Maha Sammelan
Masih ki Sanskrti
October 2020 maha sammelan


10:9

Masih ki Sanskrti

Ham apni vyaktigat saansaarik sanskrtiyon ke sarvashreshth ko sanjo sakate hain aur Ishu Masih ke susamaachaar se aane vaalee sanaatan sanskrti mein poorn bhaageedaar ban sakate hain.

Ham ek shaandaar duniya mein rahte hain aur saajha karte hain, logon, bhaashaon, reeti-rivaajon aur itihaas kee ek mahaan vividhata ke lie ghar—saikadon deshon aur hajaaron samoohon mein phaile hue hain, pratyek sanskrti mein samrddh hai. Manavjaati ko bahut garv hai aur jashn manaane ka. Haalaanki yah seekha hua vyavahaar hai—jin cheejon se ham bade hote hain, unke dwara ujaagar hoti hain—hamare jeevan mein ek badi taakat ban sakti hain, yah kai baar mahatvapurn baadha bhi ban sakti hai.

Aisa lag sakta hai ki sanskrtihamari soch aur vyavahaar mein itni bhaari hai ki ise badalna asambhav hai. Yah sab ke baad, jo kuch bhi ham mehsoos karte hain, vah hamen paribhaashit karta hai aur jisse ham pehchaan ki bhaavana mehsoos karte hain. Yah itna majboot prabhaav ho sakta hai ki ham apni sanskrtiyon mein maanav nirmit kamjoriyon ya khaamiyon ko dekhne mein viphal ho sakte hain, jiske parinaamasvarup hamare pitaon ki paramparaon ko samaapt karne ki anichcha ho sakti hai. Kisi ki sanskrtik pehchaan par kuch ke baare mein mehsoos karna saarthak—yahaan tak ki ishvariye—-vichaaron, visheshataon aur vyavahaar ki asvikrti ka kaaran ho sakta hai.

Main ek adbhut bhalapurush ko jaanta tha, bahut saal pahale nahin, jo sanskrtik myopia ke is saarvabhaumik siddhaant ko chitrit karne mein madad karta hai. Main pehli baar Singapore mein unse mila tha jab mujhe unke parivaar ka home teacher saupa gaya kaam tha. Sanskrit aur Tamil ke ek pratishthit profesar, ve Bhaarat ke dakshin se aae the. Unki pyaari patni aur do bete girjaghar ke sadasye the, lekin woh kabhi na hi susamaachaar ki shikshaon ke baare mein bahut kuch sunte the. Jis tarah se unki patni aur bete vikaas kar rahe the aur unke upakramon aur Girjaghar ki jimmedaariyon mein unka pura sahayog kar rahe the, usse woh khush the.

Jab mainne unhen susamaachaar ke siddhaanton ko sikhaane aur hamare vishvaason ko unke saath saajha karne ki peshkash ki, to unhonne manaa kar diya. Mujhe yah pata lagane mein thoda samay laga ki kyon: usne mehsoos kiya ki aisa karne se woh apne ateet, apne logon aur apne itihaas ke prati gaddaar ban jaega! Apne sochane ke tareeke se, vah har us cheez se inakaar kar raha tha jo vah thee, usake parivaar ne use Bhaarateey viraasat ke roop mein padhaaya tha. Kuch agle maahino mein, ham in vishay par baat kiye the. Mujhe aashcharye hua (haalaanki aashchary nahin!) ki kaise Ishu Masih ka susamaachaar ek alag drshtikon ke lie apni aankhen kholne mein saksham tha.

Kai maanav nirmit sanskrtiyon mein achche aur bure, aisi cheejen jo aapko behatar banaati hai aur woh tumhen phaad deta hai ya tumhen kamajor kar deta hai.

Hamari duniya ki kai samasyaen unki sanskrti se utpann vibhinn vichaaron aur reeti-rivaajon ke beech takaraav ka pratyaksh parinaam hain. Lekin vastutah sabhi sangharsh aur araajakata jaldi se pheekee pad jaegee agar duniya keval mool sanskrti ko swikaar karegi, to ham sabhi ke paas itna samay pehle nahin hoga. Yah sanskrti hamare maranshil jeev se purva ke lie vaapas aati hai. Yeh Adam aur Enoch ke sanskrti the. Yah meridian of time mein Rakshak ki shikshaon par sthaapit sanskrti thi, aur yah hamare din mein ek baar phir sabhi mahilaon aur purushon ke lie upalabdh hai. Yeh vishist hai. Yah sabhi sanskrtiyon mein sabse bada hai aur Parmeshwar ki or se likha gaya aur Masih dwara likhit khushi ki mahaan yojna se aata ha. Yah vibhaajan ke bajaay ekajut hota hai. Yah nuksaan pahunchaane ke bajaay changa karta hai.

Ishu Masih ka susamaachaar hamen sikhaata hai ki jeevan mein uddeshye hai. Hamare yahaan hona kuch badi laukik ya durghatna galti nahin hai! Ham yahaan ek kaaran se hain.

Is sanskrti ko hamare Swarg Pita ki maujoodagee kee gavaahi mein dikhaaya gaya hai, ki Woh vaastavik hai aur ham mein se pratyek ko vyaktigat roop se pyaar karata hai. Ham Uski “kaarye aur [Uski]mahima hai.” 1 Yah samarthan karta hai ya protsaahit karta hai samaan mulye ki vichaar. Jaati ya klaas ki koi maanyata nahin hai. Aakhir ham sab, bhaiyon aur bahanon, hamare swargiye maata-pita ki aatmik ki bachche hai—puri tarah se. Sabhi sanskrtiyon mein sabse badi mein koi purvaagrah ya “ham banaam unki” maanasikta nahin hai. Ham sab “ham” hain. Ham sab “unhen” hain. Ham maante hain ki ham jimmedaar aur uttardaayi hai, ek dusre se, Girjaghar aur hamari duniya ke lie. Hamari vriddhi mein jimmedaari aur uttardaayi mahatvapurn sachchai hain.

Dayalu, jaisa dikhata hai ya Masih ki bhaaana dikha raha hai, is sanskrti ka aadhaar hai. Ham apane saathi, saansarik aur aadhyaatmik ki jarooraton ke lie vaastavik chinta mehsoos karte hain, aur un bhaavanaon par pesh karte hain. Yah pratikul aur virodh ko dur karta hai.

Ham prakat hone ki kriya ki sanskrti ka aanand lete hain, Parmeshwar ke shabd par kendrit hai jaisa ki profat dwara praapt kiya gaya tha (aur Pavitra Aatma ke maadhyam se ham mein se pratyek ke lie vyaktigat roop se satye hai). Sabhi maanav jaati Parmeshwar ki ichcha aur mann ko jaan sakte hain.

Yah sanskrti ejensi ke siddhaant ka samarthan karti hai. Chunne ki shamta hamare vikaas aur hamari khushi ke lie atyant mahatvapurn hai. Bhudimaani se chunna aavashyak hai.

Yah sikhne aur shiksha ki sanskrti hai. Ham gyaan aur bhudhimaani dhoondthe hain aur sabhi cheejon mein sabse achcha hain.

Yah vishwaas aur aagyaakaarita ki sanskrti hai. Ishu Masih mein vishwaas hamari sanskrti ka pahala siddhaant hai, aur Unki shikshaon aur aagyaon ka paalan parinaam hai. Ih aatma-sayanm ko janm dete hain.

Yah prathna ki sanskrti hai. Ham maante hain ki Parmeshwar na keval hamen sunenge, balki hamari madad bhi karenge.

Yah vaachano aur dharamviddhi, uchch naetik adarsh, balidaan karna, chama aur pashchaataap, aur hamare sharir ke mandir ki dekhabhaal karne ki sanskrti hai. Ih sabhi Parmeshwar ke prati hamari pratibaddhata ke saakshi hain.

Yah pristhud dwara shaasit ek sanskrti hai, Parmeshwar ke naam par kaarye karne ka adhikaar, Parmeshwar ki shakti apne bachchon ko aashirvaad dene ke lie. Yah vyaktiyon ko behatar banaata hai aur logon, netaon, maataon, pita aur saathiyon ko saksham banaata hai—aur yah ghar ko pavitr karta hai.

Sachcha chamatkaar ismen nihit hai, jo ki sabhi sanskrtiyon mein sabse purana hai, Ishu Masih mein vishwaas se prerit, purohiti ki shakti, prathana, aatm-sudhaar, sachcha badalna, aur chama.

Yah mishanari kaam ki sanskrti hai. Log Parmeshwar ke lie bahut mahaan hai.

Masih ki sanskrti mein, mahilaon ko unki uchit aur shaashvat sthiti se upar uthaaya jaata hai. Weh purushon se agyakaari nahin hain, jaisa ki aaj ki duniya mein kai sanskrtiyon mein hai, lekin aane vaale samay mein yahaan aur duniya mein purn aur samaan bhaagidaar hain.

Yah sanskrti parivaar ki pavitrata ko pavitr karti hai. Parivaar anant kaal ki mul ikai hai. Parivaar ki purnata kisi bhi balidaan ke laayak hai, kyunki jaisa ki sikhaaya gaya hai, “koi bhi any safalta ghar mein viflata ki bharapaai nahin kar sakti hai.” 2 Woh ghar jahaan hamara sabse achcha kaam hota hai aur jahaan hamari sabse badi khushimilati hai.

Masih ki sanskrti mein anudrishye hai—-aur anant dhyaan aur disha hai. Yah sanskrti sthaayi mulye ki cheejon se sambandhit hai! Yah Ishu Masih ke susamaachaar se aata hai, jo anant hai, aur hamare astitv ke kyon, kya aur kahaan ki vyaakhya karta hai. (Yah samaaveshi hai, ananye nahin hai.) Kyunki yah sanskrti hamare Rakshak ke updeshon ke parinaam praapt hoti hai, jo ek chikitsa balm pradaan karne mein madad karti hai, jiski hamari duniya itni sakht jaroorat hai.

Jiwan ke is bhavye aur mahaan tarike ka hissa banane ke lie yah kitna aashirvaad hai! Iska hissa banane ke lie, sabhi sanskrtiyon mein sabse mahan, parivartan ki aavashyakata hogi. Profat ne sikhaaya hai ki hamari puraani sanskrtiyon mein kuch bhi piche chhodna aavashyak hai jo Masih ki sanskrti ke saath asangat hai. Lekin iska matlab yah nahin hai ki hamen sab kuchpiche chhodna hoga. Profat ne is baat par bhi zor diya hai ki hamen apni aastha aur pratibha aur gyaan ko praapt karne ke lie aamantrit kiya jaata hai, ek aur sabhi—jo hamare jeevan aur hamare akela sanskrtiyon mein achcha hai hamare—saath aur Girjaghar ko “sandesh mein” jodne de. 3

Girjaghar shaayad hi ek “pashchimi” samaaj ya ek American saanskrtik phenomenon hai. Aur yah ek antaraashtriye girjaghar hai, jaise ki yah hamesha se tha. Usse jyaada, yah aakashi hai. Duniya bhar ke nae sadasye hamare, badhate parivaar mein maaldari, ulat-palat, aur utejna laate hain. Antim-dinon Santo har jagah abhi bhi apni viraasat aur naayakon ka jashn manaate hain aur unka sammaan karte hain, lekin ab weh bhi kuch dur ke hisse ka hissa hain. Masih ki sanskrti hamen apne aap ko waisa hi dekhne mein madad karti hai jaisa ki ham vaastav mein hain, aur jab anant kaal ke lens ke maadhyam se dekha jaata hai, to dhaarmikta ke saath svabhaav se, yah khushi ki mahaan yojana ko pura karne ki hamari chamata ko badhaane ka kaam karta hai.

Toh mere dost ko kya hua? Khair, unhen sabak sikhaaya gaya aur girjaghar mein shaamil ho gae. Unke parivaar ko Sydney Australia Temple mein samay aur sabhi anant kaal ke lie seal kar diya gaya hai. Usne thoda-thoda chhod diya—aur sab kuch haasil kar liya. Unhonne paaya ki vah abhi bhi apne itihaas ka jashn mana sakte hain, fir bhi unhen apne vansh, apne sangeet aur naach aur vidya, apne bhojan, apni bhoomi aur apne logon par garv hai. Unhonne paaya hai ki unki sthaaniye sanskrti ke sarvashreshth ko sabhi mahan sanskrtiyon ke mahaanatam mein shaamil karne mein koi samasya nahin hai. Unhonne khoj ki ki vah jo apne nae jeevan mein apne puraane jeevan se sachchai aur dhaarmikta ke anurup hai, vah kewal Santon ke saath apni sangati badhaane aur swarg ki Society mein sabhi ko ekajut karne mein sahaayata karne ke lie kaarye karta hai.

Ham vaastav mein, hamari vyaktigat saansaarik sanskrtiyon mein se sabhi ko sanjo sakte hain aur abhi bhi un sabhi ki sabse purani sanskrti mein purn bhaagidaar ho sakte hain—mul, param, shaashvat sanskrti jo Ishu Masih ke susamaachaar se aati hai. Ek ashchariye janak virasat jo ham sabhi hissa karte hain. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

  1. Moses 1:39

  2. J. E. McCulloch, in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay (2011), 154.

  3. Dekhiye Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith (2011), xxviii; Gordon B. Hinckley, “The Marvelous Foundation of Our Faith,” Liahona, Nov. 2002, 78–81.