Ramakrishna aur Kali: Dakshineshwar ke sant

San 1836 mein Bengal ke Kamarpukur naamak nanhe gaanv mein ek nirdhan parantu dharmaparaayan braahman parivaar mein ek baalak ka janm hua aur uska naam Gadadhar rakha gaya. Apne praarambhik varshon se hi baalak anya bachchon se bhinn tha. Vah devtaon ki kathaayein sunna prem karta tha, vah kisi sundar vastu ke darshan se gahan dhyaan mein doob jaata tha, aur vah divyata ki baat aise karta tha jaise priya mitra ki. Jab vah satrah varsh ka tha, uska bada bhai Ramkumar use purohit kaarya mein sahaayata hetu Calcutta laaya, aur sheeghra hi yuva Gadadhar Hooghly nadi ke tat par Dakshineshwar mein devi Kali ke mahaan naveen mandir mein pujaari bana, ek mandir jiska ooncha nav-shikhareeya garbhagriha snaan ghaaton ke oopar uthta tha. Mandir Rani Rasmani ne banvaaya tha, gahan bhakti waali ek dhani vidhva, aur maalaon se alankrit Kali ki kaali paashaan-moorti apni shakti hetu prasiddh thi. Gadadhar, jo ab Ramakrishna kehlaane laga, maata ki pooja mein aise aaveg se dooba jisne sabko aashcharyachakit kiya. Vah dincharya ke roop mein pooja na karta tha, bhatakte man se ghante bajaate aur mantra japte hue. Vah devi hetu aise tarasta tha jaise baalak apni khoi maata hetu tarasta hai, aur vah uski moorti ke saamne rota tha, chillaate hue, Maata, mujhe darshan do. Kya tum satya ho, ya yah sab kavi ki kalpana hai? Din-raat vah is virah-vyatha mein bitaata, jab tak ant mein, jaisa vah bataata hai, mandir ki paashaan deevaarein vileen hoti lageen, aur vah prakaash ke saagar mein dooba, aur divya maata uske saamne prakat khadi thin, sansaar ki kisi vastu se adhik satya. Us din se Ramakrishna divya unmaad ki avastha mein jeeye, jaisa sansaar ne kaha. Vah maata ke naam ke ullekh se samaadhi mein chala jaata tha, vah moorti se jeevit vyakti jaise baat karta tha, use khilaata aur pankha karta tha, aur mandir ke adhikaari bhaybheet hone lage ki vah apna man kho baitha hai. Parantu divya maata ne apne bachche ko na tyaaga, aur do mahaan guruon ke roop mein sahaayata aayi, jo uske aansuon ke uttar mein bheje gaye lage. Pehle Bhairavi Brahmani aayin, gerue vastron aur shaastron ki potli sahit ek vidushi stri sannyaasini, jinhone turant pehchaana ki uska unmaad divya tha. Unhone vidvaanon aur pujaariyon ko ekatra kiya aur pavitra granthon se siddh kiya ki uski avastha mahaan santon jaisi thi, aur phir unhone tantra ke anushaasanon mein uska maargdarshan kiya, use samast vastuon mein maata dekhna sikhaate hue, paapi aur sant donon mein samaan roop se. Phir Totapuri aaye, uttar se ek kathor nagna tapasvi, Advaita Vedanta, advaita darshan ke aachaarya. Totapuri ne Ramakrishna ko samast roopon se pare jaakar niraakaar param mein leen hona sikhaaya, aur unke maargdarshan mein Ramakrishna nirvikalpa samaadhi, sarvochch talleenta mein pravisht hue, aur chhah maas tak usmein rahe, ek siddhi jo Totapuri ne bhi praapt na ki thi. Phir bhi Ramakrishna ne Kali ke prati apni bhakti kabhi na khoi. Unke liye niraakaar param aur divya maata ek hi the, jaise jal aur barfa. Is sabke beech unke parivaar ne unka vivaah kar diya tha, jab ve teees varsh ke the, Sharada naamak paanch varsh ki nanhi kanya se, aur jab vah badi hui to vah Dakshineshwar aayi aur unki samarpit sangini aur shishya bani, swayam pavitra maata ke roop mein poojit. Ramakrishna ki khyaati phaili, aur saadhak door-door se aaye. Unmein Narendranath naamak ek pratibhaashaali yuvak aaya, prashnon aur sandehon se bhara, jise Ramakrishna ne mahaan aatma pehchaana aur us shishya ke roop mein gadha jo Swami Vivekananda banega aur apne guru ka sandesh sansaar tak pahunchaayega. Ramakrishna ne saral drishtaanton mein sikhaaya ki samast dharma usi Ishwar tak le jaate hain, jaise anek nadiyaan ek saagar mein behti hain, aur unhone jo updesh diya uska abhyaas kiya, kuchh samay Muslim aur Isaai ke roop mein pooja karte hue taaki swayam siddh karein ki har path, sacche hriday se anusarit, usi divya lakshya tak pahunchta hai. Unka kathan, jitne mat, utne path, samast sansaar mein prasiddh hua. Unka dehaavasaan 1886 mein, pachaas varsh ki aayu mein hua, parantu unka jeevan jvalant pramaan bana hua hai ki Ishwar ko dekha ja sakta hai, ki divya maata satya hain, aur prem, poorn aur nirapeksha prem, unke charnon ka laghutam path hai.