ke saath rehte the — baahar se har sammaan paate hue, phir bhi bheetar se bhasm hote hue. Unhone Kurukshetra ke maidaan mein sau putra khoye the, aur yadyapi Yudhishthir unhein pita samaan maante the, Bheem ke chubhte shabd, jo kabhi bhool na sake, unke hriday mein roz kaante the. Samast sukhon ke baavjood mahal smritiyon ka sunhara pinjra ban gaya tha.

Tab Vidur laute. Buddhimaan mantri ne prithvi ke pavitra sthaanon mein vicharte hue varsh bitaaye the, rishi Maitreya ke charanon mein seekha tha, aur ve roopaantarit hokar laute the — virakt, deeptimaan, is sansaar se adhik agle sansaar ke. Apne bade bhaai ko vriddhaavastha mein bhi aasakti mein dooba dekhkar Vidur ne sacche prem ki spashtata se kaha. "He raajan," unhone kaha, "mrityu shikaari ki tarah tum par reng rahi hai. Tumhaare putra gaye, tumhaara rajya gaya. Phir bhi tum us ghar se kyun chipte ho jo ab tumhaara nahin? Abhi van jaao, jab tak Paramatma ko khojne ki shakti hai. Buddhimaan mrityu ki ghaseet ka intezaar nahin karte; ve mukti ki or chalte hain."

Dhritarashtra ne suna, aur unki antardrishti se parade hat gaye. Usi raat unhone sansaar tyaagne ka sankalp kiya. Jab bhor mein Yudhishthir ko gyaat hua, to ve vyathit hue — par vriddh raja adig the. Gandhari, jinhone unke jeevan ka har andhakaar baanta tha, unke saath jaayengi, aur Kunti bhi, jinhone ghoshana ki ki ve apne antim varsh andhe raja aur unki raani ki seva mein bitaayengi bajaay un sukhon ke jo unke putra de sakte the. Vishvast Sanjay, jo yuddh mein Dhritarashtra ki aankhein rahe the, peechhe rehne se inkaar kar diya.

Vidaai hridayvidaarak thi. Hastinapur ke naagarik sadkon par rote khade the jab vriddh raja, haath pakde le jaaye jaate hue, us mahal se nikle jise ve phir kabhi na dekhenge. Yudhishthir door tak paidal saath chale, rukne ki vinati karte hue, par Dhritarashtra ne unhein aashirvaad diya aur kartavyon par vaapas bheja. Vidaai dekhne aaye rishi Narad ne shokaakul raja ko bhavishyavaani se saantvana di: van mein kathor tapasya se Dhritarashtra apne shesh karm bhasm karenge aur param lakshya praapt karenge.

Nirvaasit Ganga ke tat par rishi Shatyoop ke nivaas ke paas, Gangaadvaar ke sameep ek saadhaaran aashram mein base. Vahaan ve saralta se rahe — phal aur kand, bhor mein sheetal snaan, dhyaan ke lambe prahar. Dhritarashtra, jinhone ek baar senaon ka aadesh diya tha, ab keval apne mann ka aadesh dete the, aur doosri vijay pehli se kathin aur badi paai.

Kuchh samay baad Paandav, viyog na seh sakne par, milne aaye. Unhone aashram shaant paaya — par Vidur gaye the. Ve is antim aashray ko bhi chhodkar grihaheen tapasvi ke roop mein vicharne chale gaye the. Agle din bhor mein Yudhishthir ne, Ganga mein snaan ko jaate hue, unhein paaya: ek krish, deeptimaan aakriti poorn nishchalata mein baithi, gahan samaadhi mein. Yudhishthir ne baar-baar pukaara, par Vidur na hile. Tab aashcharya ghata — Vidur ke shareer se divya tej utha aur Yudhishthir mein vileen ho gaya, kyunki dono ek hi devta Dharm ke ansh the. Jo nirjeev shareer shesh raha use jalaaya na gaya, kyunki divya vaani ne ghoshit kiya ki Vidur shuddh the aur unhein agni ki aavashyakta na thi.

Kuchh hi samay baad, jab vriddhajan van mein baithe the, sookhe vanon mein bheeshan daavaanal phail gaya. Sevakon ke liye bhaagna sambhav tha, par Dhritarashtra, Gandhari aur Kunti ne bhaagne se inkaar kar diya. Andhe raja ne Sanjay ko door bheja, swayam ko bachaane ka aadesh dekar, aur phir teenon ek saath dhyaan mein baith gaye. Shaantipoorvak, bina cheekhe, unhone jwaalaon ko swayam ko lene diya — Dhritarashtra vah raja jisne sab kuchh khoya tha aur sab kuchh paaya tha, Gandhari vah raani jisne ant tak uska andhakaar baanta tha, aur Kunti vah maata jisne sukh par seva chuni thi.

Sanjay bach nikle aur apne antim varsh tapasya mein bitaane Himalaya ki or chale gaye. Jab Narad samaachaar Hastinapur laaye, to Yudhishthir ne bhaari hriday se antyeshti ki. Aashramvaasik parv ko samaapt karne wala daavaanal, mahaakaavya ke nirnay mein, koi traasdi na tha balki vijay tha — antim pramaan ki prakaash ki or mudne ke liye kabhi der nahin hoti, aur ki sanyaas mein likha jeevan ka antim adhyaay usse pehle ke sabhi adhyaayon ka praayashchit kar sakta hai.