Tulsidas aur Hanuman Chalisa

Varsh 1532 mein Uttar Pradesh ke Rajapur gaanv mein ashubh nakshatron mein ek baalak ka janm hua jo Hindi bhaasha ka sabse priya kavi-sant banega. Uska naam Tulsidas tha. Katha kehti hai ki vah baarah maah garbh mein rehkar janma, pehle se poore daanton sahit, aur anya shishuon ki tarah nahin roya, apitu spasht roop se pavitra Ram shabd uchchaarit kiya. Uske maata-pita shakunon se bhaybeet hokar use tyaag gaye, aur vah ghoomte saadhon dwara paala gaya, alp bhiksha aur Bhagwan Ram ki amar kathaon par bada hua. Yuvaavastha mein Tulsidas ne Ratnavali naamak ek sundar stri se vivaah kiya aur use aise aaveg se prem kiya jo use kha gaya. Ek din jab vah apne maata-pita ke ghar gayi, to vah toofaani raat mein uske peechhe gaya, ufanti nadi ko tairte shav se lipatkar paar karte hue, itna vyagra tha vah uske saath hone ko. Ratnavali uske paagalpan se stabdh aur lajjit hokar aise shabd boli jisne uska jeevan sada ke liye badal diya. Usne kaha ki yadi vah Bhagwan Ram se bhi aadha prem karta jitna uske shareer se karta hai, to vah dukh ke saagar ko paar kar moksha pa lega. Phatkaar Tulsidas par bijli ki tarah giri. Usi kshan uska saansaarik prem divya laalsa mein roopaantarit hua. Usne ghar tyaaga aur Ram ka ghoomta bhakt bana, apne Prabhu ke darshan ka nishchay kiye. Vah Varanasi gaya, Ganga ke tat par Shiva ki praacheen nagari, aur vahin ek vinamra nivaas mein bas gaya, din-raat Ram ka naam japta, unke sammaan mein chhand likhta, apni alp bhiksha se nirdhanon ko khilaata, aur samast aatma se divya ki ek jhalak ki laalsa karta. Varsh beete, aur yadyapi uski bhakti gehri hui, darshan na aaya. Tab ek din jab Tulsidas Ganga mein snaan se laut rahe the, unhone ek vriddh ko dekha, aur bina soche apne hi paatra se use jal arpit kiya. Vriddh ne piya, aashirvaad diya, aur chala gaya. Tulsidas na jaante the ki vriddh swayam Hanuman the, Ram ke mahaan bhakt, jo unki pareeksha lene aaye the. Hanuman sant ki vinamrata aur daan se prasann hue, aur us din se ve vesh badalkar Tulsidas ko dikhne lage, unhein dheere se lakshya ki ore le jaate hue. Hanuman ke gupt nirdesh par Tulsidas Varanasi ke ek vishesh sthaan par jaane lage jahaan kodhi aur bahishkrit ekatra hote the, kyonki Hanuman ne unhein bataaya tha ki swayam Ram vahaan vesh badalkar peediton ki seva karne aate hain. Ek din jab Tulsidas peediton ke beech baithe dheere jap kar rahe the, ek vinamra purush aaya aur apne hi haathon se kodhiyon ke ghaav dhone laga. Purush ki aankhon mein kuch, martya aankhon ke liye bahut ujjval prakaash, ne Tulsidas ka hriday uchhaal diya. Ve prem ki nishchintata se jaan gaye ki yah swayam Ram hain. Ve ajnabi ke charnon mein gire aur unse lipat gaye, rote hue, mat jaaiye, mere Prabhu, mat jaaiye. Aakriti muskuraai, aashirvaad diya, aur vileen ho gayi, parantu jhalak paryaapt thi. Tulsidas ki laalsa poorn hui, aur unka hriday kaavya mein umad pada. Unhone amar Ramcharitmanas racha, meethi Avadhi bhaasha mein Ram ki katha, taaki saraltam graameen bhi uska amrit pee sake. Unhone Vinaypatrika rachi, Ram se vinamra yaachnaon ki pustak, aur sabse badhkar unhone Hanuman Chalisa racha, Hanuman ki prashansa mein chaalees chhand, us bhakt ki jisne unhein unke Prabhu tak pahunchaaya tha. Hanuman Chalisa aaj laakhon dwara har Mangalvaar aur Shanivaar japa jaata hai, samast sansaar ke mandiron aur gharon mein, apni pehli praarthanaayein seekhte bachchon aur saahas khojte vriddhon dwara. Har chhand mein Tulsidas ki kritagyata hai us vaanar-dev ke prati jisne unki praarthanaon ka uttar diya tha, aur parampara kehti hai ki jo bhi ise shraddha se japta hai, uske jeevan ki raksha swayam Hanuman karte hain. Tulsidas ikyaanve varsh jiye, likhte, gaate aur nirdhanon ki seva karte hue, aur jab ve Varanasi mein mare, to samast nagar ne pita ki tarah unka shok manaaya. Unka jeevan sikhaata hai ki Ishwar keval janm ya gyaan se hi nahin, apitu itni teevra laalsa se milta hai jo har baadha ko seedhi bana de, aur nanhi se nanhi seva bhi, ajnabi ko prem se arpit jal ka pyaala, divya ka dwaar khol sakti hai.