‘rhxu ikQfAU nfih’ pMjfbI dI kivqf qF hY pr iekwly pMjfb dI nhIN. ieh
knyzf dI kivqf vI nhIN ijwQy kvI rihMdf hY. ieh ivÈv dI kivqf hY. ivÈv
dI kivqf bxn leI ijs ivÈv idRÈtI dI loV hY, AusnUM pRfpq krn leI iksy
ivÈyÈ twbr, smUh, nsl, jfq, Drm, iÌrky, kOm jF dyÈ dI sqh qoN AuWpr
AuWTxf pYNdf hY. sqh qoN Aupr AuWT ky vyKx nfl AusnUM sfrI DrqI idsdI
hY. ies DrqI ivwc pMjfb vI hY; gujrfq, kÈmIr, ierfk, inAUXfrk qy
vfiÈMgtn vI hn. knyzf vI hovygf.
asmfnI nËrF nfl Èfier jdoN ‘iDafn Dr ky’ vyKdf hY qF AusnUM DrqI `qy
vwzy vwzy KUn dy Dwby idKfeI idMdy hn, awg dIaF mwcdIaF lftF idsdIaF hn.
Auh qF DrqI `qy rihx leI, ijAUx, hox aqy QIx leI QF dI qlfÈ ivwc hY; pr
DrqI qF lt-lt bl rhI hY. pYr Drn nUM ikDry QF nhIN idsdf, isr lukfAux
nUM koeI Tfhr nhIN lwBdI. cuÌyry rUh-cIrvF qy kMn pfVvF Èor hY. biGafVF
dIaF cMGfVF hn, lyilaF dIaF illkVHIaF hn. jfn dI ÉYr mMgdy juVy, kMbdy
bybws hwQ hn, bybol buwlH hn.
‘AuWcy cVH ky’ ‘Gr Gr mwcdI awg’ vyKx dI ‘pRfpqI’ df Èfier nUM kuwJ qF
muwl qfrnf hI pYxf sI. sqh qoN AuWpr AuWT ky bldI hoeI sfrI DrqI nUM
vyKx nfl Ausdf mn Audfisaf jFdf hY. Auh ies iBafnk idRÈ nUM awKF ivwc
smo ky nËrF nIvIaF krdf hY, afpxIaF jVHF vwl vyKdf hY; afsry leI afpxI
ivrfsq vwl Jfkdf hY. afpxy bfibaF dy bolF aqy bfhvF qoN qfkq aqy nyqrF
`coN joq mMgdf hY.
DrqI qF Ausdy bfibaF nUM vI iesqrHF dI hI nËr afeI sI. AuhnF nUM vI ieh
DrqI kdoN rihx Xog QF lwgI sI! ÌrId nUM cfry kUtF BOx `qy vI eyQy rihx
leI koeI QF nhIN lwBdf. Èfier ijhVy gurU nfnk vrgf hoxf cfh irhf hY, Esy
dI hflq hI qF BfeI gurdfs ibafn krdf hY, “bfbf dyKy iDafn Dr jlqI sB
ipRQmI idK afeI.” suKpfl AuhnF bfibaF df hI puq-poqrf hY. AusnUM vI qdy
hI ‘jlqI ipRQmI’ idsdI hY. ‘jlqI ipRQmI’ dy drd nUM jfnx qy smJx leI Auh
afpxy afp qoN bfhr inkl ky glob qwk ÌYl igaf hY. ivÈfl idl, ivÈfl idRÈ
qy ivÈfl idRÈtI. dunIaF dy iksy kony ivwc iksy bMdy `qy vI golI cwldI
hY, ËÉm AusdI CfqI ivwc huMdf hY. Auh afpxI ÈfierI rfhIN sB nfl ies ËÉm
dI pIV sFJI kr irhf hY. koeI aijhf QF ZUMz irhf hY ijwQy irhf jf sky,
sfh ilaf jf sky, jIaf jf sky.
Aus kol ÌrId dI Ëbfn qy nfnk dI nËr hY;
eysy leI Èfied AusdI nËm pur-asr hY.
lwgI awg nUM vyK ky Ausdy ieh vzyry Audfs qF hoey sn pr AuhnF ny idl
nhIN sI hfiraf. lMmI lVfeI lVI sI, Aumr Br; pIVHI dr pIVHI. ieh lVfeI
lVn leI AuhnF kol kivqf df hiQafr sI, Èbd dI qfkq sI. Èfier afpxy
vzyiraF qoN ÈbdF dy icrfÊ lYNdf hY. AuhnF nUM ‘plkF dI CfvyN’ mihÌUË
rwKdf hY qy hOlI hOlI afpxI rUh ivwc bfldf hY. rUh ivwc bldI rOÈnI lY ky
Auh hnyiraF ivwc afpxy ihwsy dI irly-rys dOVn lwgdf hY. dOVn dy Xqn ivwc
pqf cwldf hY Ausdy pYrF ivwc qF ËMjIrF hn, Auh qF jkiVaf ipaf hY. Ausdy
pYrF nfl qF ihmflf bwDf hoieaf hY. rUh ivwc bldy icrfÊF dI rOÈnI ivwc
Auh afpxy dvfly buxy iÌrikaF, DrmF, rfjnIqI, mMzI dIaF ËMjIrF dI kws nUM
vyKdf hY, mihsUsdf hY. qVpdf hY, CtptfAuNdf hY. ies jkV qoN mukq hox leI
Auh kUkF mfrdf hY.
AusdIaF ieh kUkF kivqf bx jFdIaF hn. ieh kUkF guMigaF leI Ëbfn hn,
boilaF leI afvfË hn, bybsF qy hfiraF leI vMgfr hn, tuMizaF leI hiQafr
hn. iesqrHF kivqf afpxI lVfeI lVdI hY. afpxy leI rfh bxfAuNdI hY, pYr
Drn nUM QF lwBdI hY; sfh lYx nUM hvf lwBdI hY.
Èfier nUM iÌkr nhIN ik Auh sdIvI-muwl jF mhwqv vflI kivqf ilKy ijsdf
iksy ny ‘sO sfl bfad muwl pfAuxf hY!’ Auh qF hux dI gwl krdf hY. ‘hux’
dy msilaF bfry ilKI kivqf nUM huxy hI mr-muwk jfx vflI kivqf afKx vfilaF
nUM Èfied pqf nhIN ik lVdI hoeI kivqf kdI mrdI nhIN sgoN akfl ho jFdI
hY. ‘bfbrvfxI’ ho jFdI hY. suKpfl dI kivqf hux dy ‘bfbrF’ nfl lVdI hY qy
huxy hI awg buJfAux df hokf idMdI hY. jy hux kuwJ nf kIqf qF sO sfl bfad
pqf nhIN koeI muwl pfAux vflf bcy vI jF nf, hovy vI jF nf. Ausdy gurU ny
qF AusnUM ‘swc suxfiesI swc kI bylf’ df pfT pVHfieaf hY. nfnk hox leI
AusdI bfxI aqy amlF `qy aml krnf vI ËrUrI hY.
eysy leI Èfier hwQlI iËMmyvfrI nUM svyr qwk vI mulqvI nhIN krnf cfhuMdf.
sON ky AuTx bfad vI jy hflfq aijhy hI mrn-hfr hoxy hn qF iehnF nUM
ijAUx-hfr bnfAux leI afpxI iËMmyvfrI huxy, sOx qoN pihlF, hI ikAuN nf
inBfeI jfvy! vyKx nUM Auh mOq, ainaF, kqlo-Êfrq qy zuwlHdy inrdoÈ lhU dy
idRÈ pyÈ krdf hY pr asl ivwc Auh iËMdgI, inaF aqy muhwbq dy iKVdy rMgF
nUM mfnx leI mfhOl iqafr kr irhf hY.
ies mksd leI Auh sB qoN pihlF lIk iKwc ky iewk pfsy KloNdf hY qy
n-iDiraF dI iDr bxky jUJx df aYlfn krdf hY. mMzI dI vsq bixaf mnuwK
afpxy Kol ivwc ismtdf jf irhf hY, Auh ‘nMbr, igxqI qy vot’ ivwc vt igaf
hY. AusdI mfnvI pCfx gvfc geI hY. Èfier afpxy duafly juVI bybol qy
byichrf BIV nUM Ausdy gvfcy bol bÉÈ irhf hY qy iqVky ichry nUM AusdI
nuhfr dy irhf hY. tuwt iqVk ky kIcrF hoey mfnvI ichry dy tukVy QF isr
joVn dy aml nUM mukMml krn leI hr duK-suK ivwc afps ivwc juVnf pYxf hY.
jdoN vI iksy nfl jbr, ainaF, Dwkf jF DoKf ho irhf hovy qF Auh Aus iekwly
df hI jfqI mslf nhIN. ieh mslf smucI mnuwKI jfq df hY. jy mnuwKI jfq ny
ijAUNdI rihxf hY qF AusnUM afpxI jfq dy Kol ivcoN bfhr afAuxf pYxf hY.
ihMdU, iswK, muslmfn aqy eIsfeI ijhIaF hoNdF ivcoN bfhr inklxf pYxf hY.
mnuwKf jfq bxn leI mnuwK bxnf bxnf pYxf hY. mnuwK bxn leI rwb bxnf pYxf
hY. kyvl AudoN hI aihsfs hoeygf ik koeI vI mslf iksy hor df nhIN sgoN
quhfzf afpxf hI hY. qy koeI vI mslf iksy qrHF Cotf jF ingUxf vI nhIN. jy
mslf smJ ky iksy hor df cuwp jF ÉfmoÈ rhFgy qF kwlH nUM Auh ‘Cotf’ mslf
‘vwzf’ phfVI-Bfr bx ky quhfzy afpxy isr `qy afx itkygf. AudoN Pyr quhfzf
Bfr vMzfAux vflf vI koeI nhIN hovygf. ies leI sMvydnf nUM hr pl suMn hox
qoN bcfAux dI loV hY. ieh loV iewk dUjy qoN tuwt ky nhIN iewk dUjy nfl
juV ky hI pUrI hoxI hY.
sfzy tutx-iqVkx df iewk vwzf kfrn ieh vI hY ik asIN afpxI sijMd ivrfsq
nfloN nfqf qoV ilaf. ieiqhfs nUM afpxy hI arQ dy ky vzyiraF dy ieiqhfs
nfloN afpxy afp nUM ivjog ilaf. ieiqhfs dy gvfc gey pr shI arQF nfl juVn
leI hI Èfier nfnk bxn leI ahul irhf hY. Èbd hI kivqf df hiQafr huMdy hn.
bfbf nfnk vI ijwQy jf ky ivcfrDfrk lVfeI lVdf sI qF pihlF ‘Èbd-gfien’ hI
krdf sI. bldI DrqI `qy ijwQy ijwQy Èbd itkdf hY EQy EQy pYr Drn leI QF
bxdI jFdI hY.
nfnk nfl juVn kr ky suKpfl nfnk dy ‘vfrsF’ vwloN bxfeI pihl-dUj nUM muV
bdl idMdf hY. Auh ‘ipRQmY BgfAuqI’ nUM nhIN sgoN nfnk nUM, Èbd nUM
iDafAuNdf hY. Éqrnfk gwl krdf hY, pr TIk krdf hY. ies ‘KunfmI’ leI
AusnUM ‘akfl-qÉq’ `qy pyÈ hoxf pY skdf hY! Auh Aus akfl qÉq nUM nqmsqk
huMdf hoieaf vI afpxy aMdr isrjy akfl-qÉq awgy swcf rihx leI idRVH hY.
AusnUM pqf hY Ausdf gurU Ausdy nfl hY, ‘iswK’ BfvyN nf vI hox!
Èbd-ivhUxI qlvfr mrn vfly nUM qF mfrdI hI hY, prqvyN rUp ivwc mfrn vfly
nUM vI mfr idMdI hY. Èbd qoN swKxf qlvfr df vfr aMnHf huMdf hY. qlvfr
nUM sujfKf Èbd dI pfx ny hI krnf hY.
asIN hux qwk Èbd-swKxI qlvfr `qy mfx krdy mrdy-mfrdy afey hF. qbfh krdy
af rhy hF, qbfh huMdy af rhy hF. ‘bfxI’ Buwl’ ky ‘bfË’ `qy mfx krdy afey
hF; isrÌ ‘ispfhI’ rih gey ‘sMq’ nUM ikDry aDvfty hI Cwz afey. ËÉm lfAuxf
jfxdy hF, mlHm lfAuxf Buwl gey. suKpfl sfnUM bfxI cyqy krfAuNdf hY, sfzy
aMdr suwqy sMq nUM jgf ky sfzy hwQ ivwc mlHm vflI zwbI PVfAuNdf hY.
hr vyly qlvfr dy ismrn ny bÉiÈMd gurU vwloN bÉÈI ‘iÉmF krn dI dfq’ vI
sfnUM Bulf CwzI hY. asIN ‘bdlf lYx’ ivwc hI ÌÉr mihsUs krdy hF aqy Pyr
ley hoey bdilaF dIaF vfrF gfAuNdy hF. sYNkVy sflF qoN asIN bdly dI
isafsq kr rhy hF. iewk dUjy df isr vwZx vwZx Kyz rhy hF. swqf bdlx nfl
kfql aqy mkqUl dI idwK bdl jFdI hY. biGafV lylf bx jFdf hY qy lylf
biGafV. iehnF biGafVF dy nkÈ gËnvIaF, bfbrF, aOrMgËybF, modIaF,
azvfnIaF, qogVIaF nfl imldy hn. mrdy qF hËfrF sflF qoN bybws qy byksUr
lok hI rhy hn. biGafV qF AudoN vI qÉqf `qy bYTy grjdy sn, hux qÉqf dI
lVfeI leI Jwg suwtdy hn.
asIN ‘bdlf lY ky kwty hoey isr’ afpxI ihwk `qy qmiÊaF vFg sjf rwKy hn.
iehnF qmiÊaF dI cmk nfl cuMiDafeI sfzI nËr nUM sfzy gurU df ichrf idsxo
ht igaf hY. suKpfl aijhI nËr-KohxI qlvfr nUM KuMZI kr ky, AusdI nok qoV
ky AusnUM imafn ivwc bMd kr dyx dI slfh idMdf hY. ieh slfh AusnUM Ausdy
gurU ny hI idwqI hY. Auh gurU dy ies mwq nUM afpxf bxf ky afpxI pihlI
kivqf vjoN pusqk ivwc drj krdf hY. Ausdf gurU hI qlvfr vfhux vfly hwQ
nUM muafÌ kr skdf hY.
dfdI ny pMjfbI dI pihl-plwkVI ‘icVI-kF’ dI bfq myrI poqI nUM suxfeI qy
qoVf JfiVaf, “Auhny EhdI iKcVI KfDI qF AuhdI pUC nUM qwqf icmtf qF lwgxf
hI sI!” poqI kihMdI, “nhIN mMmf! Auh dovyN eI rONg sn. iewk ny iKcrI Kf
ky rONg kIqf, dUjy ny qwqf icmqf lf ky rONg kIqf.” mYN hYrfn rih igaf.
kI awj qwk iksy dfdI ny poqI nUM bolx df mOkf hI nhIN idwqf hovygf jo
kIqI iËafdqI df bdlf lYx leI dUjy dI pUC `qy qwqf icmtf lfAuxf asIN
inafieXukq bxf ilaf. jy sfzI pihlI bfq bdlf lYx nUM inafiesMgq
TihrfAuNdI hY qF bdlf lYxf sfzI cyqnf df ihwsf qF bxnf hI sI. ies pihlI
bfq df asr Ëfiel krn leI ‘iÉmF krdI’ kivqf nUM pusqk ivwc pihlI kivqf
vjoN Èfml krnf hor vI cMgI qrHF smJ af igaf hY.
bdlf lYx dI QF asIN muafÌ krnf kdoN iswKFgy. isr lfhux nfloN iksy dy isr
AuWqy rwiKaf hwQ Èfied gurU nUM iËafdf cMgf lwgy!
Èbd aqy BgfAuqI dI pihl-dUj bdlx vflf dlyr pr shI kMm krn qoN bfad
suKpfl sfzy pRcilq prMpirk ieiqhfs nUM iewk hor vwzf Jtkf idMdf hY.
‘ÈhId’ hoxf jF ‘mr jfxf’ sfzI vwzI kImq bx cuwkf hY. asIN ‘ÈhId’ hox `qy
mfx krdy hF. asIN mrnf awgy krky ijAUx nUM ipwCy Dwk idwqf hY. ‘mrn’ dy
romFs ny sfzI ‘ijAUx dI afs’ Czf CwzI hY. sfzIaF pRfpqIaF dI sUcI ivwc
isKrlf isrlyK sfzIaF ‘ÈhIdIaF’ hI hn. asIN sB nUM huwb ky afpxf zuwlHf
lhU vKfAuNdy hF. ies lhU nUM sMBflx nfl sfzIaF rgF ivwc ijhVy Puwl
mihkxy sn, ijhVIaF lÊrF lihrfAuxIaF sn, ijhVI hirafvl dI cfdr ivCxI sI,
AusqoN asIN awKF mIt CwzIaF aqy sB kuwJ nUM lhU ivwc iBwj jfx idwqf.
sfnUM pqf nhIN lwgdf; asIN iksy hor dy muÌfd leI ‘Jtky jf rhy hF jF
Jtkfey’ jf rhy hF; ÈhId nhIN ho rhy. surwiKaf kvc pihnI dUr ipwCy
surwiKaq bYTy cfqr lok sfzy ies romFck jËby nUM afpxy ihqF leI hmyÈf
vrqdy afey hn, hmyÈf vrqdy rihMdy hn. sfzIaF lfÈF `qy AuhnF afpxIaF
kursIaF dy pfvy rwKy hoey ny.
suKpfl ‘ÈhIdI’ dy ies romFs df AuCfV pfV idMdf hY. Auh afpxy lhU dI kImq
jfxdf hY. ies nUM aMjfeI zolx df ivÈvfsI nhIN. aijhf Auh iksy kmËorI kr
ky nhIN krdf sgoN ies krky krdf hY ikAuNik Auh mrn nfloN ijAUx nUM vDyry
mhwqv idMdf hY. Auh jfxdf hY ik gurU df nF lY ky mr jfx nfloN, ‘sqI’ ho
jfx nfloN gurU dI afqmf nUM ijAUNdI rwKx leI AusdI ‘ibRhf dI cot Kf ky
ijAUNdy jI mrn’ df kfrj bhuq aOKf hY. Auh aOKy kMm dI cox krdf hY.
sdIaF qoN bxf idwqI geI zUMGI lIh nUM pfV ky Aus ivcoN bfhr afAuxf aqy
afpxy Coty Coty hwQF nfl inwky inwky buwk Brky sdIaF qoN gurU dIaF pYVF
ivwc Br geI ryqf nUM bfhr kwZ ky AuhnF nUM muV qoN nMigaf krnf aqy Pyr
‘gurU vrgf bxn leI’ AuhnF pYVF AuWqy afpxy pYr Dr ky iksy sfQ qoN ibnf
hOlI hOlI qurnf koeI suKwlf kfrj nhIN; Éfs qOr `qy Aus vyly jdoN ‘gurU
nUM afpxy vrgf hI bxf lYx’ vfilaF dI BIV vwloN AusnUM ‘kurfhIaf’ kih ky
iqRskfr dyx aqy ‘qnÉfhIaf’ krfr dyx df Éqrf hr vyly isr `qy mMzlf irhf
hovy!
pMjfb dy ivrUpq kr idwqy ieiqhfs nUM suKpfl ny ijvyN muV qoN
punr-pirBfiÈq kr ky nvF srUp idwqf hY, ieh Ausdf awj ilKI jf rhI kivqf
dy isr aihsfn hY. Ausny sfzy ieiqhfs nUM gqI vI idwqI hY qy idÈf vI. swc
bolx dI juraq vflf ivrlf kfrj kr ky joÉm vI AuTfieaf hY.
pRqIkrm-ivhUxI sMGxI `cuwp’ vyK ky AusnUM bhuq koÌq huMdI hY. AusdI
kivqf ‘aijhI byikrk cuwp’ dy iÉlfÌ vI aYlfny-jMg hY. AusnUM qF aijhI
cuwp dI qlfÈ hY jo jMgF hfrn qoN bfad vI ‘ËÌrnfmf’ ilKx dI qfkq idMdI
hovy. Auh mMzI dy ivsQfr leI lfeIaF jMgF df qF ivroDI hY pr afpxy aMdr
lwgI jMg dy syk nfl Ausdf aMdr pftx nUM afAuNdf hY. Auh asmfn vwl nËrF
qy bfhvF AuTf ky vyKx dI QF cfr-cuÌyry Kloqy guMigaF boilaF vwl vyK ky
cIkdf hY, ‘eynI kurlfxI mfr pYNdI vyK ky quhfnUM drd ikAuN nhIN
afAuNdf!’ Auh ieh vI puwCdf hY ik awj kwlH bMdy nfloN kuwqf hoxf cMgf
ikAuN ho igaf hY! ieh DrqI ‘bMidaF dy rihx Xog kdoN hovygI!’
ies DrqI dy bMidaF dy rihxXog nf hox ipwCy iewk vwzf kfrn ieh vI hY ik
dunIaF dI awDI vsoN aOrq nUM Ausdy ‘mfnv’ hox dy gOrv qoN ivrvf rwiKaf
igaf hY. aOrq dI vsqU-hoNd df idl CUhvF kfivk-ibafn pusqk ivwc QF QF `qy
awQrUaF vFg ilÈk irhf hY.
awj jdoN sfzI bhuqI kivqf jF qF bMidaF dy ‘aMdrIN’ GuMmdI iPrdI hY jF
‘aMbrIN’ AuzfrIaF lf rhI hY qy hflfq dIaF awKF nfl iswDIaF awKF
imlfAuxoN kqrf rhI hY AudoN suKpfl dI kivqf KUMÉfr biGafVF dIaF awKF
ivwc byÉOÌ Jfkx df jyrf krdI hY; Ausdy jbfiVaF nUM iswDf hwQ pfAuNdI hY.
ieh kivqf bMdy nUM jVH, suMn aqy sMvydnhIx hox qoN bcfAuNdI hY. ieh
siQqIaF nUM ijAuN dIaF iqAuN isr Jukf ky svIkfrn dI kivqf nhIN, sgoN isr
AuTf ky llkfrn dI kivqf hY. ieh pRqIroD dI kivqf hY, riËstYNs dI. ieh
sfDfrn qy BYa-BIq hoey bMdy nUM AusdI lGUqf `coN bfhr kwZdI hY; AusnUM
hOslf idMdI hY ik Auh bypwq hoey bybws bMidaF dy ihq leI vwzI lVfeI
BfvyN byÈwk nf lVy pr Ëulm aqy jbr dy iÉlfÌ Auh dMd qF pIh skdf hY, rotI
qF guwsy nfl cwbf skdf hY, cIk qF mfr skdf hY, DwkVF-DfVvIaF dI iDr ivwc
Èfml hox qoN ienkfrI qF ho skdf hY. ies mksd leI jy AusnUM afpxy bol
gvfc gey lwgdy hn jF Auh AuhnF nUM ‘afpxy’ kih ky afKx qoN zr lwgdf hY
qF afpxy vzyiraF dy afKy bol qF bol hI skdf hY.. Auh vwzIaF nhIN qF
eynIaF ku CotIaF CotIaF lVfeIaF qF lV hI skdf hY! CotIaF lVfeIaF lVidaF
afpy vwzIaF lVfeIaF lVn dI jfc vI af jFdI hY qy hOslf vI. ieh kivqf
sfnUM hOslf vI idMdI hY qy lVn dI jfc vI isKfAuNdI hY. ieh kivqf nmoÈI
ivwc JukIaF DOxF nUM iswDf qx ky KVox dI qfkq idMdI hY. isr AuTf ky
KloqI ies kivqf nUM asIN isr AuWcf cuwk ky slfm afKdy hF.
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