Paarvati ka Paasa Khel

Kailash parvat par, him ke rajat mahal mein Bhagwan Shiv aur Devi Paarvati divya aanand mein din bitaate the, aur kisi premi yugal ki tarah saral khelon mein aanand paate the. Baahar Kailash ki him chamakti thi, aur vaayu parvatiya pushpon ki sugandh se meethi thi. Ek dopahar samay sukhad bitaane ke liye vah chausar, praacheen paasa khel khelne baithe, swarn patt par. Ganesh aur Kaartikeya dwaar se dekhte rahe, maata-pita ko khelte dekhkar manoranjit. Daanv vinodpoorn the, ratn aur maalaayen, lekin pratispardha ki bhaavana ne donon ko garm kar diya. Unhe phenk ka nirnay karne ke liye nirnaayak chaahiye tha, aur Nandi se behtar kaun, vafaadaar vrishabh, Shiv ke apne samarpit anuchar, jo sada dwaar par khade rehte. Unke bade seeng phoolon se maalaon se saje the, kyonki Kailash mein utsav ka din tha. Nandi unke beech sthaan lekar garv se seva mein lage. Unhone seeng chamkaaye aur bilkul seedhe baithe, nyaay ke aadarsh banne ka nishchay karke. Khel aanand se aarambh hua. Paase swarn patt par khadke, aur bhaagya phenk-dar-phenk Shiv par muskaraata laga. Har baar jeetne par Shiv bachche ki tarah hanste, patni ko uske bhaagya par chidhaate. Paarvati, jo swayam koi saadhaaran khilaadi nahin thin, sandigdh huin jab unke pati har daur jeete. Unhone Nandi ko dhyaan se dekha aur vah dekha jiska unhe bhay tha. Vrishabh apne swaami ke prati aseem bhakti se har vivaadit phenk ka nirnay Shiv ke paksh mein kar raha tha, uski nishtha ne imaandaari ko daba diya tha. Ek baar unhone spasht haar ko bhi Shiv ki jeet ghoshit kiya, aur Paarvati ki aankhen sikud gayin. Paarvati ki aankhen krodh se chamkeen. Unhone Nandi par pakshapaat ka aarop lagaaya aur ghoshna ki ki ek paksh ka samarthan karne wala nirnaayak khel ki bhaavana hi bhrasht karta hai. Shiv ne unhe shaant karna chaaha, lekin unhone haath uthaaya jisne mahaan tapasvi ko bhi maun kar diya. Parvatiya havaayen shaant ho gayin, jaise prakriti swayam nirnay ki prateeksha karti ho. Krodh mein unhone anuchit khel mein bhaag lene walon par shaap diya. Kathaayen sateek shabdon mein bhinn hain, lekin sabhi sahmat hain ki unke krodh ne Kailash hi hila diya. Himskhalan dhalanon par garje, aur devtaon ne ghabraakar oopar dekha. Nandi kaanpe, kyonki unka koi haani ka iraada nahin tha, keval swaami ke prem ne unhe andha kiya tha. Swayam Shiv hatprabh hue, kyonki unhone apni vijay shrinkhala ka aanand bina gahan pareeksha ke liya tha. Divya yugal jhagde, jaise devta bhi kar sakte hain, aur swarg ka vaataavaran toofaani ho gaya. Nadiyaan bhi apne maargon mein thehar gayin, divya jhagda bhaanpkar. Phir jaise achaanak bhadka tha, Paarvati ka krodh shaant hua, kyonki unka krodh nyaay ka dhaarmik krodh tha, dvesh ka nahin. Unhone Nandi ka sachcha pashchaataap dekha, mahaan vrishabh unke charnon mein rota hua, aur unka hriday komal hua. Unhone Nandi ke maathe ko komalta se chhua, us vrishabh ko kshama kiya jiska ekmaatra dosh prem tha. Unhone shaap ka kathortam bhaag uthaaya, iske bajay uska paath padhaaya. Nandi ne seekha ki bhakti kabhi pakshapaat nahin banani chaahiye, aur swaami ke prati sachchi nishtha ka arth swaami ke hiton ke viruddh bhi nishpakshata banaaye rakhna hai. Shiv vineet hokar sveekaar kiya ki unhe apni ati saral vijayon par prashn karna chaahiye tha, aur unhone khel mein bhi nyaay ki raksha ke liye patni ki prashansa ki. Khel phir aarambh hua, is baar sookshm nishpakshata se, aur Kailash mein hansi lauti. Shiv ne utsav mein damru bajaaya, aur parvat aanand se goonje. Katha Shiv Puraan mein aur Bharat bhar ke lokgeeton mein manmohak gharelu prasang ke roop mein kahi jaati hai, lekin uski shiksha gahan hai. Yah dikhaati hai ki dharm sookshmatam vishayon mein bhi laagoo hota hai, anuchit khela gaya khel koi khel nahin, aur nirnaayakon ko nishpaksh rehna chaahiye chaahe hriday ek or kheenche. Graameen khelon ke nirnaayak mitron ka paksh lene ke pralobhan mein aaj bhi Nandi ka paath yaad karte hain. Paarvati ka krodh yaad dilaata hai ki nyaay prem ka shatru nahin balki rakshak hai, aur apne priya mein bhi anuchitata ko pukaarne ki ichchha prem ka sarvochch roop hai. Aaj bhi bachchon ko yah katha sunaane wale bujurg usi neeti se samaapt karte hain, ki khel mein dhokha, daanv chaahe kitna chhota ho, us aanand ko vishaakt karta hai jise vah laane ke liye tha.