Bade Aanand kee Shubh Soochana
2022 First Presidency ke Bada Din Sabha
Raviwaar, December 4, 2022
Bada Din Shubh Ho! Un sabhi ko dhanyevaad jinke sandeshon aur sangeet aur sewa ne is Bada Din ke mausam me “atyant khushi ki achchi khabar” ki ghoshna ki hai.
Is Bada Din ke mausam me kadodon log Ishu Masih ke janm ka jashn manaate hain. Puri duniya ko aesa karna chahiye. Unka jiwan ab tak ka sabse mahaan jiwan tha aur hai.
I.
Saansaarik drishti se bhi, Nazareth ke Ishu ke maransheel jiwan ka is duniya aur iske Itihaas par kisi bhi jiwan ki tulna me adhik prabhaao pada hai. Woh hazaaron varshon se paegambaron aur kaviyon ka pramukh vishya raha hai. Pakshimi duniya ki sabse badi kala aur sangeet Ishu Masih ke janm aur jiwan aur mishan ko manaane ke liye samarpit hai. Darshaniko aur dharmshaastriyon ne Unki sikhshaaon ka adhyan karne me apna jiwan vaytit kiya hai. Un shikshaaon ne daan ke anginit kaaryonn, Masih ke shudh prem ki abhivyaktit ko prerit kiya hai.
Prabhu Ishu Masih ki tulna me Unke jiwan aur shikshaaon ke liye kisi ke paas adhik yaadgaar nahi hai. Yeh, zaahir hai, mahaan cathedrals shaamil hai jo Europe aur America me faele huwe hai, unme se kayi ko nirmaan ke liye ek shataabdi(century) se adhik ki avashyakta hoti hai. Abhi haal hi me, Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka me 171 samarpit aur sanchaalit mandir hai aur 129 aur marammat, mul nirmaan, design, ya abhi haal hi me hamare October maha sammelan me President Russell M. Nelson dwara ghoshit kiye gaye hai. Prabhu ke yeh ghar har mahaduip(continent) par aur duniya ke 74 deshon me hai. Wahan hum Ishu Masih ka anusaran karne ke liye apna jiwan samarpit karte hai.
Laakho logon ne apna jiwan diya hai—aur isse bhi mahatwapurn baat yeh hai ki laakho logon ne apne jiwan ko Israel ke Parmeshwar, Yahuwa, Ishu Masih, hamare Uddhaarkarta ke anusaar banaya hai. President Gordon B. Hinckley bw us baat ko badha-badha kar nahi bataya jab unhonne ghoshna ki, Unka bejod udhaaran [tha] saari duniya me achchaai aur shaanti ke liye sabse badi shakti.”1
II.
Hum Parmeshwar ke iklaute Putr ke janm ki divye ghoshna me ek mahatwapurn uddeshye aur prateek dekh sakte hai. Hum Nawa Niyam ke khaate se seekhte hai ki purvi hemisphere me Masih bachche ke janm ki ghoshna teen alag-alag samuhon me ki gayi thi, jinme se pratiek me bahut alag visheshtaaen thi. Jin logon ne janm ki swargiye ghoshna praapt ki wek atyant vinamr. atyant pawitr aur atyant budhimaan the.
Pehli ghoshna Bethlehem ke paas ki pahaadiyon me charwaahon ke liye ki gayi thi. Ek farishta aur ek swargiye gaana bajaanewaalon ne “bade anand ka shubh samaachar sunaaya, jo sabhi logon ke liye hoga … ek Uddhaarkarta, jo ki Masih Prabhu hai.”2 Charwaahon ko shaayad in khushkabri ko praapt karne ke liye chuna gaya tha kyunki weh namr aur vinamr the. Is prakaar, weh swarg ke sandesh ke prati vishisht rup se grahansheel the, jise unhonne naojaat shishu ke paas jaakar satyapit(verify) kiya. Phir, dharamshaastr riport karta hai, unhonne “jo baat is baalak ke vishay me un se kahi gayi thi, use pragat ki.”3 Charwaaha aur memno ke rup me unka kaam weh dono pratiyaashit uddhaaran the jinhe Uddhaarkarta ne apni shikshaaon me darshaaya tha. Saath hi, jab Ishu Apni sewakaai ke aarambh me John Baptisma dene waale ke paas aaya, toh us bhavishyevakta ne kaha, “Dekho, yeh Parmeshwar ka memna hai, jo jagat ke paap utha le jaata hai.”4
Masih ke janm ki dusri ghoshna Jerusalem ke mandir me do pawitr kaaryekartaaon ke liye thi jiske Ishwariye jiwan ne unhe Pawitr Aatma ki gawahi praapt karne ke yogye banaya. Jab Mary aur Joseph baalak Ishu ko pahilaothon ke liye nirdhaarit balidaan ke liye mandir me laaye, Simeon aur Anna dono ne gawahi di ki woh Masih tha. Dharamshaastr me likha hai ki Simeon ne bachche ko apni godh me liya aur use “tera uddhaar,” “Gentiles ko raoshan karne ke liye ek prakaash, aur teri praja Israel ki mahimaa” ko dekhne ki anumati dene ke liye Parmeshwar ko ashirwaad diya. Aur Anna, “ek bhavishyevakta,” “usi pal me aakar Prabhu ko dhanyevaad di, aur uske baare me un sabhi me mukti ki baat ki jo Jerusalem me use dhoondhte the.”5
Ek teesre dal ko is ullekhniye janm ke baare me pata chala. Baaibal, jaise ki Joseph Smith dwara thoda sanshodhit kiya gaya hai. riport karti hai ki “purab se Jerusalem me pandit aaye aur kaha, woh bachcha kahan hai jo Jews ka Masiha paeda hua? kyunki humne purab me uska taara dekha hai, aur uski bhakti karne ko aaye hai.”6
Unki bataai gayi puchtaach se hamein sandeh nahi ho sakta ki weh Apne pawitr uddheshyon ke liye Prabhu ke netritav me the. Baaibal sikhaate hai ki “Parmeshwar ke baate ke baareh meh koi nahi jaanta, sirf wahi jiske pass Parmeshwar ke Aatma hai.”7 Yeh budhimaan purush dusri bhumi aur sanskriti ke the, isliye unke liye ek gawaah ek yaadgaar tha ki Masiha sabhi logon ke liye paeda hua tha. Iske alaawa, ek aur uddeshye ho sakta hai. Budhimaan logon dwara prastut kiye gaye uphaaron ke mulye ne Mary aur Joseph ko jaldbaazi ki yaatra karne aur Raaja Herod ke dusht aadesh dwara Uske jiwan ko khatre me daale jaane par Masih ke bachche ko bachaane ke liye wahan rehne me madad ki ho sakti hai.8
Kya yeh dilchasp nahi hai ki Masih ke janm ki chamatkaari ghatna aur us ghatna ke kuch mahatwa ke baare me kewal bahut hi vinamr, bahut pawitr aur bahut budhimaan logon ko hi bataya gaya tha? Jaisa Elder James E. Talmage ne Jesus the Christme sikhaya tha, “Vaastao me Parmeshwar ne manushyon ke sabhi vargo aur stithiyon ko pura karne ke liye khud ke liye gawaahon ko khada kiya—gareebon aur deen-heenon ke liye farishton ki gawahi; Judea ke ghamandi raaja aur ghamandi yaajako(priests) ke liye budhimaan logon ki gawahi.”9
Simeon aur Anna ko yaad karte huwe,hamen unakee tarah banane ke lie prerit kar sakate hain aur is Bada Din ke mausam mein pavitr janm aur usake uddeshy kee gavaahee de sakate hain.
III.
Hamare liye, Masih ke janmutsao me koi nayi baat nahi hai. Sandesh kaal-ateet(timeless) aur parichit hai. Yeh Adam ko sikhaya gaya tha. Israel ki santaan ko iska prachaar kiya gaya. Yeh Pita Lehi ke vanshajo ke liye prakat hua tha. Baar-baar, prophets ne Ishu Masih ki shikshaaon aur Praeshchit ke kendriye satyon ki ghoshna ki. Baar-baar, unhonne Uske mishan ko ghoshna ki aur Uski aagya ko sikhaya ki Parmeshwar ke bachche Parmeshwar aur ek dusre se prem karte hai aur Unki sewa karte hai. Yugon-yugon se dohraai jaane waali, yeh ghoshnaae anantta me sabse mahatwapurn sandesh hai. Jo log Masih ka anusaran(follow) karte hai, uske liye in ghoshnaaon ko sanshodhit nahi kiya jaana chahiye. Unhe hamare pratiek jiwan me naweenikrit kiya jana hai.
Bada Din hamare bheetar pyaar aur dosti ke saamaanye bandhano se pare khud ko aage badhaane ki ichcha jaagata hai. Woh swargiye ghoshna “prithvi par shaanti, manushyon ke prati sadbhaona”10 un logon tak seemit nahi thi jinke liye hamare aur sneh ki bhaaona hai. Iske aaksmik mitron, ajnabiyon, yahan tak ki shatruwon ke prati sadbhaona ko nirdeshit kiya. Bada Din chama karne ka bhi samay hai, puraane ghaawon ko bharne ka samay hai aur kharaab huwe rishton ko laotaane karne ka samay hai.
Bada Din ahankaar aur uttejna ko khatm karne, aalochna ko kam karne, dhaerye ka abhyaas karne aur logon ke beech matbhedon par zor dene ka samay hai. Hamaare paas sabhee vyaktiyon ko pheloship karane ka protsaahan hai sachchi sangati badhaani chahiye, jo hamare vishwaas ke hai aur jo hamare vishwaas ke nahi hai, us aagya ka paalan karte huwe jise Parmeshwar ne prophet Moses ke zariye Israel ke bachcho ko diya tha:
“Agar koi pardesi tere sang tere desh me rahe, toh usko tang nahi karna.
“Parantu jo pardesi tumhare sang rahe woh tumhare liye desi ke samaan ho, aur unse apne hi samaan prem rakhna.”11
Bada Din yeh yaad rakhne ka samay hai ki hum sabhi Swarg kr ek Pita ke santaan hai jisne Apne Iklaute Putr ko de diya ko sabhi ko mrityu se chutkaara mil jaaega aur jisne samaan sharto par sabhi maanav jaati ko uddhaar aur utkarsh ki aashishein pradaan ki hai.
Masih ke anuyaayiyon ke rup me, hamein kahin bhi sabse mitrwat aur sabse adhik vichaarsheel hona chahiye. Hamein apne bachcho ko dayalu aur sabka khyaal rakhne ki shiksha deni chahiye. Beshak hamein aese sangho aur gatividhiyon se bachna chahiye jo hamare vishwaas aur upaasna ko kam karte hai. Lekin isase hamen har anunay-vishvaasiyon aur gair-vishvaasiyon ke logon— ke saath sahakaaree prayaason se door nahin rahana chaahie.
Kuch dashak pehle, President Thomas S. Monson ne yeh shabd kahe the:
“Puraane charwaaho ne Ishu ko baalak ke rup me khoja. Parantu hum Ishu Masih ko, hamaare Bade Bhaai, Pita ke saath hamare Madhyaksh, hamare Muktidaata, hamare uddhaar ke karta ko dhoondhte hai; woh jo shuru me Pita ke saath tha; woh jisne sansaar ke paapon ko apne upar le liya aur khud se mar gaya taaki hum hamesha ke liye jiwit reh sakein. Yeh wahi Ishu hai, jise hum dhoondhte hai.”12
Antim-din ke Sant saal bhar Ishu Masih ke bachaane waale sandesh ko manaane ke liye vishisht rup se yogye hai. Hamare paas Pawitr Aatma ka uphaar hai, jiska mishan Pita aur Putr ki gawahi dena hai.13 Hum Swarg me Pita ki santaan hai jisne ghoshna ki, “Yeh mera kaam hai aur meri mahima hai—manushye ki amarta aur anant jiwan ko pura karne ke liye.”14 Aur hamaare Udhaarakarta Ishu Masih ke bhavishyadvaktaon ne, jo Israel ka Parmeshvar Prabhu hai, usake susamaachaar kee ghoshana kee hai:
“Woh jagat me aaya, arthaat Ishu, jagat ke liye krus par chadhaae jaane, aur jagat ke paapon ko utha lein, aur jagat ko pawitr karein, aur use sab adharm se shudh karein;
“Taaki Uske dwara weh sab uddhaar paaen jinhe Pita ne apne adhikaar me rakkha aur apne dwara banaya;
“Jo Pita ki mahima karta hai, aur uske haathon ke sab kaamo ko bachata hai.”15
Isliye, Unke punahsthaapit Girjaghar me hum ghoshna karte hai “ki Masih ke Praeshchit ke maadhyam se, susamachaar ke niyamo aur vidhiyon ka paalan karke, sabhi maanav jaati ko bachaya jaa sakta hai.”16 Main yah gawahi Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se deta hoon, amen.