द्रौपदी चीरहरण

Mahabharata ke Sabhaparva mein varnit Draupadi Cheerharan ki katha dharm aur adharm ke beech ke sangharsh ka sabse marmik udaaharan hai. Yah ghatna Kuruvansh ke vinaash ka pramukh kaaran bani.

Hastinapur ki rajsabha mein Shakuni ne Yudhishthir ko dyut (juaa) khelne ke liye aamantrit kiya. Shakuni ke paase sadaiv uski ichchhaanusaar girte the kyunki ve uske pita ki asthiyon se bane the. Dharmraj Yudhishthir ek-ek karke apna saara rajya, dhan, bhaiyon aur ant mein swayam ko bhi haar gaye.

Duryodhan ne tab Yudhishthir ko uksaya ki ve Draupadi ko bhi daav par lagayein. Dharmsankat mein phanse Yudhishthir ne Draupadi ko daav par rakh diya aur woh bhi haar gaye. Yah sunkar poori sabha stabdh rah gayi.

Duryodhan ne apne bhai Dushasana ko aadesh diya ki Draupadi ko baalon se pakadkar sabha mein kheenchkar laye. Dushasana ne Draupadi ko unke keshon se pakda aur unhe ghaseetate hue bhari sabha mein le aaya. Draupadi ne vilaap karte hue sabha ke bade-bade yoddhaaon — Bhishma Pitamah, Guru Dronacharya, Vidur — sabse nyay ki guhaar lagayi, parantu sab maun rahe.

Duryodhan ne apni jaangh par thapthpakar Draupadi ko baithne ka apmaanjanak ishaara kiya. Phir usne Dushasana ko aadesh diya ki Draupadi ke vastra utaare jaayein. Dushasana ne Draupadi ka cheer kheenchna aarambh kiya.

Us bhayankar kshan mein Draupadi ne sabhi aashaayein tyagkar Bhagwan Shri Krishna ko pukaara — "He Govind! He Dwarkanath! He Krishna! Meri laaj rakho!" Unki pukaar sunkar Bhagwan Krishna ne divya chamatkar kiya. Jaise-jaise Dushasana vastra khheenchta gaya, vaise-vaise Draupadi ke shareer par naye-naye vastra prakat hote gaye. Dushasana thakkar choor ho gaya, parantu vastron ka ant nahi hua.

Bheem ne krodh mein bhayankar pratigya li ki ve Dushasana ki chhaati ka rakt piyenge aur Duryodhan ki jaangh todenge. Yah pratigya Kurukshetra ke mahayuddh mein poori hui.

Is ghatna ke baad Draupadi ne pratigya ki ki jab tak Dushasana ke rakt se unke kesh nahi dhoye jaayenge, tab tak ve apne baal nahi baadhhengi. Yah pratigya Mahabharata yuddh ka ek pramukh kaaran bani.

Draupadi Cheerharan ki katha humein sikhaati hai ki jo Bhagwan ki sharan mein jaata hai, Prabhu uski raksha avashya karte hain. Saath hi yah katha anyay ke viruddh awaaz uthaane aur stree sammaan ki raksha ka sandesh deti hai.