Chitrakoot sabha 01
Vashishtha: He Ram! Tum dharm, neeti aur gyan ke bhandaar ho. Sab ke mann ke bhaav tum ko vidit hain. Aur unme khara aur khota kaun hai uski pehchaan bhi tumhe hai. Tum yeh bhi jaante ho ki Bharat tumhare paas ek prarthana liye aaye hain. Aur unki praarthana ka samarthan karne ke liye maataaen, mantrigan, Ayodhyavaasi aur ham bhi aaye hain.Tumhare viyog me shok ke athaah saagar me doobe hue in aatmiyajano ki dasha, badi karunajanak hai. Tum to karunanidhaan ho. Ab inka dukh kaise dur ho, uska koi upaay tumhe avashya karna chaahiye. Yahi ham sab ki, tumse praarthana hai.
Ram: He poojyavar! Hamare kul me guru ki aagyaa ka paalan karna, param dharm maanaa gayaa hai. Usi me sabka hit nihit hai. Isliye aap jo bhi aagyaa denge, sabhi uska paalan karenge. Mai saari sabha ke saamne pratigyaa kartaa hun. Mere liye aapki jo bhi aagyaa hogi, use shirodhaarya karke uska paalan karunga.
(All faces turned joyful with the hope that now Gurudev will order and Ram will obey and matter is over)
Ab aap hi, saadhumat, lokmat, raajniti, aur Vedshaastron me kahe gaye dharm ke anusaar, jo sabse uttam upaay ho, usike anusaar aagyaa dijiye.
(Surrendering to Gurudev and asking from him the most appropriate solution of the problem â Being God's incarnation, indirectly reminding the great sage about his duty as a kulguru and leaving the entire responsibility of decision on the person having the STATUS of most knowledgable person present and formally respecting Guru's position by showing his down to earth approach of not being proudy/egoistic/rigid about own knowledge in front of Guru)
Vashishtha: Ram! Jo dwaar par maangne aataa hai, use keval apna dukh aur apni aavashyakta hi dikhai deti hai. Yaachak neeti aneeti ko nahi soch sakta. Isi prakaar, ham is samay yaachak ban kar aaye hain. Bharat ki pavitra bhraatruprem ki teevra dhaaraa me, hamari buddhi, hamara vivek beh gaya hai. Is samay hame saadhumat, lokmat, raajneeti aur shaastra sammat dharm ka aabhaas nahi raha. Hame keval Bharat ka prem aur uski vihavalta hi dikhai de rahi hai. Ham itna hi keh sakte hain, ki Bharat ka hit dekh kar, jo kiya jaayega, wahi shubh hoga.
(Looking at Bharat)
Taat Bharat! Tumhare bade bhai krupasindhu hai. Atah sab sankoch tyaag kar, tum unke saamne apne hriday ki baat keh do.
(Vashishtha also rightfully didn't misuse his authority given by Ram to order by clarifying his state of mind that his order would be biased)
Bharat: Param pujya Gurudev! Bhaiya! Samast rishigan! Ayodhya raajya ke maanneeya mantrigan! Aur prajaajan! Mai aap sab ke saamne khada ho kar is sabha me ghoshna karta hun; ki Ayodhya ke jis raajya ke asali uttaradhikaari Shri Ram hain, meri maataa ne badi kutil neeti dwaaraa mere pitaashree mahaaraaj Dashrath ko, unke diye hue vachan ke jaal me phaans kar, wo raaj mujhe dila diya. Parantu aise adharm ke path par chalna, mai sarvatha anuchit maanta hun; kyunki raaj ka adhikaari, sarvada jyesth putra hi hota hai. Hamare kul ki riti aur vidhaan bhi yahi hai. Isliye, uske viruddh jaanaa adharm hoga. Mai yeh bhi jaantaa hun, ki mujh jaise paapi ke mukh se, dharm aur adharm ki baat sun kar, saaraa sansaar parihaas karega. Parantu mujhe ek hi aashaa hai. Shree Ram jaisa daataa yeh nahi dekhega, ki maangnewala paatra hai ya kupaatra. Isliye, mere avguno ko na dekh kar, meri yeh praarthana swikaar kijiye. Apne kuldharm ke anusaar, Ayodhya ke raaj sinhaasan ko grahan karke, mujhe aur meri kalankini maataa ko apne paapon ka praayashchit karne me sahaayataa kijiye.
Ram (Becoming emotional): Taat! Tum apne hriday me vyarth glaani kar rahe ho. Mai Bhagwan Shankar ko saakshi karke kehta hun, ki teeno kaal, aur teeno lokon me, tum jaisa dharmaatmaa purush, na hua hai, aur na hoga. Tum par kutilta ka aarop lagaanaa mahapaap hai. Bharat! Tumhare jaise mahaatmaa ka naam smaran karne se hi; paap, prapanch aur samast amangal mit jaate hain. Maataa Keikei ko bhi wohi murkh dosh denge, jinhe guru se sachcha gyaan nahi mila. Bharat! Mere bhai! In bhaavnaaon se upar uth kar, keval itna socho, ki hamare mahaan pitaa ne, maataa Keikei ko diye hue jis vachan ke liye, na keval mujhe tyaag diya; varan mujhe tyaagne ke dukh me, apne praan bhi tyaag diye; aise satyavaadi pita ke vachan ko, ham chaaron bhai nibhaayen; ya unke swargvaas ke pashchaat, unke vachan ka niraadar karke unhe jhootha pramaanit kar den? Bataao Bharat. Is samay ham chaaron bhaion ka kya dharm hai?
(Bharat was thinking from the point of view of LOKNINDA and was wrongly putting himself forward to be guilty. Ram tried to raise him beyond the level of emotions trying to bring him to his own (Ram's) level and reminding him that duties of all brothers are same. He tried to uplift Bharat in his KARMA. He has clearly understood that Keikei is also not to be blamed by a man of true knowledge because he could identify in every happening the plan of destiny. The promises which Keikei had forgotten and had no need to ask after so many years â why was she reminded and did ask then only. It was therefore a clear plan of destiny for some major welfare when Dashrath gave her those promises way back in the past but she didn't have anything to ask then)
Keikei: Ram! Mai is yogya to nahi, kintu aaj sabke saamne, mai tumse kshama maangti hun. Mujhe kshama kar do Ram. Swargiya mahaaraaj ne mujhe var diye the. Woh mere prati vachanbaddh the. Mai aaj, sab gurujano ke saamne, swargiya mahaaraaj se liye hue un vachano ko waapas leti hun. Aur tum sabko, apne un vachno se mukt karti hun.
Ram: Iske liye bahut der ho gayee maataa. Aapko vachan dene, athva apna vachan waapas lene ka adhikaar, keval pitaashree ko tha. Mai to keval itna hi jaantaa hun, ki pitaashree ke parlok sidhaarne ke baad, unke vachan ka paalan karna, ek putra ke liye sansaar ke sab dharmo se bada dharm hai. Mujhe vishwaas hai, apne antim samay me bhi unhe is baat par garv raha hoga, ki unke putra ne unke vachan ka paalan kiya. Kya unki mrityu ke baad ham unka woh garv nasht kar denge?
Bharat. Hamare pitaa jaane se pehle yeh aagyaa de gaye hain, ki ek putra van me rahe, tatha dusra raajaa bane. Unki is aagyaa ka paalan karna hi ham sab ka dharm hai.
Bharat: Thik hai. Agar yahi dharm hai, to mai chaudah varsh van mai rehta hun. Parantu aap Ayodhya laut jaaiye.
Ram: Dharm vyaapaar nahi hota Bharat; jo vastuon ko adal badal kar diya jaay. Dharm ati kathor aur vyaktigat hota hai. Yadi har praani apna kartavya ek doosre ke kandhe par daal de, to srishti me anaachaar phail jaayega. Tum raajaa ho kar aise anaachaar ki baat sochte ho, to iska prabhaav prajaa ke saadhaaran manushyon par kya padega.đ˛ Yeh baat kehte hue, tumne uchit anuchit ka vichaar nahi kiya mere bhai.
Bharat: Bhaiya. Bhaiya is samay mujhe uchit anuchit kuchh nahi sujh raha. Bas. Mujhe ek hi baat ka bharosa hai. Mere bhaiya ka mujh par itna sneh hai, ki bachpan me bhi, jab kabhi mai khel me haar jaataa tha, to mere liye jhooth bol kar bhi mujhe jeeta dete the. Aaj bhi; aaj bhi usi sneh ko yaad karke, mai apne snehi bhaiya se yeh kehne ka saahas kar raha hun, ki aaj bhi aap uchit anuchit ka vichaar tyaag kar, mujhe jeeta denge. Bhaiya. Bhaiya mai wahi aapka chhota sa Bharat hun bhaiya.
Ram: Tumhare liye to mai aaj bhi jhooth bolne ka paap kar sakta hun. Kyunki usme keval paap ka dand, mujhe hi bhogna hoga. Parantu tum mujhse wo kaarya karne ko keh rahe ho, jisse hamare pitaashree ka vachan jhootha ho jaayega. (All faces sad)
Putra to use kehte hain, jo apne satkarmo ka phal, apne pita ko samarpit karke, parlok me unka uddhaar kare. Na ki wo, jo pitaa ke satkarm ko jhootha karke unka mastak lajja se jhuka de. (Silence in the meeting)
Bharat (In tears): To thik hai bhaiya. Aap apna kartavya nibhaaiye. Mai apna dharm nibhaataa hun. Mai bhi isi parnkooti ke saamne kusha bichha kar ann jal grahan kiye bina tab tak baitha rahunga jab tak yeh nirnay nahi ho jaataa ke Shri Ram ko Bharat pyaaraa hai ya nahi. Nahi to inhi charno me praan de dunga.
Ram (Very anxiously standing up and becoming emotional): đ˛ Nahi. Nahi Bharat nahi. Mujhe aise dharam sankat me na daalo. Mujh se tumhara dukh sahan nahi hoga. Gurudev. Gurudev raksha kijiye Gurudev.
Vashishtha: Mai bhi "Kim kartavya vimudh" ho raha hun Ram. Aisa lagta hai. Bharat apne prem ki Ganga me sab kuchh dubo dega. Dharm, gyaan, vivek, kuchh nahi bachega.
(Janak's messenger arrives and give the news of Janak about to reach Chitrakoot after hearing about Bharat in Chitrakoot with Guru and all mothers)
Vashishtha: Ye ati aananddaayak suchna hai. Mahaaraaj Janak ke aane se hamara bhaar halka ho gaya hai. Videhraaj, nishpaksha roop se, hamari samasya suljha denge. Atah, aaj ki yah sabha, unke aane tak, sthagit ki jaay.