Mahabharat ke sabhi guruon mein ek sabse alag khade hain — yuddh mein prasiddhi ke liye nahin, balki kisi bhi paksh ka na hone ki apni nishtha ke liye. Unka naam tha Krip, jiska arth hai "daya" ya "karuna," aur unka jeevan unke janm jitna hi asaadhaaran tha.
Krip ke pita the Sharadvaan, rishi Gautam ke pautra. Sharadvaan haathon mein dhanush lekar janme the, janm se brahman par prakriti se yoddha, shaastron se adhik baanon ke saath sahaj. Unhone ajeya dhanurdhar banne ke liye kathor tapasya ki. Devtaon ke raja Indra us tapasya se uthti shakti se bhaybheet hue aur use todne ke liye apsara Janapadi ko bheja. Divya apsara apni samast sundarta mein dhyaanasth rishi ke saamne prakat hui, aur ek asaavadhaan kshan mein Sharadvaan ki ekaagrata toot gayi. Unka veerya maarg ke kinaare shar ghaas ke jhund par gira — aur vibhaajit ghaas se judvaan bachche janme, ek baalak aur ek baalika.
Lajjit aur gahan ekaant ke ichchhuk Sharadvaan apna dhanush aur apne navjaat shishu peechhe chhodkar van mein ojhal ho gaye. Par bhaagya ki anya yojnaayein thin. Hastinapur ke raja Shaantanu un vanon mein shikaar karte hue ghaas par pade shishuon ke paas aaye. Daya se dravit hokar ve unhein apne mahal le gaye, baalak ka naam Krip aur baalika ka naam Kripi rakha, aur unhein apne hi samaan paala. Varshon baad Sharadvaan ne, apni yog-drishti se jaankar ki unke bachche kahaan hain, mahal aaye, unka pitritva prakat kiya, unke sanskaar kiye, aur swayam yuva Krip ko Ved, shaastra, aur sabse badhkar dhanurvidya ka vigyaan sikhaaya jismein unka koi saani na tha.
Krip shastra-vidya ke aachaarya bane, aur jab Kuru rajkumaron ko guru ki aavashyakta hui, to unhein pehla updeshak niyukt kiya gaya. Dron ke Hastinapur aane se pehle Krip hi the jinhone yuva Paandavon aur Kauravon ko ek saath padhaaya — Yudhishthir, Bheem, Arjun, Duryodhan, aur unke sabhi bhaai — astron ka prayog, shaastra, aur yoddhaon ke kartavya. Unhone unhein saath-saath, poorn nishpakshata se padhaaya, vinamra Paandavon par abhimaani Kauravon se koi pakshpaat na dikhaaya. Karn, baahari vyakti bhi, unse seekha.
Jab mahaayuddh aaya, to Krip ne apne jeevan ki sabse kroor pareeksha ka saamna kiya. Ve jaante the ki Kaurav paksh anyaayi tha; unhone ek se adhik baar Duryodhan ko shaanti ki salaah di thi. Phir bhi ve Hastinapur ke namak par pale the, aur nishtha ne unhein baandha tha. Ve Kauravon ke liye maidaan mein utre aur mahaarathi ke kaushal se lade — par mahaakaavya bataata hai ki unka hriday kabhi ghrina mein na tha. Ve bina dvesh lade, sainik ka kartavya nibhaate guru, aur jab sanhaar ke athaarah din samaapt hue, to ve Kaurav paksh mein jeevit bache keval teen yoddhaon mein se ek the, Ashvatthaama aur Kritavarma ke saath.
Yuddh ke sabse andhakaarmay dinon mein bhi Krip ki vaani Duryodhan ki sabha mein vivek ki vaani thi. Unhone chhal ke dyoot-khel ke viruddh bola, Draupadi par dhaaye gaye apmaanon ke viruddh bola, us gart ki or le jaane wale har kadam ke viruddh bola — sada sammaanpoorvak, sada vyarth. Anya yoddha unki saavdhaani ka uphaas karte the, par mahaakaavya yaad rakhta hai ki ve un kuchh logon mein the jinhone spasht dekha ki abhimaan un sabhi ko kahaan le ja raha tha. Unki traasdi thi sahi hokar bhi ansuna rehna, ek guru jinke paath unke apne paksh ne seekhne se inkaar kar diya. Kaha jaata hai ki antim raatri mein, jab Ashvatthaama ne sote Paandav shivir par kukhyaat raatri-aakraman ka prastaav rakha, to Krip ne virodh kiya ki yah samast dharm ke viruddh hai — aur keval maranaasann Duryodhan ki aagya ne, jisne Ashvatthaama ko sarvochch niyukt kiya tha, unhein maun kiya.
Yuddh ke baad Krip ne vahi kiya jo guru karte hain: unhone punarnirmaan kiya. Ve yuva raja Parikshit, Arjun ke pautra ke paraamarshdaata aur updeshak bane, puraane gyaan se naye yug ka maargdarshan karte hue. Aur apni aajeevan tapasya, sanyam aur poorn nishpakshata ke liye shaastra unhein durlabhatam uphaar dete hain — ve saat chiranjee viyon mein gine jaate hain, amar jo Kaliyug ke ant tak jeevit rehte hain, aur kaha jaata hai ki sansaar ke agle yug mein ve saat maharshiyon, Saptarshiyon mein gine jaayenge.
Krip ki katha ek shaant prashn poochhti hai jo yugon tak goonjta hai: yuddharat khemon mein bante sansaar mein kya manushya keval satya ki seva kar sakta hai? Amar guru ka jeevan uttar deta hai haan — jo bhi tumhaare paas aaye use samaan nishtha se padhaao, vivek ko samarpit kiye bina nishtha nibhaao, aur apne gyaan ko sabka hone do.
Is katha ke paatra
- Kripa
- Sharadvan
- Janapadi
- Shantanu
- Kripi
- Drona
- Parikshit
