Shishupal ke Sau Apmaan

Shishupal Krishna ka shatru banne ke liye janma tha. Woh Chedi ka raja aur Krishna ka chachera bhai tha — uski maata Krishna ke pita Vasudev ki behen thin. Janm ke samay bachche ki teen aankhein aur chaar bhujaayein thin, aur aakaashvaani hui ki jiski god mein uske atirikt ang gir jaayenge, wahi uska hanta hoga. Jab shishu ko Krishna ki god mein rakha gaya, to atirikt aankh aur bhujaayein lupt ho gayin. Uski maata ne samajh liya ki Krishna ek din uske putra ko maarenge, aur Krishna se vardaan maanga: dand dene se pehle uske sau apraadh kshama kar dena. Bua ke prem se bandhe Krishna ne vachan diya. Us din se Shishupal Krishna se ghrina karta bada hua — aisi ghrina jo keval badhti gayi. Woh ghrina karta tha jab Krishna Rukmini ko har le gaye — jo swayam Shishupal ko vaagdatta thin. Woh gwaale raajkumar ke har yash se ghrina karta tha. Aur Krishna, vachan yaad rakhkar, sab maun sahte rahe. Hisaab raja Yudhishthir ke Rajasuya yagya mein hua. Paandavon ne bhavya sabhaagaar banaaya tha, aur sansaar bhar ke raja ikatthe hue the. Jab sabse yogya atithi ko pratham sammaan, arghya dene ka samay aaya, to Pitaamah Bhishm uthe aur Krishna ka naam liya. Unhone unki stuti param Prabhu ke roop mein ki — jinmein saare lok tike hain. Sabha ne taali bajaayi, lekin Shishupal krodh mein kood pada. Usne Krishna aur unka sammaan karne waale Bhishm ke viruddh gaaliyon ki dhaara baha di. Usne Krishna ko gwaala, chor, kaayar kaha — jo Jarasandh se bhaaga tha — raajaon mein pratham pooja ke ayogya. Raja aashcharya se fusfusaaye, lekin Shishupal na ruka. Ek ke baad ek apmaan uske mukh se behte rahe — har ek ko Krishna ginte rahe, jo shaant aur maun baithe the. Bhishm ne chetaavni dene ki koshish ki — sau apraadhon ki katha sunaayi — lekin Shishupal keval hansa aur Bhishm ka bhi apmaan kiya. Paandavon ki mutthiyaan bhinch gayin, Bheem krodh mein uthe, lekin Krishna ne drishti se rok diya. Bolne do, Krishna kehte lage. Har shabd gina jaa raha hai. Shishupal badbadaata raha — chehra ghrina se kaala — jab tak uska sauvaan apmaan poorn na hua. Sabhaagaar mein maun chha gaya. Krishna dheere se uthe. Unhone shaanti se kaha, Shishupal, maine tumhaari maata ko vachan diya tha ki tumhe sau baar kshama karoonga. Sau poore hue. Phir ikatthe saare raajaon ke saamne Krishna ne haath uthaaya, aur Sudarshan chakra prakat hua — surya-sa dahakta. Woh sabhaagaar paar uda aur Shishupal ka sir dhad se kaat diya. Raja bhay aur aashcharya se chillaaye. Lekin tabhi woh chamatkaar hua jisne gehra satya prakat kiya. Shishupal ke shareer se deeptimaan prakaash utha, aur sabki aankhon ke saamne woh Krishna ke hi swaroop mein vileen ho gaya. Rishiyon ne vyaakhya ki: Shishupal aur uska saathi Dantavakra sach mein Jay-Vijay the — Vaikunth ke dwaarpaal — rakshas-janm ke shaap mein. Ishwar se unki ghrina swayam nirantar smaran ka tedha roop thi, aur unke haathon markar ve mukt ho gaye. Katha sikhaati hai ki dandit bhi kripa se mukt ho sakta hai. Shishupal ke sau apmaan anant dhairya se gine gaye, aur jab seema aayi, to nyaay teevra aur antim tha. Lekin uski aatma ko grahan karne waali kripa ne dikhaaya ki koi bhi — shatru se bada shatru bhi — ant aane par moksh se pare nahi. Katha kehti hai, dhairya ki seema hoti hai — aur yeh bhi kehti hai ki seema isliye hai kyunki nyaay bhi prem ka hi kaarya hai.

Shishupaal ke sau apmaan aaj bhi mandiron mein gine jaate hain — kyunki ve kshama ka ganit sikhaate hain. Krishna ka dhairya — jo ninyanve apraadon tak tika — apmaaniton ke aadarsh-roop mein rakha jaata hai: kshama karo jab tak kshama swayam nyaay na maange. Shishupaal ke shareer se uthi aur Krishna mein vileen jyoti pramaan-roop mein smaran ki jaati hai ki ghrina bhi — divya ki or nirdeshit — bhakti ka roop ban jaati hai. Sant kehte hain ki Shishupaal aur uska saathi Dantvakra dvaarpaal Jay-Vijay the — rakshas-roop mein janmane ko shaapit — aur unki ghrina vaapsi ki laalsa ka chhadma thi. Uski katha sikhaati hai ki Prabhu ki daya ki seemaayein keval isliye hain kyunki nyaay unhe maangta hai — aur dusht bhi — antim kshan mein — woh prakaash paa sakte hain jiska jeevanbhar virodh kiya.