[The
next day. Battle field]
Balaram:
Lagta hai Shalwaraaj ne mayayuddh kar raha hai. Hamari sena ghayel ho raha hai.
Krishna:
Chinta mat kijiye dau. Aapka hal ke samne uski maya kitne der tik payega? Aap
swayam aaj Yadav sena ka rakshan me rahiye.
Balaram:
Nahi Kanhaiya. Aaj to mai tumko akela chhod kar kahin ja hi nahi sakta. Kaal hi
tum ranbhoomi me udaas the. Aur aaj tum kya karnewale ho ye to tum hi jano! Mai
bhalo bhati samajh raha hun, Hastinapur ki dyutsabha tumko aakarshit kar rahi
hai.
Krishna:
Dau, mujh par aapka itna bhi vishswas nahi hai kya? Maine to aapko kaha hai ki
mujhe aaj ranbhoomi me avashya dikha jayega.
Suddenly the army of Shalwa made an attack & their
discussion became stopped. Both of them became engaged in the war.
It was the mid day. Opponent army was about to be
defeated. Many of demon soldiers of king Shalwa were slain by Balaram. Just now Krishna is fighting directly with
the senapati of Shalwa.
At that very moment Krishna could hear a melancholy
voice. He identified it as Vidur's.
Vidur
[praying]: He Chakradhari Narayan! Apne bhakto ki raksha karo
Prabhu! Mere sare prayas ab vyarth ho chuke hai. Ab aapke atirikt aur koi
rakhwale hai hi nahi. He Kripanidhan! Daya karo, in par daya karo! Mujhme aur
prativad ki shakti nahi, mujhe kshama karo.
At that moment there was a pathetic situation in
Hastinapur's dice hall. Chakravarti Samrat Yudhishthir was completely defeated
by Shakuni's cheating & Pandavas were in serious danger. Dushshashan
dragged Draupadi, the heart of Pandavas, very brutally into the court. Vidur
was doing protest during the whole game, but nobody reacted to him. Now he is
in bowed head, helplessly praying to Krishna whole heartedly.
Krishna sent His reply within Vidur's mind:
Krishna:
Mahatma
Vidur! Aap to swayam Dharma ho! Aap kaise shaktiheen ho sakte hai? Mujh par
vishswas rakhiye. Mai Draupadi ko avashya raksha karunga, aur ye karya ke liye
mujhe aapki hi avashyakta hogi.
Along with keeping full concentration to the dice hall,
Krishna continued fight with the senapati. Even when Krishna was talking to
Vidur, the senapati never got a single chance to avoid the arrows coming from
great Shaarng dhanu! Yogmaya was smiling to see this great multitasking ability
of Her dear brother! The condition of opponent army was gradually becoming
worse.
Some times passed. Krishna again identified a prayer
coming from the dice hall. Yudhishthir was praying to Him:
Yudhishthir
[Praying]: He Jagannath! Draupadi ko raksha karo
Prabhu! Wo aapki sakhi, aapki bhagini
hai! Mere paapo ka dand aap usko maat do Nath! Maat do!
Then Yudhishthir was silent & calm like senseless in
dice hall. None understood that he was in meditation of Krishna.
Krishna sent His message:
Krishna:
Maharaj!
In paapio me itni shakti nahi hai ki Dharm ki dharmapatni ko kisi bhi kshati
pahuchha sake! Aur kisne kaha hai ki aap paapi ho? Meri sharan lene ke baad
kisime bhi paap nahi rehta Maharaj. Aap chinta mat kijiye. Mai aaapke sath hi
hun.
Meanwhile a messenger arrived there.
Messenger: Pranaam
Vaasudev! Maharaj Ugrasen aapke liye ek sandesh bheja hai.
Krishna: Kya
sandesh hai doot? Maharaj kushal me to hai?
Messenger gives Krishna a letter. Krishna read it &
broke down in grief. Balaram came there.
Balaram: Kya
hua Kanhaiya?
Krishna could not utter a single word in utter sorrow. He
silently handovered the letter to Balaram. Balaram read it.
Balaram:
Koun le aya hai ye sandesh? Kahan hai wo doot?
Messenger:
Aggya Haldhaari!
Balaram: Kya
ye satya hai ki hamare pitashri ka vadh ho gaya hai?
Messenger:
Haan Rohininandan! Shalwaraaj ne mayarath se Dwaraka aa kar unki hatya kar
dala. Maharaj Ugrasen ne aap dono ko shighra hi Dwaraka lautne ke liye kaha
hai.
Balaram:
Laut jau? Is bhishan sangbad ke baad bhi Shalwa ko jivit chhod kar laut jau?
Nahi doot! Kadapi nahi! Aaj uska vadh karke apne pita ki mrityu ka pratishodh
lunga ya to phir apni mrityu bar lunga. Lautne ka to prshna hi nahi.
Kanhaiya, utho Kanhaiya! Ab shok tyag karke yuddh karo.
Hamara pita ka hatyara ko aaj jivit nahi chhodna.
Krishna rose. Being overwhelmed in grief, both of them
started a very strong battle.
Suddenly Shalwa entered in the battle field, he was on
his maya rath, & the rath carried lifeless body of Vasudev!
Shalwa:
Krishna! Kya dekh rahe ho? Tumne mere mitra Shishupal ka vadh kiya tha na? aaj
mai tumhere pita ka vadh kar diya. Ab batao, aur bhi yuddh karoge, ya apni sena
le kar laut jaoge?
Krishna:
Shalwaraaj! Mere pitashri ko tu apna sparsh se ashuddh mat kar! Unka deh par
hamara adhikar hai.
Shalwa:
Achchha? To ye lo apne pita.
Shalwa threw Vasudev's body from his chariot to the
ground.
Just that moment Draupadi's call reached to Krishna.
Father's dead body was in front of eyes, insulted by
enemy! It was intolerable for a son! Krishna could not bear with this! Due to
extreme sorrow He became senseless, lied down on His chariot.
But in the meantime He used this opportunity &
reached Hastinapur's dice hall. He found Vidur & Yudhishthir were in
meditation. Krishna became pleased with them. They both were incarnations of
Dharma. Krishna sent their infinite Dharma to Draupadi in a form of infinite
cloth. Draupadi's honor was protected. Several cloths appeared there in no
time, a tired Dushshshan sat down finally. Then Krishna again reached to the
battle field & was recovered from senseless condition. Then everyone saw
that Vasudev's body disappeared with Shalwa's maya rath!
Krishna:
Dekh liya dau? Ye sare Shalwa ke maya the. Avashya hamare pitashri kushal me hi
hai.
Balaram:
Achchha? Shalwa ka itna bada dushsahas! Aaj is mayavi ko ham to chhodenge nahi.
Krishna: Aaj
mere hatho uski mrityu nishchit hai dau. Bahut maya rach liya hai usne. Ab uska
antim ghari aa chuki hai.
Krishna attacked Shalwa. He called His Sudarshan Chakra
& it came. Krishna did Shalwa vadh with Sudarshan. Shalwa's follower demons
fled away. The Yadava army won the battle.
That night, after reaching the tent, Balaram again went
to Krishna.
Balaram:
Kanhaiya! Yuddh ki vyasta me mai to Pandavo ki baat bhul hi gaya! Wo sab thik
to hai na? koi sankat to nahi aya na?
Krishna:
Nahi dau. Aaj wo bechare bahut dukh sahan kiya hai, bahut dukh!
Balaram: Ab
mai apne ap ko apradhi samajh raha hun! Maine hi tumko rokh liye, unko sahayta
me jane nahi diya!
Krishna:
Aisa mat kahiye dau. Aaj ranbhoomi me mera rehna mahattpurn tha. Aur mai to
wahan gaya bhi tha.
Balaram:
Wahan gaye the? Kya keh rahe ho Kanhaiya? Kab gaye? Kaise?
Krishna:
Dau, aaj Shalwa ki jo maya aap sab ne dekha, wo uski nahi, balki meri Yogmaya
ki maya thi. Devi Yogmaya ne aap sabko bhramit karke meri sahayta kiya. Jab aap
mujhe achet padha dekhe the, us samay mai vastav me dyutsabha me gaya tha.
Wahan ki sthiti samal kar phir yahan laut aya.
Balaram: Oh
achchha!!! Dhanya ho tum aur dhanya hai tumhari maya! Mujhe bhi phaansa liya
apna maya jaal me!
[Vyasdev
entered]
Vyas:
Pranaam Bhagaban!
Krishna:
Padhariye Vedvyasji! Aap itna chintit kyun lag rahe hai?
Vyas: He
Antaryaami, aap to jante hi hai ki mai kis liye chintit hun! Aaj aapki leela
dekh kar mai itna gehra bhaav me doob gaya ki meri rachana adhuri reh gayi! Aap
swayam dyutsabha me padhare the, kintu maine ye baat apni rachana me spasht hi
nahi kiya!
Krishna: To
aapne kya rachana kiya hai Vedvyasji?
Vyas: Jis
shloka maine rachana ki, uska arth hua; "Dharm ne vastra ke roop me Draupadi ki
raksha kiya." Parantu aisi rachana karna mera uddeshya nahi tha.
Krishna: Aap
ne to satya hi racha hai rishivar! Wo anant vastra to anant Dharm se hi utpann
hua tha.
Vyas:
Parantu aapka mahatmya isse jo chhup jayega He Bhaktavatsal!
Krishna:
Vedvyasji!
Aap to gyaani hai. Aapko to pata hai ki meri ichchha ke bina koi karya hota hi
nahi. Aapne job hi kiya hai, meri hi ichchha se kiya hai. Mai apna mahatmya
nahi chahta hun rishivar! Mai to sara shrey apne bhakto ko hi dilata hun! Bhakt
meri santaan hai, unka gaurav mera hi gaurav hai! Smaran hai na aapko, Ram roop
me bhi mai vanaro ko gaurav dilane ke liye hi samudra par setu nirmaan karvaya
tha. Kya samudra paar karne ki shakti mujhme nahi thi rishivar? Dharm mere
bhakt hai. Is gaurav mai unko dilana chahta hun.
Vyas:
Dhanya ho Prabhu! Dhanya hai aapki bhaktavatsalta!!
Krishna: Aur
aap nishchint rahiye. Mere bhakto ke upar maya ka prabhaav nahi hota. Is liye
aap chahe jo hi rachana kijiye, mere bhakto meri leela avashya pehchhan
payenge!
Om Namo Bhagabate Vaasudevaaya!
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