मेरी मां की कहानी
Meri Maa Ki Kahani – Chandravati Maurya
Maa... Chandravati Maurya.
Naam sunte hi mere dil mein ek tasveer ubhar aati hai — ek muskurata chehra, thaki hui aankhen, lekin unmein kabhi na khatam hone wali roshni. Maa sirf ek rishte ka naam nahi hota, maa ek poori duniya hoti hai... aur meri duniya thi Maa Chandravati.
Maa ka gaon tha Prithvipur, zila Ambedkar Nagar, aur maayka Tanda mein tha. Ek simple zindagi, lekin dil mein itna pyar, itna balidan, ki shabdon mein bayaan karna mushkil hai. Unki zindagi aasaniyon se nahi bhari thi. Diabetes naam ki bimaari ne unke sharir ko kamzor kar diya tha, lekin unki rooh kabhi nahi tooti. Har din woh bimaari se ladti rahi — khamoshi se, himmat se, maa ke pyar ke saath.
Main roz dekhta tha unki aankhon mein woh dard — jo kabhi lafzon mein nahi aaya. Kabhi kabhi woh chup ho jaati thi, lekin unki khamoshi bhi mujhe samajh aati thi. Unhone kabhi kisi se kuch nahi maanga — na shikayat, na rehmat. Bas ek maa ki tarah, sab kuch seh kar bhi hamesha mere liye khadi rahi.
Fir aaya woh manhoos August ka mahina, jab zindagi ne mujhe sabse bada dard diya. Maa ki tabiyat itni kharab ho gayi ki unhe King George Medical College, Lucknow ke Gandhi Ward mein bharti karna pada. Main har din dua karta tha ki unki tabiyat theek ho jaaye, lekin... unka safar wahi ruk gaya. Woh chali gayin — ek aakhri baar mujhe dekhti huyi, jaise keh rahi ho:
"Beta, tu akela nahi hai... main hamesha tere saath hoon."
Maa ki maut ne mujhe andar se tod diya. Aaj bhi jab Lucknow ka naam aata hai, to mere zehan mein Gandhi Ward ka woh kamra aata hai — jahan meri maa ki saans ruk gayi thi, lekin meri zindagi ki sabse gehri yaad hamesha ke liye jeet gayi thi.
Chandravati Maurya — ek maa, ek veerangana, ek misaal.
Unka jivan simple tha, lekin unka pyar anmol. Unhone sab kuch diya — khud ko kharch karke, mujhe jeene ki taaqat di.
Aaj bhi jab main unka naam leta hoon, to aankhon se aansu gir jaate hain, lekin dil mein ek garv hota hai... ki main unka beta hoon.
Maa, tu chali gayi... lekin tu har pal mere saath hai. Meri duaon mein, meri saanson mein, meri har jeet mein.
Tera naam, teri yaadein, mera poora wajood hain.
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Maa... Chandravati Maurya.
Naam sunte hi mere dil mein ek tasveer ubhar aati hai — ek muskurata chehra, thaki hui aankhen, lekin unmein kabhi na khatam hone wali roshni. Maa sirf ek rishte ka naam nahi hota, maa ek poori duniya hoti hai... aur meri duniya thi Maa Chandravati.
Maa ka gaon tha Prithvipur, zila Ambedkar Nagar, aur maayka Tanda mein tha. Ek simple zindagi, lekin dil mein itna pyar, itna balidan, ki shabdon mein bayaan karna mushkil hai. Unki zindagi aasaniyon se nahi bhari thi. Diabetes naam ki bimaari ne unke sharir ko kamzor kar diya tha, lekin unki rooh kabhi nahi tooti. Har din woh bimaari se ladti rahi — khamoshi se, himmat se, maa ke pyar ke saath.
Main roz dekhta tha unki aankhon mein woh dard — jo kabhi lafzon mein nahi aaya. Kabhi kabhi woh chup ho jaati thi, lekin unki khamoshi bhi mujhe samajh aati thi. Unhone kabhi kisi se kuch nahi maanga — na shikayat, na rehmat. Bas ek maa ki tarah, sab kuch seh kar bhi hamesha mere liye khadi rahi.
Fir aaya woh manhoos August ka mahina, jab zindagi ne mujhe sabse bada dard diya. Maa ki tabiyat itni kharab ho gayi ki unhe King George Medical College, Lucknow ke Gandhi Ward mein bharti karna pada. Main har din dua karta tha ki unki tabiyat theek ho jaaye, lekin... unka safar wahi ruk gaya. Woh chali gayin — ek aakhri baar mujhe dekhti huyi, jaise keh rahi ho:
"Beta, tu akela nahi hai... main hamesha tere saath hoon."
Maa ki maut ne mujhe andar se tod diya. Aaj bhi jab Lucknow ka naam aata hai, to mere zehan mein Gandhi Ward ka woh kamra aata hai — jahan meri maa ki saans ruk gayi thi, lekin meri zindagi ki sabse gehri yaad hamesha ke liye jeet gayi thi.
Chandravati Maurya — ek maa, ek veerangana, ek misaal.
Unka jivan simple tha, lekin unka pyar anmol. Unhone sab kuch diya — khud ko kharch karke, mujhe jeene ki taaqat di.
Aaj bhi jab main unka naam leta hoon, to aankhon se aansu gir jaate hain, lekin dil mein ek garv hota hai... ki main unka beta hoon.
Maa, tu chali gayi... lekin tu har pal mere saath hai. Meri duaon mein, meri saanson mein, meri har jeet mein.
Tera naam, teri yaadein, mera poora wajood hain.
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