Ravan Vadh

Vaanar sena mahaan setu se samudra paar kar chuki thi, aur ab Ravan ki swarn nagari ki deewaaron ke neeche Lanka dweep mein dera daale thi. Ram ne Ravan ke paas shaanti ka antim prastaav lekar apna doot bheja. Unhone keval maanga ki Sita lauta di jaayein aur rakshas peechhe hat jaayein, to yuddh nahin hoga. Lekin ahankaar aur ichchha se andhe Ravan ne prastaav par hansa aur doot ko apmaanit karke wapas bhej diya. Teenon lokon ko hila dene wala yuddh ab aparihaarya ho gaya tha. Pehli ladaayi se pehle Ram ke shivir mein ek apratyaashit sahyogi aaya. Vah Vibheeshan tha, Ravan ka apna chhota bhai, ek kuleen hriday wala rakshas jo dhaarmikta ki pooja karta tha. Usne Ravan se baar-baar Sita ko lautaane aur shaanti karne ki vinati ki thi, lekin Ravan ne krodh mein use darbaar se laat maarkar nikaal diya tha. Vibheeshan ne Ram ki sharan li. Haalaanki kuchh vaanar pramukhon ko chhal ka sandeh tha, Ram ne use khule haathon se sveekaar kiya, kyonki unhone sharan maangne wale ko kabhi na thukraane ki pratigya ki thi. Unhone Ravan ke patan ke baad Vibheeshan ko Lanka ka raja banaane ka vachan bhi diya. Phir yuddh shuru hua, aur uska prachandta varnan se pare thi. Vaanar yoddhaon ne rakshas sena par parvat aur ukhde ped phenke, jabki rakshason ne un par baan, bhaale aur maayaavi astra barsaaye. Hanuman ne rakshas panktiyon mein haahaakaar macha diya, aur paraakrami Angad unki panktiyon ko sookhi ghaas mein aag ki tarah cheerte chale gaye. Din par din yuddh chalta raha, aur donon or veer gire. Ravan ne apne mahaanatam yoddhaon ko ek-ek karke bheja. Pehle rakshas senaapati aaye, jo Hanuman aur vaanar pramukhon dwara maare gaye. Phir Ravan ka vishaalkaay bhai Kumbhakarna aaya, jo apni maayaavi neend se jagaaya gaya tha, jisne Ram dwara divya baanon se giraaye jaane se pehle hazaaron vaanar nigal liye. Phir Ravan ka jaadugar putr Indrajit aaya, jo bhayankar jaadu se lada. Usne Ram aur Lakshman ko Naagpaash baanon se gira diya aur unhe maidaan mein bandha aur nirjeev chhod diya, jab tak divya Garud aakar unhe mukt na kar gaye. Usne maayaavi Sita rachi aur Ram ki aatma todne ke liye unki aankhon ke saamne uska vadh kiya. Ant mein atulniya prachandta ke dvandva mein Lakshman ne Indrajit ka saamna kiya aur aakaash ko kaala karne wale yuddh ke baad divya Aindraastra se uska sir kaat diya. Lanka ne shok manaaya, aur Ravan ka dukh paagalpan mein badal gaya. Usne swayam Sita ko maarne ka nishchay kiya, lekin uske mantriyon ne use roka, aur badle mein vah swayam dahakte kavach mein, kaale ghodon wale rath par savaar hokar maidaan mein utra. Ram aur Ravan ka antim dvandva shuru hua, aur samast brahmaand ne dekha. Ve divyaastron se lade jo aakaash ko doosre Soorya ki tarah prakaashit karte the. Ravan ke das sir garje aur uski bees bhujaon ne baan barsaaye, lekin Ram shaant nipunata se har astra kaatte hue adig khade rahe. Ram ne baar-baar apne baanon se Ravan ke sir kaate, lekin har baar uske sthaan par naya sir ug aaya, kyonki rakshasraaj ka jeevan anyatra chhipa tha. Yuddh bina ruke dinon tak chalta raha, aur devta bhi darne lage. Tab Rishi Agastya prakat hue aur Ram ko Aaditya Hridayam sikhaaya, Soorya dev ka stotra, jisse vah aparaajeya oorja se bhar gaye. Phir bhi Ravan nahin gira. Ant mein Vibheeshan ne rahasya bataaya. Usne Ram ko bataaya ki Ravan ki jeevan shakti uski naabhi mein sangraheet thi, uske shareer ke bheetar chhipe amrit ke ghade mein, aur keval vaheen prahaar use maar sakta tha. Ram ne sir hilaaya aur apne dhanush par ek bhayankar baan chadhaaya, jo swayam devtaon ne banaaya tha, pralay ki agni ki tarah dahakta hua. Unhone pratyanchha kaan tak kheenchi aur teenon lokon ko hila dene wali garjana ke saath baan chhod diya. Baan sateek chala, Ravan ki chhaati bedhi aur uski naabhi mein chhipe amrit par laga. Rakshasraaj ladkhadaaye. Unka dhanush haathon se gira, unke das sir jhuk gaye, aur Lanka mein goonjti cheekh ke saath Ravan yuddhbhoomi mein mrit gire. Swarg se phool barse, devtaon ke nagaade baje, aur vaanar sena vijay mein garji. Vijay mein bhi Vibheeshan apne bhai ke liye roye, aur Ram ne unhe saantvana di, yaad dilaaya ki Ravan yoddha ki mrityu mara tha aur sammaan ka paatra tha. Sita Ashok Vatika se mukt huin, aur agnipareeksha se apni pavitrata siddh karne ke baad vah Ram se punarmileen. Vibheeshan Lanka ke raja bane, aur aatank ka shaasan samaapt hua. Ravan par Ram ki vijay aaj bhi buraayi par achchhaayi ki, ahankaar par vinamrata ki, aur ichchha par prem ki vijay ke roop mein manaayi jaati hai.