Raajsuya Yagya

Raajsuya sabse bada yagya tha jo koi raja kar sakta tha — woh anushthaan jo use vishwa-samraat ghoshit karta. Yudhishthir ke liye — jyeshth Paandav — yeh utthaan ka shikhar-kshan tha: pramaan ki saamraajya bal se nahi, dharma se jeeta jaa sakta hai. Raajsuya ki katha Paandavon ke yash-shikhar ki katha hai — aur usi ghadi mein boye gaye patan ke beejon ki. Indraprastha mein bhavya raajdhaani banaane ke baad rishi Narad Yudhishthir se mile aur Raajsuya yagya ka varnan kiya. Unhone kaha ki keval wahi raja ise kar sakta hai jisne saari dishaayein jeet li hon — aur swarg mein unke pita Pandu putra se yeh yash dekhna chaaahte hain. Yudhishthir ne Krishna se paraamarsh kiya — jo sahmat hue lekin ek baadha chetaayi: Jarasandh — Magadh ka paraakrami raja — jisne chhiyaasi raajaaon ko bandi banaaya tha aur unki bali dene ki yojana thi. Jab tak Jarasandh jeevit hai, koi saarvbhaum samprabhuta ka daava nahi kar sakta. Krishna ne yojana banaayi. Ve, Bheem aur Arjun braahman-vesh mein Magadh gaye aur Jarasandh ko mallayuddh ki chunauti di. Jarasandh ne Bheem ko chuna — aur dono chaudah din kushti lade. Ant mein Krishna ke sanket par Bheem ne Jarasandh ka shareer do tukadon mein phaada aur vipreet dishaaon mein phenka — taaki jud na sakein. Bandi raja mukt hue aur Yudhishthir ke prati nishtha jataayi. Phir Paandav bhai chaaron dishaayein jeetne nikle. Arjun ne uttar jeeta, Bheem ne poorva, Sahadev ne dakshin, Nakul ne pashchim. Gyaat sansaar ke raja adheen hue aur kar laaye. Yagya ki taiyaariyaan apaar thin. Indraprastha ka mahaan sabhaagriha sajaaya gaya, har desh se purohit bulaaye gaye, aur raja akalpaniya dhan ke uphaar lekar aaye. Anushthaan ke shikhar par agra-pooja ka kshan aaya — upasthit sabse yogya vyakti ko pratham sammaan. Pitaamah Bheeshm ne ghoshana ki ki Krishna iske sabse adhikaari hain — kyunki ve yagya ki aatma aur dharma ke rakshak hain. Yudhishthir ne Krishna ke charan dhoye aur pratham pooja arpit ki. Lekin Chediraaj Shishupaal krodh mein utha. Woh Krishna se ghrina karta tha aur us par sau apmaan barsaaye — janm ka, karmon ka, sammaan ka upahaas. Sabha kaanpi, lekin Krishna shaant rahe. Unhone bua ke naate Shishupaal ke sau apraadh kshama karne ka vrat liya tha — aur maun ginte rahe. Jab sauvaan apmaan uske mukh se nikla, to Krishna ne divya chakra chhoda — aur Shishupaal ka sir gira. Uske shareer se jyoti uthi aur Krishna mein vileen hui — kyunki uski ghrina bhi bhakti ka roop thi. Yagya yash sahit poorna hua. Yudhishthir samraat abhishikt hue — har desh ke raja unke saamne jhuke. Lekin atithiyon mein Duryodhan bhi tha — jo Paandavon ki shobha ko jalti eershya se dekhta raha. Mahaan sabhaagriha mein usne sphatik-farsh ko jal samajhkar vastra uthaaye — aur Bheem ka haasya sabhaagriha mein goonja. Us kshan Duryodhan ke apmaan ne dyoot-kreeda ka beej boya jo sab nasht kar degi. Katha sikhaati hai ki sachchi mahaanta pehchaani jaati hai, daava nahi kiya jaata. Yudhishthir ne saamraajya chheena nahi; raja swatantrata se sammaan dene aaye kyunki uska shaasan nyaaypoorna tha. Yeh bhi sikhaati hai ki swatantrata se diya sammaan yash bankar laut-ta hai. Krishna ki agra-pooja chaaploosi nahi, pehchaan thi — aur usne poore yagya ko pavitra kiya. Phir bhi jis ghadi ne Paandavon ka mukut pehnaaya, usi ne unhe dandit bhi kiya — kyunki avivek se dikhaaya yash eershya janmaata hai, aur eershya vinaash.

Raajsuya Paandavon ke yash ke madhyaahn-roop mein smaran kiya jaata hai — woh kshan jab dharma sansaar par shaasan karta lagta tha. Kavi yagya ka vaibhav se varnan karte hain: ghee ki nadiyaan, bhojan ke parvat, raja jo prithvi ke har kone se kar lekar aaye. Lekin gyaani ise ant ke aarambh-roop mein bhi smaran karte hain — kyunki yagya par Duryodhan ki eershya hi dyoot-kreeda laayi. Krishna ki agra-pooja — pratham sammaan — us kshan-roop mein manaayi jaati hai jab sansaar ne maanav-roop mein divya ko pehchaana. Aur yagya mein Shishupaal ki mrityu pramaan-roop mein sunaayi jaati hai ki Prabhu ka dhairya — chaahe lamba — anant nahi. Aaj bhi Raajsuya sikhaata hai ki yash vinamrata se dhaaran karna chaahiye — kyunki eershya sada dekhti hai — aur uchchatam kshan sabse khatarnaak ban sakta hai.