Gaaye aur Akrithith Sangeet

“Main aaj khush aur ashawaad hoon.” Eliza  Hewitt ne likha, “aur ziyada mahaanta aur joyti koi aur bhi dharti ke aasmaan se, ki Ishu mera joyti hai.”¹ Sabhi naut par khushi ke saath, ki aschariye purana Masih ishubhajan bina muskuraaye gana gaya hi nahi ja sakta hai. Parantu main ek azaad bhaashankarta ki tarah chahata hoon aur us ke ek laain ko anuwaad karta hoon jo un dinon mein madad karega jab hume gaana ya muskuraana mushkil lage aur “shaanti bhare khushi ke pal” ab “ah” nahisakta hai. Agar ek pal ke liye tum dusron se khushibhare sangeet ko sunn na sako, main chahata hoon ki is ishubhajan ke lain ko dhyaan se sunno jo aaswaasan deta hai ki, “Sangeet jo [tum] gaa nahi saktey ho woh Ishu sunn raha hai.”²

Parmeshwar ke bachchon ki tarah hum jo sachchaaion ko jheltein hain is bure duniya mein kuch dinon mein mushkil, dinon jab humare vishwaas aur himmat ko parkha jata hai. Yeh mushkilein aati hai kyuki hume mein hi kuch kami hai, dusron mein kami, ya jiwan mein hi kuch kami, parantu jo kuch bhi karan ho, hume pata chala weh hume humare khushi aur abhaar ko dikhlaane nahi detey aur hume vishwaas dilata hai ki hum khushiyon ko aatma mein kabhi nahi prapt karenge”³ jo Eliza Hewitt apne ek bhaag mein batla raha hai.

To hum us samay par kya karenge? Ek cheez ke liye, hum Devdut Paul ke salaha ko swikaar kartein hain aur “asha kartein hain ki hume [wah] kabhi dekhna na pade … [aur] uske liye vinamrata ho.”⁴ Un palon mein jab humare khushi itna kam ho jata hai ki hum kuch jaan hi nahi paatey, kuch pal ke liye hume shaant raha rahana hoga aur dusron ko saralta se sunna, humare ird-gird ke sangeet ki mahima se shakti prapt karein. Hum mein se kai jo “vishwaas ko banane ke liye koshish kar rahe hai” ke humare aatam-nirbharta badh raha hai aur humare sangeet mein mahaan sudhaar hoga kisi aur shaktishaaly ke ziyada achche awaaz ke, saath kaam karke. Wahi hota hai jab dhaarmik cheezon ke saath kartey hai, hume kada hona chahiye sharirk taur se Uddhaarkarta aur duniya ke Muktidata ke saath-jo sahi tarah se Apne vishwaas ko dikhlata hai. Hum phir Uske chamta se himmat jutatein hain wah samjhne ke liye jo hum batla nahi saktein aur Uske sangeet se asha kartein hain apne khudh se mukhti ko banane ke liye. Sach mein yah hai “jo Prabhu kareeb hai” ki “mujhe shaanti ka ahesaas hai mere hriday mein [aur] mahaan phool khitey hain.”⁵

Un dinon mein jab hum sabhi se alag soch aur faesle mahesoos kartein hain; todha alag jo hum dusron mein dekhtein ya sunntein hain, main hum se puchna chahata hoon, khaaskar Girjaghar ke yuva se, ki yaad rakho ki yah diviye yojna mein hai ki Parmeshwar ke gaayakmandali ke sabhi awaazein ek hi tarah ke nahi hotey. Us mein kai- sorparanos aur altors, baritans aur besses hotein hain- achche sangeet ko banane ke liye. Do mahaan Antin-din Santan ki mahilaaoun ke ek patara se ek lain ko batlata hoon, “Sabhi Parmeshwar ke logon ko gaayakmandali mein swikaar kiya jayega.”⁶ Jab hum apne chamta ko kamzor kartein hain ya galat chin lagane ki koshish kartein hain— chin jo ek laalchi parampara se hota hai aur kisi bh tarah janta maadhyam sachche taur se samjh letein hain—hum logon ke beech ke gun aur antar ko kho detein hain jo Parmeshwar ne banaya tha jab Usne duniya mein kai cheezein banaye

Yah is liye nahi kaha gaya hai ki is diviye gaane mein sabhi ladaka ya ladki zor se gaana shuru kar saktey hai veyaktigat gaane mein! Besuri zor ki awaazein parwartan naho hota hai, aur gaayakmandaki mein sudhaar hona chahiye—humare aaj ke kaarye ke liye, Elder Hales mai kahata hoon ki chelatav ko istamaal karta hoon—parantu jab humne ek baar diviya taur se dhun aur diviyeta ke sangaton ko swikaar kiya hai jo duniya ke banne se pahale bana tha, humare Swargy Pita ko hume apne khud ke tarie se cheezon ko karna chaha kagta hai, kisi aur ke nahi. Apneaap mein vishwaas karo, aur Usmein vishwaas karo. Apneaap ko kam mat samjho ya apne kaam ko kam zaroori. Sabse zaroori, choras mein apne kaarye ko chodo mat. Kyo? Kyuki tum anmol ho aur ek hi. Ek ki awaaz ki kami humare mahaan maranshil gayakmandali ke sabhi dosre gaayak ko kamzor kar deta hai, unke kami ke saath jo sangaton mein jaanemaane nahi mahesoos kartein hain ya Girjghar mein jaanemaane nahi.

Parantu jaesa main tum sabhi ko kaarye jo mushkil ho karna par vishwaas rakhne ko kahata hoon, main tumse yah kai kaaranon ke liye batla raha hoon main dusre tarah ke sangeet se ladh raha hoon jo hona chahiye—prantu abhi—gaya nahi gaya hai.

Jab main duniya mein aschaiye taur se payeson ki assammaantha dekhta hoon, main Shirimati. Hewitt ke saath “ashirwaadein jo [Parmeshwar] mujhe abhi de raha hai, khushiyan jo upar ‘banaya gaya’ hai ke sangeet mein sharmindagi mahesoos kar raha hoon .”⁷ Yah koras ko puri tarah, vishwaas se gaya nahi ja sakta hai jabtak humne gareebon ki madad nahi kiya ho. Ek ke mul zarooraton ko pura karne ki payeson ki kami ek sharaap hai jo humesha, har saal, aur peediyon ke baad peediyon se sharaapit ho raha hai. Yah sharir ko nasht karta, aatma par nuksaan pahuchata, parivaaron par nuksaan pahuchata, aur lakshye ko nasht karta hai. Agar hum gareebi ko kam karne ke liye aur ziyada karein, us tarah jaese Ishu ne hume humesha karne ko batlaya hai, shaayad duniya ke kuch kam ashrwaad ko thodi si khushi aur sukh mil jaye, shayad unke jiwan mein pahali baar.

Main bhi khushi aur abhari mahesoos karne mein mushkil ka saamna karta hoon jab humare ird-gird ke kai dimaagi aur sharirk bimaariyon ko jhel rahein hain ya dusre swaast ke durbal rukaawaton se. Durbhaagye se, yah mushkilein kabhikabhi kai alag tarah ke dekhbhaal karne waale ki hone par bhi hota hai. Main prarthna karta hoon ki hum in Parmeshwar ke bachchon ko unke stithiyon ko dusron se batlaaye bina hi sehne nahin denge aur ki hum Unke chamta ko paaenge un geeton ko sunne ke liye jo woh abhi ga nahi sakte.

Aur kisi din main asha karta hoon ki duniyabhar ke log saath mein kaarye ko karenge bina unke kul ya jaati ke, batlatey hue ki bandook, kalank, aur aphshabdh insaan ke ladaaiyon ko suljhaane ka tarika nahi hai. Swarg se batlaya gaya hai ki hum se batlaao wah tarika jisse yah stithi puri tarah se tabhi suljhega jab Parmeshwar se prem karenge aur Uske agaayoun ka paalan karenge, is tarah woh ek aakhri darwaaza khulega, shakti shaali dhang se ek dusre ko padosiyon ki tarah prem karna. Bhavishyevakta Ether ne sikhlaya hai ki hume “achche duniya ki asha “karna chahiye. Is soch ko padgatey hue ek hazaar saalon baad, Moroni jo laadai aur jhagda se thaka tha ne batlaya ki “sabse achcha tarika” hai us duniya ke liye Ishu Masih ka susamachaar humesha rahega.⁸

Hum bahut hi abhari hain ki is tarah ke mushkilon mein yaha par, samay samay par, ek dusri tarah ki sangeet hum paatey hai jo hum ga nahi saktey hain, parantu, ek dusre karan se. Ayse hi samay ahesaas bahot hi bada aur veyaktigat hai, itna pavitra, ki weh batlaye nahi ja saktey ya nahi chahiye—Cordelia ka apne pita ke liye prem ki tarah, jiske par usne kaha, “main apna prem … puri tarah se batla nahi sakta hoon. … Main apne ahesaas ko puri tarah se dikhla nahi sakta hoon.”⁹ Jaise kuch pavitra mila ho, yeh ahesaas saralta se batlaye nahi jaatey—mahaan dhaarmikta se batlaya jata hai—Ishu se kiye hue prarthna ki tarah Nephite bachchon ke liye. Jo us stithi ke gawahi the ne likha:

“Akhon ne kabhi dekha nahi, naki kaanon ne kabhi sunna; 

“… koi bhi bhasha nahi batla sakta, naki koi bhi insaan likh sakta, naki insaan ke hriday mein itna mahaan aur schariye cheezein ho sakti hai joki hum dono ne Ishu ko batlatey hue dekha aur sunna.”¹⁰

Yah sabhi pavitra samay ankaha rahata hai kyunki batlane mein, agar asaan lage, shayad use izzat nahi mile jaesa dikhe.

Bhaaiyon aur bahanon, hum maranshilein rahatein hain kai sangeet ke saath jo hum ga nahi saktey ya samjhtey nahi hai. Parantu main hum sabhi se guzaarish karta hoon ki humesha aur vishwaasi ban kar raho, jahan hum hamesha ke liye us sabse gaane ko yaad rakh paaenge—“sachche prem ke sangeet.”¹¹ Durbhaagye se, sabhi Praeschit ka istamaal kar saktein hain. Yaha par kamra hai unke liye jo alag bhasha boltein hain, alag parampara ko maantey hai, aur dur sthaanon par rahatein hain. Yaha par avivahit, shaadi-shuda, bade parivaaron waale, aur be-aolaadon ke liye kamra hai. Yah par unke liye kamra hai jo apne vishwaas par ek baar swaal utahaye the aur unke liye kamra jo abhi bhi apne vishwaas par sawaal uthatein hain. Yaha par dusre ling ke akarshit hone waalon ke liye kamra hai. Sahi mein, yaha par sabhi ke liye kamra hai jo Parmeshwar se prem kartey hai aur Uske aagyaoun ka palan kartey hai jaese ki bahot hi zaroori star ka ho veyaktigat chaalchalan mein, ki agar Parmeshwar ka prem humare gaye hue sangeet ki dhun ki tarah ho, zaroor hume Usko nibhaane ki ikcha mul rakhta hai. Diviye prem aur vishwaas, paschataap aur daya, sachaai aur maafi ke aagyaoun se, yaha par is gaayakmandali mein sabhi ke liye sthaan hai jo yaha hona chahatein hain.¹² Aao jaese bhi tum ho,” ek pyaar karne waale Pita hum sab se kahata hai, parantu wah saath mein kahata hai, “Yah na socho ki tum badal nahi saktey ho.” Hum muskuratey aur yaad kartey hai ki Parmeshwar hume use ziyada banayega jitna ki humne socha nahi ho.

Is mahaan sankirtan mein yah Uska yojna hai humare mukhti ke liye, main asha karta hoon ki hum Uske maarg par vinamrata se chaleinge aur us kaarye ko karenge jo humne kiya nahi ho karne ke liye jabtak hum weh kar nalein “karol[s] [humare] Raja ke liye.”¹³ Phir ek din, jaesa ki humara sabse pasandida sangeet kehta hai:

Main gawahi deta hoon ki wah ghanta ayega, ki Parmeshwar humare Anant Pita ek bhaar phir dharti par Apne Eklaute Putra ko bhejega, ek baar Raajaoun ke Raja ki tarah humesha ke liye adhikaari ki tarah. Main gawahi deta hoon ki yah Uska punaharsthaapit Girjaghar hai aur sabhi insaan ke liye Uska susamachaar ke shikshamon aur siddhaant bachane waaali gaadi ki tarah hai. Jab Uska sandeshein “sabhi deshon [aur] sabhi gharon mein pahunchge,”¹⁵ Ishu sahi mein “muskuratey hue chahare mein [nazar ayenge],”¹⁶aur zaroor se anant joyti hoga us din aatma mein. Is vaada kiye ghante ki aane ki mai bade khwaaish se prarthna karunga, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.