Vidur Neeti

Vidur Hastinapur ke sabse gyaani purush the — Dhritarashtra aur Pandu ke sautele bhai — daasi-putra janme lekin raajkumar-roop mein pale. Kaha jaata hai ve swayam dharma ke avtaar the — aur unki salaah — Vidur Neeti — Bhaaratiya parampara ke sabse bade gyaan-bhandaaron mein se ek hai. Unki katha shakti ko di gayi gyaan ki traasadi hai — jo sunti nahi thi. Vidur Hastinapur ke pradhaanmantri the — aur shuru se woh dekhte the jo doosre dekhne se inkaar karte the. Jab Duryodhan janma, to apshakun bhayankar the: siyaar roye, dharti kaanpi — aur rishiyon ne ghoshana ki ki shishu Kuruvansh ka vinaash laayega. Vidur ne Dhritarashtra ko shishu tyaagne ki salaah di — bahuton ke liye ek ka balidaan. Jyeshth putra ke prem se andhe Dhritarashtra ne mana kiya. Yeh ansuni rehne waali kai salaahon mein pehli thi. Varshon tak Vidur ne har mod par Dhritarashtra ko chetaaya. Unhone raajya-vibhaajan ka virodh kiya jisne Paandavon ko keval banjar van diya. Unhone Paandavon ko jeevit jalaane ke laakshaagriha-shadyantra ki ninda ki. Unhone dyoot-kreeda ka virodh kiya — chetaaya ki yeh Kurukul nasht karegi. Jab Draupadi sabha mein ghaseeti gayin aur apmaanit huin — Vidur ekmaatra vriddh the jo iske viruddh bole — maang ki ki atyaachaar roka jaaye. Har baar Dhritarashtra ne suna, roya — aur kuchh na kiya. Duryodhan ke prati prem dharma ke prati prem se sada prabal siddh hua. Vaastavik Vidur Neeti mahaayuddh ki poorvasandhya par — Udyog Parva mein — di gayi. Chinta se vyathit Dhritarashtra ne aadhi raat mein Vidur ko bulaaya aur shaanti dene waali salaah maangi. Vidur raatbhar bole — aur unke vachan mahaakaavya ke gahantam pravachanon mein gine gaye. Unhone gyaani aur moorkh ke gun bataaye. Unhone kaha, gyaani swayam ko jaanta hai, indriyon ko vash mein rakhta hai, vichaar ke baad bolta hai, aur khoye ka shok nahi karta. Moorkh ahankaari, aavegi, kritaghna aur ichchha-chaalit hota hai. Unhone vinaash ke chhah dvaar bataaye: kaam, krodh, lobh, agyaan, abhimaan aur eershya. Unhone raajya-kala sikhaayi: raja mantriyon ko saavdhaani se chune, vishvaas se pehle parkhe, yojnaayein kabhi prakat na kare, aur dharma ko laabh se upar rakhe. Unhone chetaaya ki ichchhaaon ka daas raja raajya nasht karega — aur shaasak ka sabse bada shatru uska apna avash man hai. Sabse badhkar unhone Dhritarashtra se yuddh rokne ki praarthna ki. Unhone spasht kaha ki Duryodhan Kuruvansh ko sarvanaash ki or le jaa raha hai — Krishna aur Paandav dharma ke liye ladte hain — aur yadi raja kaarya kare to shaanti ab bhi sambhav hai. Dhritarashtra ne har shabd suna. Usne Vidur ke gyaan ki prashansa ki. Aur kuchh na kiya. Yuddh aaya — aur Kuruvansh nasht hua — theek jaisa Vidur ne dashakon se kaha tha. Yuddh ke baad Vidur ke gyaan ne antim abhivyakti paayi. Unhone shokaakul Dhritarashtra ka darshan se maargdarshan kiya — vairaagya aur sabki anityata sikhaayi. Jab Dhritarashtra van chale gaye, to Vidur saath gaye — aur wahaan van mein Vidur ne moksh paaya — aatma Yudhishthir mein vileen hui — kyunki donon dharma ke avtaar the. Unki katha sikhaati hai ki ansuni buddhi traasadi hai. Vidur har baat mein sahi the — Duryodhan ke janm se yuddh ke parinaam tak — phir bhi sahi hona paryaapt na tha. Gyaan ko ichchhuk shrota chaahiye — aur putra-prem ne Dhritarashtra ko behra kar diya tha. Yeh bhi sikhaati hai ki gyaani ka kartavya hai satya kehna — chaahe suna jaaye ya nahi. Vidur ne salaah dena kabhi na chhoda — kabhi katu na hue — kabhi pad na chhoda. Ve isliye bole kyunki bolna unka dharma tha — aur us nishtha ne unke vachanon ko amar kar diya.

Vidur Neeti aaj bhi Bharat ke mahaan gyaan-granthon-roop mein padhi jaati hai — sadiyon se netaaon aur shikshakon dvaara uddhrit. Gyaani aur moorkh par uske sootra chhaatra kanthastha karte hain — aur raajya-kala par uski salaah sansaar ke mahaan raajnaitik granthon se tulit ki jaati hai. Lekin gyaani ise traasadi-roop mein bhi smaran karte hain: ki Hastinapur mein kahi gayi sabse badi gyaan ansuni rahi. Vidur ki salaah par Dhritarashtra ki nishkriyata ichchha bina gyaan ka shaastriya udaaharan-roop mein uddhrit ki jaati hai. Parampara Vidur ko dharma ke avtaar-roop mein sammaanit karti hai — aur Yudhishthir mein unka antim vilay gyaan ka dhaarmikta se punarmilan-roop mein dekha jaata hai. Aaj bhi unki katha sikhaati hai ki satya kehna kartavya hai chaahe suna na jaaye — aur gyaani ko apna pad kabhi nahi chhodna chaahiye.