Ram Setu ka Nirmaan

Jab Hanuman Sita ka samachar lekar Lanka se laute, to Ram ka dukh sankalp mein badal gaya. Sita jeevit thin, Ashok Vatika mein bandi, rakshasiyon ki pehredari mein, kasht sehkar apne sammaan ki raksha karti huin. Ram ne kritagyata ke aansuon ke saath Hanuman ko gale lagaaya aur turant aage ke mahaan kaarya ki or mude. Unki vaanar sena, asankhya hazaaron ki sankhya mein, dakshin ki or samudra ke tat tak kooch kar gayi. Wahaan ve khade the, van ki sena antahin samudra ka saamna karti hui, kshitij par swarn Lanka dweep chamak raha tha, sau yojan door. Vaanaron ne apni chhaati peeti aur yuddh ghosh kiye, lekin samudra unke saamne asambhav deewaar ki tarah phaila tha. Ram jal ke kinaare tak gaye aur lehron ke paar dekha. Unhe apni vishaal sena ke paar jaane ka maarg chaahiye tha, kyonki vaanar, chaahe kitne bhi paraakrami hon, Hanuman ki tarah sab ud nahin sakte the. Teen din aur teen raat Ram tat par prarthana mein baithe rahe, upvaas karte hue, samudra ke devta Varun se maarg dene ki vinati karte hue. Unhone pavitra kush ghaas arpit ki aur mantron ka jaap kiya, haath jodkar prateeksha karte rahe. Lekin samudra dev ne uttar nahin diya. Samudra udaaseen raha, uski lehren pehle jaisi hi ludhakti raheen. Chauthi subah Ram ka dhairya dhaarmik krodh mein badal gaya. Vah uthe, apna mahadhanush chadhaaya aur ghoshna ki ki yadi samudra prarthana se nahin jhukega, to bhay se jhukega. Unhone apne dhanush par ek dahakta baan chadhaaya, ek aisa astra jo samudron ko hi sukha sakta tha, aur pratyanchha kheenchi. Turant samudra ubalne laga. Machhliyaan aur samudri jeev bhay se uchhle, jal mathne laga aur geharaaiyaan kaanp utheen. Tabhi lehron ke beech se Varun swayam prakat hue, tejasvi aur kaanpte hue, haath jode. Unhone apne ahankaar aur vilamb ke liye Ram se kshama maangi. Unhone samjhaaya ki samudra ka swabhaav gehra aur apaar rehna hai, lekin vah doosre tareeke se sahaayta karenge. Unhone Ram ko apni sena ke do vaanaron Nal aur Neel ke baare mein bataaya, jo divya shilpi Vishwakarma ke putr the. Unke pita ke aashirvaad se ve samudra mein jo bhi phenkenge vah tairega aur juda rahega. Yadi sena Nal ke nirdeshan mein setu banaaye, to samudra uska bhaar vahan karega aur use baha nahin le jaayega. Ram ka krodh shaant hua, aur unhone samudra dev ki salaah sveekaar ki. Unhone Nal ko setu nirmaan ka netritva karne ka aadesh diya, aur asambhav kaarya shuru hua. Jo hua vah ek chamatkaar tha jise sansaar aaj bhi yaad karta hai. Laakhon vaanar vanon aur parvaton mein phail gaye, chattaanen, shilaayein aur poore ped ukhaad laaye. Ve pattharon ko tat tak apni bhujaon mein, siron par aur jabadon mein lekar aaye. Nal ke nirdeshan mein unhone pattharon ko jal mein rakha, unhe pedon aur mitti se baandha. Kaarya din raat bina vishraam chalta raha. Vaanar aanand se pratispardha karte, pratyek sabse bhaari patthar uthaane ka prayaas karta, aur unki garjana tat par goonjti. Devta bhi swarg se aashcharya se dekhte rahe. Shramikon mein ek nanhi gilhari bhi thi, jo ret mein lotti aur pattharon ke beech ke antaraal bharne ke liye use jhaadti. Kuchh vaanar nanhe praani par hanse, lekin Ram ne swayam use uthaaya, uski bhakti ki prashansa ki aur uski peeth sehlaayi, jisse ve teen safed dhaariyaan baneen jo gilhariyon par aaj bhi hain. Keval paanch dinon mein setu poorn ho gaya. Vah pattharon ki maala ki tarah samudra par phaila tha, sau yojan lamba aur das yojan chauda, dharti jaisa hi dridh. Devtaon ne us par phool barsaye, aur rishiyon ne uski prashansa gaayi. Ram ne sabse pehle setu par charan rakhe, unke peechhe poori sena chali. Kai dinon tak vaanar sena samudra paar karti rahi, unke dhvaj fehraate hue, unke yuddh ghosh aakaash ko hilaate hue. Door ke tat par unhone Lanka dweep mein dera daala, aur Ravan ke guptachar bhayankar samachar lekar swarn nagari bhaage. Ram ka setu, Ram Setu, dweep ko mukhya bhoomi se jod chuka tha, aur Sita ke liye antim yuddh shuru hone wala tha. Aaj bhi Bharat aur Lanka ke beech sholon ki shrinkhala ko Ram ka setu kaha jaata hai, aur teerthayaatri us samarpit sena ke chamatkaar ko yaad karte hain. Abhiyanta aaj bhi is kaarnaame par aashcharya karte hain, aur kavi aaj bhi un dinon ka gaan karte hain jab van swayam samudra par maarg banaane ke liye uth khada hua tha.