कहते हैं कि बादशाह अकबरके खजांचीकी स्त्रीका रूप बड़ा ही अपूर्व था। एक बार कहीं उसे देखकर बादशाह महामोहमें पड़ गया और लाखों रुपये व्यय करके भी उसकी प्राप्तिके लिये प्रयत्न करने लगा। पर ‘विचित्रं विधिचेष्टितम्’। भर्तृहरिने बड़ा ही सुन्दर कहा था- मैं जिसकी चिन्तामें सतत व्याकुल हूँ।वह मुझे बिलकुल नहीं चाहती। पर यह बात नहीं कि वह सर्वथा संसारसे उपरत है अथवा वह किसीको चाहती ही न हो। नहीं-नहीं; वह तो बुरी तरहसे एक ऐसे आदमीपर आसक्त है, जो उसे न चाहकर किसी दूसरी नायिकाको चाहता है और वह नायिका भी उसे न चाहकर किसी कारणविशेषसे मुझपर प्रसन्न है । 1ओह! मुझको, इस विडम्बनाके मूल कामदेवको तथा तत्तत् स्त्री-पुरुषोंको बार-बार धिक्कार है।
यां चिन्तयामि सततं मयि सा विरक्ता
साप्यन्यमिच्छति जनं स जनोऽन्यसक्तः
। अस्मत्कृते च परितुष्यति काचिदन्या
धिक् तां च तं च मदनं च इमां च मां च ॥
(नीतिशतक 2)
हाँ तो, भर्तृहरिके शब्दोंमें कामदेवने खजांचीकी स्त्रीको भी यही बेढब रास्ता दिखलाया। वह बादशाहसे तो घृणासे नाक-भौं सिकोड़ने लगी, पर अब्दुर्रहीम खानखानापर आसक्त हुई । खानखानाजी श्रीकृष्णभक्त थे। वह इनसे सीधे प्रस्ताव तो कैसे रखती, पर एक दिन मौका पाकर उनसे निवेदन किया- ‘खानखानाजी! मैं आप ही जैसा सुन्दर एक पुत्ररत्न चाहती हूँ।’ खानखानाजीको फिर वह एकान्त स्थानमें ले गयी। भक्तवर रहीमने भगवान् श्रीकृष्णका स्मरण किया और एकान्त पाते ही उससे बोले-‘देवि! कौन जाने हमारे जैसा पुत्र तुम्हें हो न हो, इसलिये लो आजसे मैं ही तुम्हारा पुत्र और तुम मेरी सच्ची माँ’ और यों कहकर उसके स्तनोंको पीने लग गये। भगवान्की कृपासे उसमें भी वात्सल्य आ गया उसके स्तनोंसे दूध झरने लगा। तबसे रहीमने उसे सदा ही अपनी माता माना। कहते हैं जहाँ कहीं भी अपने ग्रन्थोंमें खानखानाजीने अपनी माताका स्मरण किया है, वहाँ उसी महिलाका स्मरण तथा उल्लेख दिया है, अपनी असल माँका नहीं। तबसे उस स्त्रीका भी चित्त सर्वथा पवित्र हो गया और इधर बादशाह भी इसे जानकर सन्मार्गस्थ हो गया।
-जा0 श0
It is said that the beauty of the woman of Emperor Akbar’s treasurer was unique. Seeing him somewhere, the king fell in love and started trying to get him even after spending lakhs of rupees. But ‘Vichitram Vidhichestitam’. Bhartrihari had said very beautifully – I am constantly worried about her. She does not like me at all. But it is not that she is completely above the world or that she does not love anyone at all. No. No; He is badly enamored of a man who, instead of wanting her, loves another heroine and that heroine is also happy with me for some reason, not wanting her. 1Oh! I curse Kamdev, the origin of this irony, and that men and women again and again.
ya chintayami satatam mayi sa virkta
साप्यन्मिच्छति जनंस जनोऽन्यसक्तः
, asmatkrite cha paritushyati kachidnya
धिक्तां च तं च मदन च इमां च मा ॥
Yes, in the words of Bhartrihari, Kamdev showed the same awkward path to the woman of the cashier. She frowned at the king with hatred, but became attached to Abdurrahim Khan Khana. Khankhanaji was a devotee of Shri Krishna. How could she have made a direct proposal to him, but one day after getting a chance, requested him – ‘Khankhanaji! I want a beautiful son like you.’ She then took Khankhanaji to a secluded place. Devotee Rahim remembered Lord Krishna and as soon as he found solitude, he said to her – ‘Devi! Who knows, you may or may not have a son like us, so from today onwards, I am your son and you are my true mother’ and started drinking her breasts saying this. By the grace of God, affection came in her too, milk started flowing from her breasts. Since then Rahim always considered her as his mother. It is said that wherever Khankhanaji has remembered his mother in his books, he has mentioned and mentioned only that woman, not his real mother. Since then the mind of that woman also became completely pure and on the other side, the king also became enlightened after knowing this.
-Ja0 Sh0
