rwb aqy pfielt
bfpU krnYl isMG pfrs aqy AuhnF
dI pqnI byby dljIq kOr ny iqMn ku mhIny pihlF ieMzIaf nUM afAux leI hvfeI
jhfjL ‘qy qF cVHxf hI sI. jhfjL jdoN asmfn CMUhdIaF AucfeIaF ‘qy AuWzx
lwgf qF iewk idl dihlf dyx vflI anfAUNsmYNt hoeI, ijs rfhIN jhfjL dIaF
svfrIaF nUM sUicq kIqf igaf ik jhfjL df iewk ieMjx bMd ho igaf hY ies kr
ky jhfjL df afpxI mMijLl ‘qy phuMcxf sMBv nhIN. hux jhfjL nUM rsqy ivcoN
hI moV ky, vfps trFto iljf ky Auqfrn dI koisLsL kIqI jfvygI. so sfrIaF
svfrIaF iksy vI ‘aYmrjYNsI’ leI iqafr rihx.
ies BYVI KLbr df jo asr svfrIaF ‘qy hoxf sI Ausdf anumfn sihjy hI lfieaf
jf skdf hY. hr iewk nUM afpxI mOq kuJ plF dI ivwQ ‘qy KloqI njLr afAux
lwgI. hr koeI kMbdI afvfjL ivc afpo afpxy iesLt nUM iDafAux lwgf; pr bfpU
pfrs bVy afrfm nfl sIt qy bYTf sB ‘rMg-qmfsLy’ vyK irhf sI. byby dljIq kOr
vI dovyN hwQ joV ky ‘vHfgrU! vHfgrU!’ krn lwgI aqy ardfs kridaF rwb awgy
hfVHy kwZx lwgI ik Auh swcf pfqsLfh sB nUM suKI-sFdI bcf lvy.
bfpU pfrs lokF aqy byby vwl vyK ky muskrfieaf aqy iPr bVy ivaMg nfl kihx
lwgf, “dljIq kury! ies jhfjL dy iksy bMdy nUM vI iksy vfihgurU, awlf jF
gOz ny nhIN bcf skxf. jy koeI bcf sikaf qF Auh ies jhfjL df pfielt hI bcf
skygf. hor koeI qYnUM nhIN bcf skx lwgf.”
lMmy qxfE ivcoN gujLrn qoN bfad swc muc jdoN jhfjL trFto dy hvfeI awzy ‘qy
AuWqiraf qF bfpU afpxy ‘kQn’ nUM pUry AuqsLfh aqy ivsLvfs nfl duhrf irhf
sI.
pqnI dy ‘nvIN’ hox dI pCfx
iewk afdmI kfr ivcoN AuWqiraf;
dUjy pfsy af ky bVy slIky nfl kfr dI bfrI KolHI aqy afpxI pqnI nUM kfr
ivcoN AuWqrn df swdf idwqf. ies idRsL nUM vyK rhy do dosqF ivcoN iewk ny
pqI vwloN pqnI vfsqy ivKfeI geI ies muhwbq dI pRsMsf kIqI qF dUjf dosq
mjLfk nfl kihMdf, “doKo jI jdoN koeI pqI iesqrHF kfr ivcoN AuWqr ky aqy
afpxy hwQIN bfrI KolH ky afpxI pqnI nUM bfhr AuWqrn leI afKdf hY qF Xfd
rwKo! jF qF kfr nvIN hY aqy jF pqnI nvIN hY.” dUjy dosq ny aijhy ‘isafxy
jfxkfr’ dI isafxp df hor lfhf lYx dI socI aqy puwiCaf, “cwl ieh dws ik
jdoN koeI bMdf kfr clf irhf hovy aqy Aus nfl AusdI pqnI vI Ausdy nfl bYTI
hovy qF iksqrHF pqf cwly ik pqnI nvIN hY ik purfxI?” dUjf kihx lwgf,
“iesdI pCfx qF bhuq hI sOKI hY. jy qF bMdy dy dovyN hwQ styairMg ‘qy hox
qF smJo ik pqnI purfxI hY nhIN qF nvIN.”
puwCxf
dyvI mfqf Kyz ky duKIaF dIaF
puwCxF df AuWqr dy rhI sI. Auh vI igaf aqy kihx lwgf, “dyvI jI! mYN
idnoN-idn kmjLor ho irhF. KfDf pIqf lwgdf nhIN. kI kfrn?”
dyvI pUry josLo-KLrosL ivc isr Pyrn lwgI. zrfAuxI cuwp ivc Ausdy bol
AuBry, “ qUM iksy pwkI QfvyN ipsLfb kIqf sI . Auh iksy pIr dI jgHf sI. hux
Auh qYnMU cMbiVaf hoieaf hY qy idny-rfq qyrf lhU pINdf hY.”
Ausdy mwQy Auqy iek sLrfrqI iqAUVI AuWBrI qy mwuCF Auqy hwQ Pyr ky
KMGUiraf, “dyvI jI! iek gwl mYN vI krnI hY.”
dyvI sxy sfry sLrDflU qy ZolkIaF CYyxy ijvyN AuhdI afvfjL suxn leI cuwp ho
gey .
“gwl ieMj hY mfqf jI, qusIN vI isafxy E! JUT qF kihMdy nhIN hovogy. pr
myrI bynqI hY ik mYN qF iek sfDfrn afdmI sF, mMndf hF, ipsLfb kr bYTf
hovFgf. iek sfDfrn afdmI hox dy nfqy pIr jI qF mYnMU idsdy nhIN sn pr mYN
jU jdoN pjfmy df phuMcf AuqFh cuwkI jFdf sF qF pIr jI nMU nf idisaf beI
ieh Blfmfxs ikhVf kMm krn quiraf afAuNdf hY. pfsy ht jFdf. pihlF kMjr cuwp
krky bYTf irhf qy isr ivc afrfm nfl muqvf ilaf qy shurI df hux myrf lhU
pINdf iPrdf. sflf myrf.”
qy sLrDflUaF nUM ieMj lwgf ijvyN Aus dy krVy bolF ny dyvI dy iKlry juMizaF
nUM hwQ pf ilaf hovy.
ipqf jI mIitMgF krdy hn!
pMjfb dy iewk kimAUinst afgU
dI DI XUnIvristI ivc dfKLlf lYx leI ieMtrvIAU dy rhI sI qF ivBfg dy muKI
ny AusnUM pwuiCaf ik Ausdy ipqf jI kI kMm krdy hn?
kuVI kuJ icr socdI rhI. kI dwsy ik Ausdy ipqf kI kMm krdy hn! CyqI jvfb nf
imlx ‘qy muKI ny svfl duhrf ky pwuiCaf qF kuVI kihMdI , “jI ‘mIitMgF’ krdy
hn. mYN qF jdoN dI surq sMBlI hY, iqafr br iqafr ho ky AuhnF dy GroN qurn
smyN, AuhnF koloN ieh pwuCy jfx ‘qy ik zYzI ikwQy cwly E qF sdf ieho hI
jvfb imldf irhf hY, “bytf! ‘mIitMg’ krn cwly hF.”
sohx isMG sfhmxy dyK!
POj dI rojLfnf pryz ho rhI sI.
iencfrj ‘Ausqfd’ ny ‘sfvDfn!’ ‘ivsLrfm!’ dy kfsLn idwqy. ‘dfeyN muV, bfeyN
muV’ ikhf aqy iPr AuWcI afvfjL ivc llkfiraf, “sohx isMG sfmny dyK.”
pryz ivcoN iksy ny ikhf, “sr sohx isMG qF awj afieaf hI nhIN. Auh qF bImfr
hox krky awj pryz ‘coN AuNj hI gLYr-hfjLr hY!”
Ausqfd ny gVHkvI afvfjL ivc afiKaf, “bko mwq! hmfrf kfm ‘tokxf’ hY. Xyh
dyKnf nhIN ik koeI hfjLr hY jF gLYr-hfjLr.”
bwcf qurn lwg ipaY
pRoPLYsr sfihb aYnkF lfeI
afpxIaF ikqfbF ivc ruJy hoey sn. pqnI kol afeI qF bVy AuqsLfh aqy cfa nfl
kihx lwgI, “mYN quhfnUM awgy vI dws cuwkI hF; afpxf bwcf hux qurnf iswK
igaf hY. vyKo vI!”
pRoPLYsr sfihb afpxy iDafn ikqfb dy vrky Poldy puwCx lwgy, “qurn lwg
ipaY?”
“hF! hF!” pqnI df cfa QMimaF nhIN sI jf irhf.
“kdoN ku qoN qur irhf hY?”
“jI AuhnUM qF qurdy nUM awj qIjf idn ho igaf hY pr qusIN ho ik ikqfbF coN
hI bfhr nhIN inkldy.”
pRoPLYsr sfihb bVI iPLkrmMdI nfl ikqfb Cwz ky AuWT Kloqy aqy kihMdy,
“qurdy nUM qIjf idn ho igaf hY qF AusnUM dOV ky PVIey. hux qwk qF Auh bVI
dUr inkl igaf hovygf!” |