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Is Dhang se Taeyaar Jis ki Jaankaari Kabhi Nahi Thi
October 2014


Is Dhang se Taeyaar Jis ki Jaankaari Kabhi Nahi Thi

Humein bachaane waale dharam-viddhyion ko bundh-bundh prapti ke laayak taeyaari karni chahiye aur pure hriday se sabhi vaadon ko pura karna chahiye.

Jab hamari sab se choti putri apne skool ke pehle din se waapis ghar aayi, maine pucha, “Kaisa tha skool?”

Usne jawaab diya, “Bahut achcha tha.”

Dusre subha, phir, jab maine use skool jaane ke liye jagaaya, usne apne haath lapete aur kaha, “main skool padh chuki hoon!” Spashast rup se maine use taeyaar nahi kiya tha ya samjhaya tha ki skool sirf ek baar jaya nahi jaata hai parantu wah upechit thi ki skool kai saalon se haftey ke paanch dinon tak jaaya jaata hai.

Jab hum taeyaar rehne ki mul ko vichaar karte, mere saath is drishye ko socho. Tum mandir ke celestial kamre mein baete ho aur kai dulha aur dulhan ko shaanti ke saath aate aur jaate huye dekhte ho jab weh pure samay aur anant jiwan tak ke liye shaadi karne ki intazaar kartein hain. Ek dulhan celestial kamre mein aati hai, apne dulha ke haathon lekar. Wah saadhaaran parantu sundar mandir ke kapde pehne hue aur dhire, shaanti se, apne chahare par daya ke muskaan liye aati hai. Wah acchi se taeyar par vichlit nahi. Wah baet jaati hai, ird-gird dekhti hai, aur phir turant ahesaas se bhar jaati hai. Aysa laga ki uski aansoo nikle kyunki usko aadar aur sammaan pata tha donon ke liye jaha wah thi aur jo pavitra dharamvidhi ka wah intazaar kar rahi thi aur apne dulha ka. Uske achaal chalan se laga ki, “Main kitni abhaari hoon is din par Prabhu ke ghar mein ja kar, anant jiwan ke safar ko ek anant premi ke saathi shuruwaat karke. Wah us kaarye se zyada ke liye taeyaar lag rahi thi.

Hamari sundar jawaan naatin ne abhi jald hi mere liye mere takiye par ek patra lik kar choda tha jis mein likha tha: “Ek jis jo main mandir mein haltey hi mehsoos karti hoon wah hai shaanti, prem karne waali aatma jo waha par rehta hai. … Log mandir mein prerna paane ke liye ja saktein hain.”1 Wah sahi hai. Hum mandir mein prerna aur praktikaran pa saktein hain----aur jiwan ke virodhiyon ko jhelne ki shakti bhi. Wah mandir ke vishye mein kya sikh rahi thi jabki wah apne kudh ke purwajon ke naam humesha bhaag lene ke liye le jaati thi mandir ke baptisma aur swikriti ko karne se usse taeyaar karga mandir ke aur zyaada siddhaanton, aagyaoun, aur ashirwaadon ko jaanne ke liye, apne liye aur jo mar chuke dono ke liye.

Elder Russell M. Nelson ne sikhlaya, “Jabki mandiron logon ko ke liye banaya gaya hai, logon ko bhi mandir ke liye apne aap ko taeyaar karna chahiye.”2

Jab ki main Mormon Dharamshaatra ke Neta Moroni ke vishye mein dobara padh rahi hoon, mujhe Moroni ke ek mahaan jeet yaad aati hai jaha usne Nephites ko saaodhaani se taeyaar kiya tha daraone Lamanite sena se jeetne mein. Usne apne logon ko itni achchi tarah se taeyaar kiya tha ki hum padhtein hai, “Lekin sunno, [Lamanites’] aaschariye mein the, [Nephites] ko is dhang se taeyaar dekh kar, jiski jaankaari pehle se nahi thi.3

Muhaaora, “taeyaar … is dhang se jiski jaankaari pehle se nahi thi,” sachmuch mujhe paarwah hui.

Hum kis tarah is pavitra mandiron ki aashirwaad ke liye taeyaar ho sakte hain? Prabhu ne sikhlaya, “Aur dobara, main tumhe sabhi cheezon ki uddhaaran dunga.”4 Dharamshaastra ke ek uddhaaran ko dekhein jo hume achchie tarah se madad karega. Shatru ke liye Moroni ko taeyaari karne mein lagataar aur vishwaasi pariksharm karna pada, aur yahi uddhaaran ki zaroorat hai.

Main kabhi takta nahi hoon us sundar kahani se jo Uddhaarkarta ne paanch samajhdaar aur panch murakh kumaariyon par batlaya tha. Bhale hi yah kahani humare Uddhaarkarta ke Dusra Aagaman ki taeyaari ke liye batlata hai, hum mandir ashirwaadon ke taeyaari ke liye bhi istamaal kar saktein hain, jo unke liye dhaarmik daawat ki tarah ho sakta hai jo achchi tarah se taeyaar hain.

Matthew 25 mein hum padhtein hain:

“Swarg ka raagye un das kuwaariyon ke samaan hona jo apni mashaalein lekar dulhe se bhent karne ko nikali.

Unmein paanch murakh aur paanch samajhdaar thi. …

“[Jo unmein] samajhdaar thi mashaalon ke saath apni kuppioyn mein tel bhi bhar liya.

“Jab dulhe ko aane mein der hui, to weh sabungane lagi aur so gai.

“Aadhi raat ko dhoom machi, Dekho dulha aah raha hai; usse bhent karne ke liye chalo.

“Tab weh sab kunaariyan uth kar apni mashaalein dheek karne lagi.

“Aur murkhon ne samjhdaaron se kaha, apne tel mein se kuch hume bhi do, kyuki humari mashaalein bhoji ja rahi hain.

“Parantu samajhdaaron ne uttar diya, kadachit yah humare aur tumhare liye pura naho: bhala to yah hai ki tum tel bechne waale ke paas jakar apne liye mol le lo.

Aur jab weh mol lene ko ja rahi thi to dulha aah pahuncha, aur jo taeyaar thi, weh uske saath vivah ke ghar mein chali gayi aur duwaar bandh kiya gaya.

“Iske baad weh dusri kuwaariyan bhi aah kar kahane lagi, He Swami, He Swami, humare liye duwaar kholye.

“Usne uttar diya, Main tumse sach kahata hoon, Main tumhe nahi jaanta.”5

Main nahi sochta ki yaha koi hai, khaas kar us dayalu bhare hriday se, jo murakh jawaan mahilaaein ke liye bura nahi mehsoos kar rahi hongi. Aur hum mein se kuch dusron se kahana chahatey honge, “Kya tum baat nahi sakti thi taaki sabhi khush rahe?” Parntu us par socho. Yah wah kahani hai jo Uddhaarkarta ne batlaya tha, aur Wah hi hai jo un mein se paanch ko “samajhdaar” aur paanch ko “murakh” kahata hai.

Jabki hum uddhaaran ko mandir ki taeyaari ki kahani ki tarah batla rahe hain, antim-din bhavishyevkta ke shabdon ko socho jisne sikhlaya hai “Dhaarmikta ke taeyaari ke tel ko kisi se baata nahi jaata hai.”6 Pradhaan Spencer  W. Kimball ne madad kiya yah samajhne mein ki kyo weh panch “samajhdaar” jawaan mahilaaon ne apne mashaal mein ke tel ko un “murakh” ke saath kyo nahi baata tha jab usne kaha tha: Prabhubhoj sabhoun mein humesha bhaag lene se humare mashaal mein tel milta rahata hai, dhire aur humesha kai saalon tak. Upwaas, parivaar prarthna, gharelu shikshan, humare sharirik ikchaaoun ko bas mein rakhta hai, susamachaar ko sikhlata hai, dharamshaastra ko padhata hai- har ek samarpit aur aagyakaari ke kaarye se humare rakhe hue tel mein ek boondh aur daalta hai. Dayaluta ke kaarye, bhent aur daswe hisse ko bharne se, aschche soch aur kaarye  …- yeh, bhi, tel humseha badhata rahata hai jisse hum aadhi raat ko apne khaali mashaal ko bhar saktein hain.”7

Kya tum taeyaari ke uddhaaran ko dekh saktey ho-dhire aur humesha-jo hume madad kar sakta hai jab hum sochtein hain ki kis tarah hum apne taeyaari ko aur bhi achchie tarah se kar saktein hain pavitra sidhaanton ko apne liye aur dusron ke liye prapt karne mein? Aur kya dusre chote aur saral cheezon ko hum kar saktein hain keemti dhaarmik tel ke boondh ko apne taeyaari ke mashaal mein daalne ke liye?

Elder Richard G. Scott se hum sikh saktein hain ki “vyaktigat laayak rahana mandir ke ashirwaadon ke khushi ko prapt karne ke ek liye khaas zaroorat hai. … Laayak gun humesha ek achche jiwan se hi banta hai, Swaami ke shiksham mein sahi chunaao ko karne se.”8 Main atalke shabd ko pasand karti hoon. Atal ka matlab thamna, humesha, aur vishwaasniye rehna hai. Kitna mahaan matlab hai laayak rahe ke siddhaant ka!

Hamein Bible Dictionary mein yaad dilaya jaata hai ki: “Sirf ghar hi mandir ke pavitrata ke barabar ho sakta hai.”9 Kya humare ghar ya makaan is tarah ke hai? Ek priye jawaan mahila humare ward ki abhi jald hi humare ghar aayi. Yah jaante hue ki uska bhaai abhi jald hi mission se waapis aaya hai, maine usse pucha ki kaisa lagta hai use waapis ghar lautne par. Usne kaha ki bahut achcha, parantu wah kabhi kabhi sangeet ko dhire karne ko batlata hai. Usne kaha, “Aur wah buri sangeet bhi nahi tha!” Yah humare liye achcha hoga ki hum abhi apne aap ko humesha jaanch lein taaki hum jaane ki humare gharon mein Aatma ko mehsoos karne ki taeyaari ka sthaan hai. Jab hum apne ghar ko us tarah se taeyaar kartein hai jaha Aatma ki swagat kiya jata hai, hum taeyaar rahenge aur zyaada “santusht” mehsoos karne mein jab Prabhu ke ghar mein jayege.

Jab hum apne aap ko mandir jaane ke liye laayak se taeyaar kartein hain aur mandir ke aagyaon ka vishwaas kartein hain, Prabhu humein “kai aashirwaadon ko dega”10 Mere achche dost Bonnie Oscarson ne abhi jald hi dharamshatra ke pure shabdon ko hi badal diya jab usne kaha, “Jaha zyaada ki zaroorat hai, waha aur zyaada prapt hoga.”11 Main puri tarah se sahemat hoon! Kyunki hum mandir mein anant asahirwaadon ko prapt karne aatein hain, yah sunn kar humein ashchariye nahi hona hai ki un ashirwaadon ko hone ke liye zyaada sthir ki zaroorat. Elder Nelson ne dobara sikhlaya: “Kyunki mandir Prabhu ka ghar hai, Uske dwara sthir ko banaya jata hai. Uske atithi ki tarah hum jaatein hain. Mandir ke sifaarish ko rakhna Parmeshwar aur Uska bhavishyevaktaon par aagyakaari rahane ka ek anmol aosar aur ek sharirik chin hai.”12

Sab se achche khilaadion aur university ke daaktri shikshakeinghanton aur dinon aur hafton aur mahinon aur kai saalon tak taeyaari karne mein samay bitatein hain. Humesha taeyaari ki bundh ki zaroorat hai achcha parinaam ke liya. Usi tarah, jo celestial raajye ke liye safal hona chahatein hain unhein jiwan mein zyaada aagyakaari rahane ke sthir ki zaroorat hai jo milta hai har din aur bundh bundh se aagyakari kaarye ko karne se.

Jab hum humesha aur mehanat se tel daaltein hain, bundh-bundh, apne dhaarmik mashaal mein, yah chote aur saral cheezon ko karne se, hum apne mashaalon ko “chote aur jaltey hue”13 rakh saktein hain aschariye ke taeyaari ke saath. Mere sundar pati, jo state pradhaan hai, abhi jald hi batlaya ki wah lagbhag sabhi samay batla sakta hai ki kab koun mandir jaane ke liye laayak se taeyaar hai, kyunki “khushi aur aschariye ke ahesaas ko laatein hain jo kamre mein rehne waale mehsoos kar letein hain” jab weh mandir ke sifaarish ke liye aatein hain.

Kirtland Mandir ke samarpan prarthna mein, Bhavishyevakta Joseph Smith ne Prabhu se pucha “ koi bhi jo Prabhu ke ghar mein aayega wah uske shakti ko mehsoos karega, … ki wah us mein badhega, aur Pavitra Aatma ko puri tarah se prapt karega, … aur sabhi zaroori cheezon ko prapt karne ki taeyaari karega.”14

Yah meri prarthna hai ki humare liye, mandir ko jaana ek baae se zyaada jaane ka kaarye hoga. Humein bachaane waale dharam-viddhyion ko bundh-bundh prapti ke laayak taeyaari karni chahiye aur pure hriday se sabhi vaadon ko pura karna chahiye. Jab hum ayesa kartein hain, main jaanti hoon ki hum Pavitra Aatma aur Prabhu ke shakti ko apne gharon aur vyaktigat jiwan mein vaade bhare aashirwaad se prapt karenge. Ishu Maseeh ke naam se, amen.

Vivran

  1. Aydia Kaylie Melo se Lind a K. Burton, Aug. 31, 2014 ke liye vyaktigat vivran.

  2. Russell M. Nelson, “Prepare for the Blessings of the Temple,” Ensign ya Liahona, Oct. 2010, 41.

  3. Alma 49:8; zor diya gaya; verses 6–7 bhi dekhiye.

  4. Doctrine and Covenants 52:14.

  5. Matthew 25:1–2, 4–11; Joseph Smith Translation, Matthew 25:12 (in Matthew 25:12, footnote a).

  6. Marvin J. Ashton, “A Time of Urgency,” Ensign, May 1974, 36.

  7. Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle (1972), 256.

  8. Richard G. Scott, “Receive the Temple Blessings,” Ensign,May 1999, 25; Liahona, July 1999, 29.

  9. Bible Dictionary, “Temple.”

  10. Doctrine and Covenants 104:2.

  11. Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Greater Expectations” (Seminaries and Institutes of Religion satellite broadcast, Aug.  5, 2014); lds.org/broadcasts; Luke 12:48; Doctrine and Covenants 82:3bhi dekhiye.

  12. Russell M. Nelson, “Personal Preparation for Temple Blessings,” Ensign, May 2001, 33; Liahona, July 2001, 38.

  13. Doctrine and Covenants 33:17.

  14. Doctrine and Covenants 109:13, 15.