Giddhraaj Sampati

Sampati giddhon ka raja tha — Jatayu ka bada bhai — aur uski katha pramaan hai ki achchhaai karne mein kabhi der nahi hoti. Yuvaavastha mein Sampati aur Jatayu aakaash ke sabse paraakrami pakshi the. Ve Arun ke putra the — Suryadev ke saarthi — aur kisi bhi praani se ooncha udna unhe priya tha. Ek din abhimaan mein dono bhaiyon ne swayam surya tak daud lagaane ka nishchay kiya. Ve upar ude — oonche aur oonche — jab tak taap asahya na hua. Chhota Jatayu ladkhadaane laga — pankh jhulasne lage. Sampati ne, bade bhai ne, wahi kiya jo bhai ko karna chaahiye: usne apne vishaal pankh Jatayu ke upar phailaaye aur surya ke prakop se use bachaaya. Ve surakshit utre, lekin Sampati ke pankh thoonth-se jal gaye. Woh phir kabhi ud na saka. Apang aur katu Sampati yugon tak dakshin saagar ki chattaan par raha — jo tukde mile khaata, pachhtaava paalta. Usne bhai ko bachaaya tha aur apne pankh khoye the — aur is anyaay ne uska hriday vishaila kar diya tha. Is beech door Ramayan ki mahaan ghatnaayein ghatin. Jatayu ne Sita-haran rokne ki koshish mein praan diye — Ram ki god mein mara. Ram ne vanon mein Sita ko vyarth khoja, Sugreev se maitri ki, aur vaanar sena ko unhe khojne dakshin bheja. Angad aur gyaani vriddh bhaaloo Jaambvaan ke netritva mein — Hanuman saath — vaanar dakshin tat pahunche aur vishaal saagar ko niraasha se dekha. Unmein se koi use laangh na sakta tha, aur ve tat par baithkar viphalta ka vilaap karne lage. Tabhi Sampati ne apni chattaan se unhe dekha. Pehle to woh harshit hua — socha devtaon ne vaanar-maans ka bhoj bheja hai. Lekin unki baatein sunte hue usne ek naam suna jisne hriday rok diya: Jatayu. Vaanar Jatayu ka shok mana rahe the — jo Ravan se ladte veergati paaya tha. Sampati chillaaya aur bhai ke baare mein jaanne ki maang ki. Angad ne poori katha sunaayi: Sita ka haran, Jatayu ka veer yuddh, Ram ki god mein mrityu, aur pakshi ke liye Ram dvaara swayam antim sanskaar. Sampati yugon se na dekhe bhai ke liye roya. Uski katuta pighal gayi — uski jagah us kaarya mein sahaayata ki jalti ichchha aayi jiske liye Jatayu mara tha. Aur tabhi use kuchh yaad aaya. Apni chattaan se — jab woh ud sakta tha — usne saagar paar Lanka dveep dekha tha. Usne vaanaron ko bataaya ki Sita wahaan hain — Ravan ke nagar mein bandi — jal ke paar sau yojan. Usne dveep ka varnan kiya — swarn-nagar, Ashok Vaatika jahaan ve rakhi gayi thin. Vaanar harshit hue, lekin ek samasya rahi: sau yojan kaun laanghe? Jaambvaan ne Hanuman ko unki bhooli shaktiyon ki yaad dilaayi, aur Hanuman bheemkaay hokar saagar paar koode. Lekin Sampati ke bina kuchh na hota. Sahaayata ke puraskaar mein devtaon ne Sampati ke pankh lauta diye. Uske jale thoonth phir pankh ban gaye, aur vriddh giddh aakaash mein uda — daya ke ek kaarya mein jeevanbhar ka pachhtaava dhul gaya. Woh ant mein swarg uda — us bhai se aatma mein punarmila jise kabhi bachaaya tha. Uski katha sikhaati hai ki achchhaai karne mein kabhi der nahi hoti. Sampati ne yug katuta mein bitaaye — socha pankh jalne par jeevan samaapt ho gaya. Lekin jab kshan aaya, usne sahaayata chuni — aur us chunaav ne sab dho diya. Yeh bhi sikhaati hai ki daya ka ek kaarya jeevanbhar ke pachhtaave ko dho sakta hai. Sampati ko badi tapasya ya bade yuddh nahi karne the. Use keval gyaat satya kehna tha — saagar paar ishaara karke kehna: ve wahaan hain. Us ek kaarya ne mahaakaavya ki disha badal di aur use pankh lauta diye.

Sampati ki punarpraapti Ramayan ke sabse aanandmay kshanon-roop mein manaayi jaati hai — kyunki yeh dikhaati hai ki hriday ke seva ki or mudne par koi haani sthaayi nahi. Vriddh giddh ke jale pankh — devtaon dvaara phir pankh banaaye gaye — un sabke liye aasha ke prateek bane jo mehsoos karte hain ki jeevan samaapt ho gaya. Dakshin ke mandiron mein Sampati saagar paar ishaara karta dikhaaya gaya hai — woh maargdarshak jisne Hanuman ki chhalaang sambhav ki. Katha vriddhon aur niraashon ko sunaayi jaati hai: ki achchhaai karne mein kabhi der nahi hoti — aur daya ka ek kaarya jeevanbhar ke pachhtaave ko dho sakta hai. Aatma mein Jatayu se uska punarmilan — donon bhai ant mein saath — prem ke mrityu se bhi jeene ke pramaan-roop mein gaaya jaata hai.