Masih, Hamare Rakshak, ka Janm Hua hai
2023 First Presidency ke Bada Din Sabha
Raviwaar, December 3, 2023
Priye bhaaiyo aur bahanon, Bada Din ki badaai!
Ham is Bada din bhakti mein apne priy First Presidency ke saath ekatrit hone ke liye aabhaaree hain. Ih tyohaar ke samay mein aap jaha bhi ho, aap ko Bada Din ke kendr ke roop mein Ishu Masih ke utsav mein Ishwar ke prem ko mehsoos kar sakte hain.
Bada Din sangeet, khushbu aur svaad, pratyaasha(anticipation) aur udaarata ka samay hai. Ekatr hone ka samay, chahe ham nikat rahe ya dur.
Aksar Bada Din tab Bada Din ban jaata hai jab ham chupchaap dusro ke liye Bada Din ki khushiyaan laate hain. Kai parivaar Santa ki tarah abhinay karte hain. Kai vyakti Ishu Masih ki roshni se duniya ko roshan karte hain.
Bada Din ki yaadash ko yaad karna nae sire se banai gai Bada Din ki yaadash hai. Samay ke saath, Bada Din ki yaaden paramparaen ban jaatee hain, jo Ishu Masih ke liye hamare pyaar ko gehara kar sakti hain—Parmeshwar ka Memna, Anant Pita ka Putr, duniya ka Rakshak.1
Yadi aapke paas pasandida Bada din ke yaaden hai, to aap is samay mein khushi-khushi unka aanand le sakte hain. Yadi aap abhi bhi apni Bada Din paramparaon ki srjan(creating)kar rahe hain, to ho sakta hai ki weh Ishu Masih ke liye aapke pyaar ko gehara karen aur har saal aapko aashirvaad de.
Kya main teen pasandida Gong parivaar Bada Din paramparaon ko baata sakta hoon?
Sabse pehle, har saal, Bahan Gong aur mai Bada Din ke aabhushanon(ornaments) ko phir se dekhna achcha lagata hai jo hamari paarivaarik kahani bataate hain.
Ek jawaan shaadishuda ke roop mein, Bahan Gong aur main England mein greduwaat skool mein the. Ham kam chaatr bajat waale ek chote se apaartament mein rehte the. Hamne ek chota sa Bada Din ped(Christmas tree) kharidane se pehle apane paise gine, yaha tak ki Charlie Brown ko bhi iske liye taras mehsoos hua hoga.
Hamesha rachanaatmak rahane wali, Bahan Gong ne hamare krisamas tree ke liye chote British sainik aabhooshan banaane ke liye kapdo ki kuntee ka upyog kiya. Usne pratyek ko ek kaali oonee topi di aur ek muskaan di.
43 varshon se, ye kapde pahanane waale British sainik hamare krisamas tree par chaukanna hokar khade ho gae hain. Weh hamen hamare pahale vivaahit Bada din—ghar se dur—aur pratyek saphal Bada din ki yaad dilaate hain.
Hamare bete ke parivaar ne ye kapadepin “meepals” banae. Weh duniya bhar ke mishanariyon ka chitran karate hain. Kya aap unki muskaan dekh sakate hain? Antarraashtreey poshaak? Naam baidj? Mujhe bataya gaya hai ki ek ko mere jaisa dikhane ke liye banaaya gaya tha.
Hamare Bada din aabhooshan kai sthaanon par doston aur anubhavon ki garm yaaden taaza karate hain. Har saal Bada din ki yaadon ki khushanuma, udaar pared hamen muskuraane par majaboor kar deti hai.
Profat Alma gawahi dete hain ki prthvee niyamit roop se ghoom rahi hai aur yah darshaati hai ki waha ek Parmeshwar hai. Bada din prthvee dwara soorye ki vaarshik 365¼ din ki parikrama ke ek parichit stithi ko chinit karta hai. Chunki yah vaarshik roteshan hamen har saal ek qeemati Bada Din samay mein lautaata hai, main lekhak E. B. White ke baare mein sochta hoon jo unhonne “The Ring of Time.”ke baare mein likha tha.2
Unka sujhaav hai ki kewal anubhav se hi ham samajh paate hain ki “samay vaastav mein ek vrtt mein bilkul bhi nahin chalata hai.” The ring of time “puri tarah se gathit, parivartanaheen, purvaanumaanit, shuruaat ya ant ke bina” prateet ho sakti hai. Lekin kewal tabhi jab ham jawaan hote hain, kya ham kalpana karate hain ki ham ek pura chakr bana sakte hain aur jab hamane shuruaat ki thi tab se adhik purana nahin ho sakta.
Mere liye, har Bada Din par mera aana kisi tarah ek jaisa aur kisi tarah alag-alag sanket deta hai ki kaise samay (aur sthaan) ek saath raikhik aur golaakaar ho sakta hai. Kaise ek “sidha aur sankeern maarg”3 aur “ek anant daur”4 Bethlehem mein paida hue Masih ke bachche mein kendrit ek vaachan ki vaastavikata ka purak vivaran ho sakta hai.
Ih tarah, mere liye, Bada Din ke jaadoo ka ek hissa ek hi samay mein ek bachcha aur ek vayask hona hai. Ham ek vayask ke roop mein us cheez se prasann hote hain jo ab hamen usi prakaar prasann karti hai jaise ham ek samay bachche the. Aur ham ek bachche ke saath khush hote hain kyunki ham ek saath yaaden aur paramparaen banaate aur punah banaate hain.
Gong parivaar ki dusri pasandida Bada Din parampara krech ya naitiviteez ko pradarshit karna hai—pavitr Masih ke janm ka chitran.
Kya aapako yah pasand nahin hai ki kaise mool nivaasee Ishu Masih par dhyaan kendrit karte hain aur hamen bhi aisa karane ke liye aamantrit karte hain? Jaisa ki haal hi mein laute ek mishanari ne kaha, “ mere mishan se pahale, Ishu Masih mere jiwan ka hissa the. Ab, Woh mera jiwan hai.”
Krech har kalpaniye aakaar aur seting mein aate hain, har kalpaniye saamagri se, har kalpaniye sthaan se bane hote hain. Har ek krech pratyek raashtr, jaati, bhaasha aur logon ko Ishu Masih aur Unke aashirvaad ka gawaha banata hai.
Hamen achcha lagta hai ki Parmeshwar ke bachche har jagah shishu Ishu, Mary, Joseph, buddhimaan purushon, charavaahon aur jaanavaron ko aisi setings, visheshataon aur vivaranon ke saath chitrit karte hain jo parichit aur sambandhit hain. Krech hamen yah bhi yaad dilaate hain ki Parmeshwar apane sabhi bachchon se pyaar karta hai; ham apane shishugrhon aur janmasthaanon ki visheshataon mein, chahe weh kahi se bhi aae hon, Parmeshwar ke prem ko dekh sakte hain.
Gong parivaar ki teesri pasandida parampara, hamare Rakshak ke janm ke shaastriye vrttaanton ko ek saath padhane ke alaawa, ek parivaar ke roop mein Charles Dickens ki A Christmas Carol ko zor se padhana hai.
Agar main ek topee aur dupatta pahanoon, to kya aap ek pal ke lie mujhe e A Christmas Carolmein Ebeneezer Scrooge ke roop mein kalpana kar sakte hain?
Kuch varshon mein, hamara parivaar shuru se ant tak A Christmas Carol padhata hai. Ham apanee hot chokalet ko kaindee ken ke saath milaate hain “Norfolk biffins” aur “gaarm maadak punch ”ke sandarbh par hansate hain. Jab Jacob Marley ka bhoot use janjeeron se jakadata hai to ham kaamp uthate hain. Ham khush hain kyunki Bada Din ke Ateet, Vartamaan aur Bhavishye ki aatmaen Ebeneezer Scrooge ko ek naya insaan banane mein madad karti hain.
Kuch varshon mein, hamara parivaar A Christmas Carol ka sankshipt sanskaran padhata hai, jise hamari bahu aur bete dwara sankshipt kiya gaya hai taaki parivaar ke chote sadasyon ka dhyaan kam se kam samay tak aakarshit kiya ja sake.
Aur kuch varshon mein, muskuraahat aur achchhe haasy ke saath, hamara parivaar bampar stikar A Christmas Carol. padhata hai. Ismen kewal do panktiyaan hain: “Baah, hambag” aur “Parmeshwar ham sabhi ko aashirvaad de.”
Charles Dicken ne October mein A Christmas Carol likhana shuru kiya aur December 1843 ki shuruaat mein samaapt kiya—kewal chah saptaah ki avadhi. 6,000 pratiyon ka pehla sanskaran 19 December, 1843. ko London mein prakaashit hua tha. Bada Din ki Purvasandhya(Eve) tak yah bik gaya.
A Christmas Carol ki prshthabhumi ka dastaavejikaran karne waalon se samjhata hai ki Charles Dickens us samay likh rahe the jab Victorian England Bada Din ke arth par punarvichaar kar raha tha. Bada Din ka samay, Krisamas ped, Bada Din ki shubhakaamanaen, Bada Din paarivaarik samaaroh, Bada Din kaard, yaha tak ki Krisamas kairol ki samaaj mein kya bhumika ho sakti hai ya honi chahiey?
Aise samay mein jab kaee log ashaant, alag-thalag aur akela mahasoos karate the, dikens kee e A Christmas Carol bodhit kiya, jaise Ebenezer Scrooge ko apne ateet, vartamaan aur bhavishy mein shaanti aur upachaar mila.
Phir, ab ki tarah, Bada Din ka sahi arth hamen Ishu Masih ke kareeb laata hai, jo charani mein ek bachche ke roop mein paida hue the. Ishu Masih sharir ke anusaar jaanta hai ki daya se bharee hui antadiyon se hamari sahaeta kaise karni hai. Phir, ab ki tarah, Bada Din Ishu Masih aur ek-dusre mein anubandh, judaav aur samudaay ka jashn manaata hai.
Yaha mujhe ek alag A Christmas Carol prashn puchane dijiye. Kyu, jab ham Scrooje ka ullekh karte hain, to kya ham mukhye roop se ek krodhi budhe kanjoos ke baare mein sochte hain, koi aisa vyakti jo Bada Din par ek bada, achcha, moorkh ke roop mein uphaas karta hai?
Ham nae Scrooge ko aur adhik swikaar kyon nahin karte? Naya Scrooje, vinamr aur aabhaari, jo udaarataapurvak Bada Din aashchary ke roop mein puraskaar tarkee bhejta hai? Naya Scrooge, jo apane hansamukh bhatije, Freddie ke saath mel-milaap karta hai? Naya Scrooge jo Bob Cratchit’ ka vetan badhaata hai aur Tiny Tim k dekhabhaal karta hai?
Sanshayavaadiyon ko upahaas karne do. Naya Scrooge ne “yah sab kiya, aur isse bhi kahi adhik.” Woh utna hi achcha insaan aur utna hi achcha dost ban gaya, jaisa ki achchi purani duniya jaanti thi.
To ham us Shreemaan ko yaad kyon nahin karte? Scrooge? Kya hamare aas-paas aise log hain, shaayad ham svayan, jo ek alag vyakti ho sakte hain yadi kewal ham unhen unke puraane svaroop ke roop mein taipakaast karna ya roodhibaddh karna band kar de?
Koi bhi vyakti aur koi bhi parivaar purn nahin hai. Ham mein se pratyek mein kamazoriyaan aur khaamiyaan hain—weh cheezen jinhen ham behtar karana chahate hain. Ih Bada din par, shaayad ham ek-dusre ke liye aur svayan ke liye, parivartan aur pashchatap, kshama karne aur bhoolane ke Ishu Masih ke anamol upahaar praapt kar sakte hain aur pesh kar sakte hain.
Aaie pichale varsh ke saath shaanti banaen. Bhaavanaatmak gusse aur shor, gharshan aur jhunjhalaahat ko dur karen, jo hamare jiwn ko ast-vyast kar dete hain. Ham apni pichli seemaon par dhyaan kendrit karane ke bajaay ek-dusae ko naee sambhaavanaen pradaan kar sakae hain. Aaie hamein se pratyek ke andar ke nae Scrooge ko badalane ka mauka de.
Hamara Rakshak Bada Din par bandiyon ko mukt karaane ke liye aaya tha—aur kewal jel mein band logon ko hi nahin. Woh hamen hamare ateet ke bhooton se mukt kar sakta hai aur hamen hamare aur dusron ke paapon ki janjeeron aur pachataave se mukt kar sakta hai. Vah apne punarjanm ke maadhyam se hamen hamaare aatm-kendrit, svaarthee svabhaav se mukti dila sakta hai.
“Ki aaj tumhare janma hai … ek Rakshak, aur yahi Masih Prabhu hai.”5
To Bada Din Shubh Ho!
Aapki Bada Din paramparaen aur yaaden aanandamay aur ujjval ho.
Ham ko Bada Din par aur har din Ishu Masih mein aanand manaen.
Main khushi-khushi Unke pavitr aur dharmik naam, Ishu Masih, mein Unki gawahi deta hoon amen.