a short story in hindi language

a short story in hindi language

  प्रेमचंद  की कहानी 

   "अनाथ लड़की"

 आज हम दिल को छू लेने वाली प्रेमचंद  की  हिंदी कहानी  अनाथ लड़की   को आपके सामने  ले कर आये है कैसी लगी जरुर बताये 

a short story in hindi language

purushottamadaas poona kee sarasvatee paathashaala ka muaayana karane ke baad baahar nikale to ek ladakee ne daudakar

unaka daaman pakad liya. seth jee ruk gaye aur muhabbat se usakee taraph dekhakar poochha-kya naam hai?

ladakee ne javaab diya-rohinee.

seth jee ne use god mein utha liya aur bole-tumhen kuchh inaam mila?

ladakee ne unakee taraph bachchon jaisee gambheerata se dekhakar kaha-tum chale jaate ho, mujhe rona aata hai, mujhe bhee saath

lete chalo.

sethajee ne hansakar kaha-mujhe badee door jaana hai, tum kaise chaalogee?

rohinee ne pyaar se unakee gardan mein haath daal diye aur bolee-jahon tum jaoge vaheen main bhee chaloongee. main tumhaaree betee hoongee.

madarase ke aphasar ne aage badhakar kaha-isaka baap saal bhar hua nahee raha. mon kapade seetee hai, badee mushkil se gujar hotee hai.

jee ke seth svabhaav mein karuna bahut thee. yah sunakar unakee aankhen bhar aayeen. us bholee praarthana mein vah dard tha jo patthar-se dil ko pighala sakata hai. bekasee aur yateemee ko isase jyaada dardanaak dhang se jaahir kana naamumakin tha. unhonne socha-is nanhen-se dil mein na jaane kya aramaan honge. aur ladakiyon apane khilaune dikhaakar kahatee hongee, yah mere baap ne diya hai. vah apane baap ke saath madarase aatee hongee, usake saath melon mein jaatee hongee aur unakee dilachaspiyon ka jikr karatee hongee.

yah sab baaten sun-sunakar is bholee ladakee ko bhee khvaahish hotee hogee ki mere baap hota. mon kee muhabbat mein gaharaee aur aatmikata hotee hai jise bachche samajh nahin sakate. baap kee muhabbat mein khushee aur chaav hota hai jise bachche khoob samajhate hain.

 seth jee ne rohinee ko pyaar se gale laga liya aur bole—achchha, main tumhen apanee betee banaoonga. lekin khoob jee lagaakar padhana. ab chhuttee ka vakt aa gaya hai, mere saath aao, tumhaare ghar pahuncha doon.

 yah kahakar unhonne rohinee ko apanee motarakaar mein bitha liya. rohinee ne bade itmeenaan aur garv se apanee saheliyon kee taraph dekha. usakee badee-badee aankhen khushee se chamak rahee theen aur chehara chondanee raat kee tarah khila hua tha.

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 seth ne rohinee ko baajaar kee khoob sair karaayee aur kuchh usakee pasand se, kuchh apanee pasand se bahut-see cheejen khareedeen, yahon tak ki rohinee baaten karate-karate kuchh thak-see gayee aur khaamosh ho gaee. usane itanee cheejen dekheen aur itanee baaten suneen ki usaka jee bhar gaya. shaam hote-hote rohinee ke ghar pahunche aur motarakaar se utarakar rohinee ko ab kuchh aaraam mila. daravaaja band tha. usakee mon kisee graahak ke ghar kapade dene gayee thee. rohinee ne apane tohaphon ko ulatana-palatana shuroo kiya—khoobasoorat rabad ke khilaune, cheenee kee gudiya jara dabaane se choon-choon karane lagateen aur rohinee yah pyaara sangeet sunakar phoolee na samaatee thee. reshamee kapade aur rang-birangee saadiyon kee kaee bandal the lekin makhamalee boote kee gulakaariyon ne use khoob lubhaaya tha. use un cheejon ke paane kee jitanee khushee thee, usase jyaada unhen apanee saheliyon ko dikhaane kee bechainee thee. sundaree ke joote achchhe sahee lekin unamen aise phool kahon hain. aisee gudiya usane kabhee dekhee bhee na hongee. in khayaalon se usake dil mein umang bhar aayee aur vah apanee mohinee aavaaj mein ek geet gaane lagee. seth jee daravaaje par khade in pavitr drshy ka haardik aanand utha rahe the. itane mein rohinee kee mon rukminee kapadon kee ek potalee liye hue aatee dikhaayee dee. rohinee ne khushee se paagal hokar ek chhalong bharee aur usake pairon se lipat gayee. rukminee ka chehara peela tha, aankhon mein hasarat aur bekasee chhipee huee thee, gupt chinta ka sajeev chitr maaloom hotee thee, jisake lie jindagee mein koee sahaara nahin।

 magar rohinee ko jab usane god mein uthaakar pyaar se chooma mo jara der ke lie usakee onkhon mein unmeed aur jindagee kee jhalak dikhaayee dee. murajhaaya hua phool khil gaya. bolee—aaj too itanee der tak kahon rahee, main tujhe dhoondhane paathashaala gayee thee.

 rohinee ne humakakar kaha—main motarakaar par baithakar baajaar gayee thee. vahon se bahut achchhee-achchhee cheejen laayee hoon. vah dekho kaun khada hai?

 mon ne seth jee kee taraph taaka aur lajaakar sir jhuka liya.

 baraamade mein pahunchate hee rohinee mon kee god se utarakar sethajee ke paas gayee aur apanee mon ko yakeen dilaane ke lie bholepan se bolee—kyon, tum mere baap ho na?

 seth jee ne use pyaar karake kaha—hon, tum meree pyaaree betee ho.

 rohinee ne unase munh kee taraph yaachana-bharee aankhon se dekhakar kaha—ab tum roj yaheen raha karoge?

 seth jee ne usake baal sulajhaakar javaab diya—main yahon rahoonga to kaam kaun karega? main kabhee-kabhee tumhen dekhane aaya karoonga, lekin vahon se tumhaare lie achchhee-achchhee cheejen bhejoonga.

 rohinee kuchh udaas-see ho gayee. itane mein usakee mon ne makaan ka daravaaja khola or badee phurtee se maile bichhaavan aur phate hue kapade samet kar kone mein daal diye ki kaheen seth jee kee nigaah un par na pad jae. yah svaabhimaan striyon kee khaas apanee cheej hai.

 rukminee ab is soch mein padee thee ki main inakee kya khaatir-tavaajo karoon. usane seth jee ka naam suna tha, usaka pati hamesha unakee badaee kiya karata tha. vah unakee daya aur udaarata kee charchaen anekon baar sun chukee thee. vah unhen apane man ka devata samajha kataree thee, use kya umeed thee ki kabhee usaka ghar bhee usake kadamon se roshan hoga. lekin aaj jab vah shubh din sanyog se aaya to vah is kaabil bhee nahin ki unhen baithane ke lie ek modha de sake. ghar mein paan aur ilaayachee bhee nahin. vah apane aansuon ko kisee tarah na rok sakee.

 aakhir jab andhera ho gaya aur paas ke thaakuradvaare se ghanton aur nagaadon kee aavaajen aane lageen to unhonne jara oonchee aavaaj mein kaha—baeejee, ab main jaata hoon. mujhe abhee yahon bahut kaam karana hai. meree rohinee ko koee takaleeph na ho. mujhe jab mauka milega, use dekhane aaoonga. usake paalane-posane ka kaam mera hai aur main use bahut khushee se poora karoonga. usake lie ab tum koee phikr mat karo. mainne usaka vajeepha bondh diya hai aur yah usakee pahalee kist hai.

yah kahakar unhonne apana khoobasoorat batua nikaala aur rukminee ke saamane rakh diya. gareeb aurat kee aankhen mein aansoo jaaree the. usaka jee barabas chaahata tha ki usake pairon ko pakadakar khoob roye. aaj bahut dinon ke baad ek sachche hamadard kee aavaaj usake man mein aayee thee.

 jab seth jee chale to usane donon haathon se pranaam kiya. usake hrday kee gaharaiyon se praarthana nikalee—aapane ek bebas par daya kee hai, eeshvar aapako isaka badala de.

 doosare din rohinee paathashaala gaee to usakee bonkee saj-dhaj aankhon mein khubee jaatee thee. ustaaniyon ne use baaree-baaree pyaar kiya aur usakee saheliyon usakee ek-ek cheej ko aashchary se dekhatee aur lalachaatee thee. achchhe kapadon se kuchh svaabhimaan ka anubhav hota hai. aaj rohinee vah gareeb ladakee na rahee jo doosaron kee taraph vivash netron se dekha karatee thee. aaj usakee ek-ek kriya se shaishavochit garv aur chanchalata tapakatee thee aur usakee jabaan ek dam ke lie bhee na rukatee thee. kabhee motar kee tejee ka jikr tha kabhee baajaar kee dilachaspiyon ka bayaan, kabhee apanee gudiyon ke kushal-mangal kee charcha thee aur kabhee apane baap kee muhabbat kee daastaan. dil tha ki umangon se bhara hua tha.

ek maheene baad seth purushottamadaas ne rohinee ke lie phir tohaphe aur rupaye ravaana kiye. bechaaree vidhava ko unakee krpa se jeevika kee chinta se chhuttee milee. vah bhee rohinee ke saath paathashaala aatee aur donon mon-betiyon ek hee daraje ke saath-saath padhateen, lekin rohinee ka nambar hamesha mon se avval raha seth jee jab poona kee taraph se nikalate to rohinee ko dekhane jaroor aate aur unaka aagaman usakee prasannata aur manoranjan ke lie maheenon ka saamaan ikattha kar deta.

 isee tarah kaee saal gujar gaye aur rohinee ne javaanee ke suhaane hare-bhare maidaan mein pair rakkha, jabaki bachapan kee bholee-bhaalee adaon mein ek khaas matalab aur iraadon ka dakhal ho jaata hai.

 rohinee ab aantarik aur baahy saundary mein apanee paathashaala kee naak thee. haav-bhaav mein aakarshak gambheerata, baaton mein geet ka-sa khinchaav aur geet ka-sa aatmik ras tha. kapadon mein rangeen saadagee, aankhon mein laaj-sankoch, vichaaron mein pavitrata. javaanee thee magar ghamand aur banaavat aur chanchalata se mukt. usamen ek ekaagrata thee oonche iraadon se paida hotee hai. striyochit utkarsh kee manjilen vah dheere-dheere tay karatee chalee jaatee thee.

seth jee ke bade bete narottamadaas kaee saal tak amerika aur jarmanee kee yunivarsitiyon kee khaak chhaanane ke baad injeeniyaring vibhaag mein kamaal haasil karake vaapas aae the. amerika ke sabase pratishthit kaalej mein unhonne sammaan ka pad praapt kiya tha. amerika ke akhabaar ek hindostaanee naujavaan kee is shaanadaar kaamayaabee par chakit the. unheen ka svaagat karane ke lie bambee mein ek bada jalasa kiya gaya tha. is utsav mein shareek hone ke lie log door-door se aae the. sarasvatee paathashaala ko bhee nimantran mila aur rohinee ko sethaanee jee ne vishesh roop se aamantrit kiya. paathashaala mein haphton taiyaariyon huee. rohinee ko ek dam ke lie bhee chain na tha. yah pahala mauka tha ki usane apane lie bahut achchhe-achchhe kapade banavaaye. rangon ke chunaav mein vah mithaas thee, kaat-chhont mein vah phaban jisase usakee sundarata chamak uthee. sethaanee kaushalya devee use lene ke lie relave steshan par maujood theen. rohinee gaadee se utarate hee unake pairon kee taraph jhukee lekin unhonne use chhaatee se laga liya aur is tarah pyaar kiya ki jaise vah unakee betee hai. vah use baar-baar dekhatee theen aur aankhon se garv aur prem tapak padata tha.

 is jalase ke lie theek samundar ke kinaare ek hare-bhare suhaane maidaan mein ek lamba-chauda shaamiyaana lagaaya gaya tha. ek taraph aadamiyon ka samudr umada hua tha doosaree taraph samudr kee laharen umad rahee theen, goya vah bhee is khushee mein shareek theen.

 jab upasthit logon ne rohinee baee ke aane kee khabar sunee to hajaaron aadamee use dekhane ke lie khade ho gae. yahee to vah ladakee hai. jisane abakee shaastree kee pareeksha paas kee hai. jara usake darshan karane chaahiye. ab bhee is desh kee striyon mein aise ratan maujood hain. bhole-bhaale deshapremiyon mein is tarah kee baaten hone lageen. shahar kee kaee pratishthit mahilaon ne aakar rohinee ko gale lagaaya aur aapas mein usake saundary aur usake kapadon kee charcha hone lagee.

aakhir mistar purushottamadaas tashareeph lae. haalonki vah bada shisht aur gambheer utsav tha lekin us vakt darshan kee utkantha paagalapan kee had tak ja pahunchee thee. ek bhagadad-see mach gaee. kursiyon kee kataare gadabad ho gaeen. koee kursee par khada hua, koee usake hatthon par. kuchh manachale logon ne shaamiyaane kee rassiyon pakadeen aur un par ja latake kaee minat tak yahee toophaan macha raha. kaheen kursiyaan tooteen, kaheen kursiyon ulateen, koee kisee ke oopar gira, koee neeche. jyaada tej logon mein dhaul-dhappa hone laga.

 tab been kee suhaanee aavaajen aane lageen. rohinee ne apanee mandalee ke saath deshaprem mein dooba hua geet shuroo kiya. saare upasthit log bilakul shaant the aur us samay vah sureela raag, usakee komalata aur svachchhata, usakee prabhaavashaalee madhurata, usakee utsaah bharee vaanee dilon par vah nasha-sa paida kar rahee thee jisase prem kee laharen uthatee hain, jo dil se buraiyon ko mitaata hai aur usase jindagee kee hamesha yaad rahane vaalee yaadagaaren paida ho jaatee hain. geet band hone par taareeph kee ek aavaaj na aaee. vaheen taane kaanon mein ab tak goonj rahee theen.

 gaane ke baad vibhinn sansthaon kee taraph se abhinandan pesh hue aur tab narottamadaas logon ko dhanyavaad dene ke lie khade hue. lekin unake bhaashaan se logon ko thodee niraasha huee. yon dosto kee mandalee mein unakee vaktrta ke aaveg aur pravaah kee koee seema na thee lekin saarvajanik sabha ke saamane khade hote hee shabd aur vichaar donon hee unase bevaphaee kar jaate the. unhonne badee-badee mushkil se dhanyavaad ke kuchh shabd kahe aur tab apanee yogyata kee lajjit sveekrti ke saath apanee jagah par aa baithe. kitane hee log unakee yogyata par gyaaniyon kee tarah sir hilaane lage.

 ab jalasa khatm hone ka vakt aaya. vah reshamee haar jo sarasvatee paathashaala kee or se bheja gaya tha, mej par rakha hua tha. use heero ke gale mein kaun daale? president ne mahilaon kee pankti kee or najar daudaee. chunane vaalee aankh rohinee par padee aur thahar gaee. usakee chhaatee dhadakane lagee. lekin utsav ke sabhaapati ke aadesh ka paalan aavashyak tha. vah sar jhukaaye hue mej ke paas aayee aur konpate haathon se haar ko utha liya. ek kshan ke lie donon kee aankhen mileen aur rohinee ne narottamadaas ke gale mein haar daal diya.

 doosare din sarasvatee paathashaala ke mehamaan vida hue lekin kaushalya devee ne rohinee ko na jaane diya. bolee—abhee tumhen dekhane se jee nahin bhara, tumhen yahon ek haphta rahana hoga. aakhir main bhee to tumhaaree mon hoon. ek mon se itana pyaar aur doosaree mon se itana alagaav!

 rohinee kuchh javaab na de sakee.

 yah saara haphta kaushalya devee ne usakee vidaee kee taiyaariyon mein kharch kiya. saataven din use vida karane ke lie steshan tak aayeen. chalate vakt usase gale mileen aur bahut koshish karane par bhee aansuon ko na rok sakeen. narottamadaas bhee aaye the. unaka chehara udaas tha. kaushalya ne unakee taraph sahaanubhootipoorn aankhon se dekhakar kaha—mujhe yah to khyaal hee na raha, rohinee kya yahon se poona tak akelee jaayegee? kya harj hai, tumheen chale jao, shaam kee gaadee se laut aana.

 narottamadaas ke chehare par khushee kee lahar daud gayee, jo in shabdon mein na chhip sakee—achchha, main hee chala jaoonga. vah is phikr mein the ki dekhen bidaee kee baatacheet ka mauka bhee milata hai ya nahin. ab vah khoob jee bharakar apana darde dil sunaayenge aur mumakin hua to us laaj-sankoch ko, jo udaaseenata ke parade mein chhipee huee hai, mita denge.

rukminee ko ab rohinee kee shaadee kee phikr paida huee. pados kee auraton mein isakee charcha hone lagee thee. ladakee itanee sayaanee ho gayee hai, ab kya budhaape mein byaah hoga? kaee jagah se baat aayee, unamen kuchh bade pratishthit gharaane the. lekin jab rukminee un paimaanon ko sethajee ke paas bhejatee to ve yahee javaab dete ki main khud phikr mein hoon. rukminee ko unakee yah taal-matol buree maaloom hotee thee.

 rohinee ko bambee se laute maheena bhar ho chuka tha. ek din vah paathashaala se lautee to use amma kee chaarapaee par ek khat pada hua mila. rohinee padhane lagee, likha tha—bahan, jab se mainne tumhaaree ladakee ko bambee mein dekha hai, main us par reejh gaee hoon. ab usake bagair mujhe chain nahin hai. kya mera aisa bhaagy hoga ki vah meree bahoo ban sake? main gareeb hoon lekin mainne seth jee ko raajee kar liya hai. tum bhee meree yah vinatee kabool karo. main tumhaaree ladakee ko chaahe phoolon kee sej par na sula sakoon, lekin is ghar ka ek-ek aadamee use aankhon kee putalee banaakar rakhega. ab raha ladaka. mon ke munh se ladake ka bakhaan kuchh achchha nahin maaloom hota. lekin yah kah sakatee hoon ki paramaatma ne yah jodee apanee haathon banaayee hai. soorat mein, svabhaav mein, vidya mein, har drshti se vah rohinee ke yogy hai. tum jaise chaahe apana itmeenaan kar sakatee ho. javaab jald dena aur jyaada kya likhoon. neeche thode-se shabdon mein sethajee ne us paigaam kee siphaarish kee thee.

 rohinee gaalon par haath rakhakar sochane lagee. narottamadaas kee tasveer usakee aankhon ke saamane aa khadee huee. unakee vah prem kee baaten, jinaka silasila bambee se poona tak nahin toota tha, kaanon mein goonjane lageen. usane ek thandee sons lee aur udaas hokar chaarapaee par let gaee.

sarasvatee paathashaala mein ek baar phir sajaavat aur saphaee ke drshy dikhaee de rahe hain. aaj rohinee kee shaadee ka shubh din. shaam ka vakt, basant ka suhaana mausam. paathashaala ke daaro-deevaar muskara rahe hain aur hara-bhara bageecha phoola nahin samaata.

 chandrama apanee baaraat lekar poorab kee taraph se nikala. usee vakt mangalaacharan ka suhaana raag us roopahalee chondanee aur halke-halke hava ke jhokon mein laharen maarane laga. doolha aaya, use dekhate hee log hairat mein aa gae. yah narottamadaas the.

doolha mandap ke neeche gaya. rohinee kee mon apane ko rok na sakee, usee vakt jaakar seth jee ke pair par gir padee. rohinee kee aankhon se prem aur aandad ke aansoo bahane lage.

 mandap ke neeche havan-kund bana tha. havan shuroo hua, khushaboo kee lapeten hava mein utheen aur saara maidaan mahak gaya. logon ke dilo-dimaag mein taajagee kee umang paida huee.

 phir sanskaar kee baaree aaee. doolha aur dulhan ne aapas mein hamadardee; jimmedaaree aur vaphaadaaree ke pavitr shabd apanee jabaanon se kahe. vivaah kee vah mubaarak janjeer gale mein padee jisamen vajan hai, sakhtee hai, paabandiyon hain lekin vajan ke saath sukh aur paabandiyon ke saath vishvaas hai. donon dilon mein us vakt ek nayee, balavaan, aatmik shakti kee anubhooti ho rahee thee.

 jab shaadee kee rasmen khatm ho gayeen to naach-gaane kee majalis ka daur aaya. mohak geet goonjane lage. seth jee thakakar choor ho gae the. jara dam lene ke lie baageeche mein jaakar ek bench par baith gaye. thandee-thandee hava aa rahee aa rahee thee. ek nasha-sa paida karane vaalee shaanti chaaron taraph chhaayee huee thee. usee vakt rohinee unake paas aayee aur unake pairon se lipat gayee. seth jee ne use uthaakar gale se laga liya aur hansakar bole—kyon, ab to tum meree apanee betee ho gayeen?

 --jamaana, joon 1914

a short story in hindi language  प्रेमचंद  की कहानी  "अनाथ लड़की"  आपको कैसी लगी कमेंट कर जरुर बताये जल्द ही हम और मिलेगे एक और नयी a short story in hindi language  के साथ