Jarasandh ke Satrah Aakraman

Jarasandh Magadh ka paraakrami raja tha — apne yug ka sabse shaktishaali samraat — aur Krishna ko nasht karne ki uski dhun use Mathura par satrah baar aakraman ko le gayi. Uski katha shiksha hai ki galat kaaran mein hath keval vinaash laata hai. Jarasandh ki ghrina ka vyaktigat mool tha. Uski do putriyaan — Asti aur Praapti — Mathura ke atyaachaari Kans se byaahi thin. Jab Krishna ne Kans ko maara, to Jarasandh ki putriyaan vidhwa huin — aur Magadhraaj ne pratishodh ki shapath li. Woh pehle se durjeya shakti tha: uska shareer vishaal tha — kyunki woh do ardh-bhaagon mein janma tha — rakshasi Jara ne jode the — jiske naam par uska naam pada. Usne anginat raja haraaye the aur kai ko bandi rakha tha — sau raajaaon ke mahaan yagya ki yojana sahit. Kans ki mrityu ke baad Jarasandh ne vishaal sena ekatra ki aur Mathura badha. Krishna aur Balram yuddh mein usse bhide — aur yadyapi Yadav sena chhoti thi — donon bhai divya shakti se lade. Krishna ki ranneeti aur Balram ke hal ne Magadh sena ka sanhaar kiya — aur Jarasandh haara aur khadeda gaya. Lekin Jarasandh ne na seekha. Woh doosri baar badi sena lekar lauta — aur phir haara. Phir teesri baar, chauthi, paanchvin. Satrah baar woh Mathura badha — aur satrah baar Krishna aur Balram ne use lautaaya. Har haar mein hazaaron sainik gaye — phir bhi abhimaan use rukne na deta tha. Mathura ke log nirantar bhay mein jeete — kyunki yadyapi Krishna sada raksha karte the — baar-baar ke aakramanon ne desh ko thaka diya tha. Ant mein Krishna ne nishchay kiya ki Mathura sada nahi bachaayi jaa sakti. Woh Yadavon ko mahaan pravaas mein pashchim le gaya — dveep-nagri Dwarka — divya shilpi Vishwakarma dvaara saagar mein nirmit. Jarasandh Mathura khaali paakar khokhli vijay ka daava karta aaya — lekin asli shatru uski pahunch se pare jaa chuka tha. Katha wahin samaapt ho sakti thi — lekin Jarasandh ke abhimaan ne antim hisaab maanga. Jab Yudhishthir ne Raajsuya yagya ki taiyaari ki, to Krishna ne prakat kiya ki bandi sau raajaaon ki Jarasandh ki yagya-yojana saarvbhaum samprabhuta ke maarg mein hai. Krishna, Bheem aur Arjun braahman-vesh mein Magadh gaye aur Jarasandh ko dvandvayuddh ki chunauti di. Jarasandh ne — sada abhimaani — Bheem se kushti chuni. Donon bina vishraam chaudah din lade. Jarasandh apaar balvaan tha — aur Bheem use hara na saka — jab tak Krishna ne sanket na diya: unhone tinka do tukadon mein phaada — Bheem ko dikhaaya kya karna hai. Bheem ne Jarasandh ko pakda — shareer puraani seevan se phaada — jahaan Jara ne do ardh-bhaag jode the — aur tukde vipreet dishaaon mein phenke taaki jud na sakein. Atyaachaari mara — bandi raja mukt hue — aur Yudhishthir ke prati nishtha jataayi. Jarasandh ka putra Sahadev Paandavon ka mitra bana. Katha sikhaati hai ki galat kaaran mein hath keval vinaash laata hai. Jarasandh ne satrah baar aakraman kiya — har baar jan-dhan khoya — phir bhi kabhi na poochha ki kaaran nyaaypoorna hai ya nahi. Uski hath saahas nahi, zid thi. Yeh bhi sikhaati hai ki kab rukna hai yeh jaanna bhi gyaan ka roop hai. Yadi Jarasandh pehli haar ke baad sandhi kar leta, to jeeta aur gyaan se shaasan karta. Iske bajaay rukne se inkaar use Magadh ke kushti-akhaade le gaya — jahaan uske abhimaan ka ant hua.

Jarasandh ki satrah paraajayein desh mein kahaavat banin: ki zid saahas nahi — aur galat kaaran mein hath keval vinaash guna karta hai. Uske janm ki katha — Jara dvaara jode gaye do ardh-bhaagon mein — prateek-roop mein sunaayi jaati hai: ki vibhaajan aur ghrina par bana jeevan kabhi poorna khada nahi ho sakta. Bheem se uska antim mallayuddh — chaudah din chala — mahaakaavya ke mahaan dvandvon-roop mein smaran kiya jaata hai — aur tinke se Krishna ka sanket ranneeti ki poornata-roop mein uddhrit kiya jaata hai. Uski mrityu se mukt sau bandi raja Yudhishthir ke saamraajya ki neenv bane — taaki uska ant bhi dharma ki seva kare. Aaj bhi uski katha abhimaaniyon ko chetaati hai ki rukne, sunne aur badalne se inkaar vinaash ka nishchitatam maarg hai.

Uski katha wahaan rehti hai jahaan abhimaan seekhne se inkaar karta hai — har peedhi ko smaran karaati ki sabse mazboot durg vinamra hriday hai.