Subah ka waqt tha, ghar unusually shaant tha. Aisi shaanti jo achhi nahi lagti — jaise sab kuch ruk kar kisi faisle ka intezaar kar raha ho. **Akshara** mandir ke saamne baithi thi, phool saja rahi thi. Uske chehre par wahi purani masoomiyat thi, par aankhon me aaj ek ajeeb sa atkaav tha, jaise mann kuch kehna chahta ho par shabd na mil rahe ho.
Usne laal kalava uthaya aur khud se hi boli, “Pata nahi kyun… aaj mann keh raha hai ki sabko bhagwan ki raksha chahiye.”
Vivan ne newspaper rakh diya. Usne Akshara ki taraf dekha — woh aksar aise hi kehti thi, bina wajah, bina matlab. Isliye kisi ne us baat ko seriously nahi liya.Akshara sabse pehle Kiara ke paas gayi. Uski kalai pakad kar pyaar se kalava baandhte hue boli, “Tu hamesha safe rehna.” Phir bina ruke wahi dhaaga Kiansh ki kalai par le jaakar baandh diya.
Par jo kisi ne notice nahi kiya — woh ye tha ki Akshara ne dono kalave **ek hi lambi rassi se baandhe**, aur beech me ek aisa knot lagaya jo aam taur par pooja me nahi lagaya jaata.
Pandit ji, jo mandir ke kone me baithe the, ek pal ke liye ruk gaye. Unki aankhon me halki si chinta aayi… par woh chup rahe.
Kiara ne haath khinchna chaha, par maa ke chehre par itni shiddat se vishwas tha ki woh kuch keh hi nahi paayi.
Akshara ne muskurate hue kaha, “Bas… ab is dhaage ko kholna mat.”Aur us ek sentence ke saath, bandhan ka pehla kadam bina awaaz ke poora ho gaya.
Saath Baithna Kab Se Itefaaq Reh Gaya
Shaam ko Akshara ne achanak poore ghar ko mandir me bula liya. Koi tyohaar nahi tha, koi khaas din nahi — phir bhi usne diya jalaya, agarbatti lagayi.“Bas mann kiya,” usne hamesha ki tarah kaha.
Usne Kiara aur Kiansh ko paas bulaya aur bina soche unhe ek hi aasan par baitha diya.“Alag-alag kyun?” usne hansi me kaha, “Saath baithne se shakti badhti hai.”
Pandit ji ne mantra shuru kiya — shabd simple the, par unka matlab gehra. Baar-baar *sang*, *saath*, *jeevan* jaise shabd aa rahe the.
Kiara ko ajeeb sa bojh mehsoos hua. Uska dil tez dhadakne laga. Usne idhar-udhar dekha, par sabko ye normal lag raha tha.
Akshara ne diya uthaya aur use **dono ke beech se ghumaya**. Jaise hi diya poora chakkar laga kar wapas aaya, hawa tez ho gayi. Mandir ka ghanta bina kisi ke chhuye baj utha.Ek pal ke liye poora ghar jaise saans lena bhool gaya.
Akshara ne ise bhagwan ka ashirwaad samjha.Par sach ye tha — Jab Dhaaga Sirf Dhaaga Nahi Rehta
Jab Raksha, Nishaan Ban Jaaye
Agla din aur bhi zyada ajeeb tha. Akshara mandir saaf karte hue ruk gayi. Uski nazar sindoor ki dibbi par jaakar tik gayi.“Pata nahi kyun,” usne dheere se kaha, “aaj iski zarurat lag rahi hai.”Pandit ji ne kaha, “Bas buri nazar se bachav ke liye.”Akshara ne bina soche sindoor uthaya aur Kiara ke maathe par halka sa tilak laga diya.
Kiara chaunk gayi. “Maa—”“Shhh,” Akshara ne use chup kara diya, “ye bas raksha hai.”Phir woh pal aaya jo kisi ne expect nahi kiya.
Usi sindoor se Akshara ne Kiansh ke anguthe par chinh bana diya.Pandit ji ka chehra peela pad gaya. Unhone aankhein neeche kar li.
Kiara ke kaan me khoon sa shor karne laga. Uska dil keh raha tha ki ye sab galat hai… par dimaag keh raha tha ki maa kuch galat kar hi nahi sakti.Aur isi confusion me,ek aur rasam apna kaam poora kar gayi.Ek Plate, Do Zindagiyan. Us din khane ke waqt Akshara ne achanak zidd pakad li.
“Aaj sab saath baithenge,” usne kaha, “aur haan… ek plate me khana shubh hota hai.”Ek hi plate.Kiara ne pehli baar khul kar mana karna chaha, par maa ke chehre par itna pyaar tha ki uske shabd gale me atak gaye.Dono ne ek hi plate se pehla niwala liya.
Pandit ji ne dheere se kaha, “Ann saanjha ho gaya.”Vivan ne ye shabd sune aur pehli baar uska dil zor se dhadka. Usne Akshara ki taraf dekha, par woh bilkul shaant thi, jaise use kuch pata hi na ho.
Us bhojan ke saath, saath jeevan ka sankalp aur gehra ho gaya.Aashirvaad Jo Hadd Paar Kar Gaya. Akshara ne pandit ji se kaha, “In dono ko ek saath aashirvaad dijiye.”
Pandit ji ne haath uthaya, par unke shabd kaanpte hue nikle.“Jo joda gaya hai… use koi alag na kare.”Akshara ne dono ke haath pakad kar kaha, “Hamesha ek-dusre ka khayal rakhna.”Usne maa ke roop me kaha — par shabd patni ke jaise the.
Kiara ki aankhon me aansu aa gaye. Usse samajh nahi aa raha tha ki darr kyun lag raha hai.Aur kahin door, andheron me, Aprajita ye sab dekh rahi thi — aur muskura rahi thi.
Jab Khamoshi Cheekh Ban Jaaye
Raat ko Kiara ne apni kalai dekhi — kalava.Maathe par tilak ka nishaan.
Uske kaan me pandit ke shabd goonj rahe the.Usi waqt Aprajita ne dheere se kaha. “Ek-ek rasam… aur jab duniya ko shaadi dikhegi,toh woh sirf dikhawa hoga.”Kiara ki saans ruk si gayi.Use ehsaas ho chuka tha —shaadi ka safar kab ka shuru ho chuka hai… bina kisi ijazat ke.
Jab Ghar Sajta Hai, Par Sach Nahi
Subah ghar me achanak halchal thi. Rangoli bani ja rahi thi, phool aa rahe the, lights lag rahi thi. **Kiara** ne jaise hi ye sab dekha, uska dil zor se dhadka.
“Ye sab kyun?” usne poocha.Akshara hamesha ki tarah muskurayi.“Bas… ghar bhaari lag raha tha. Thoda sa shubh kaam.”Shubh kaam.
Ye shabd Kiara ke dimaag me ghoomta raha. Vivan bhi confuse tha, par usne zyada sawaal nahi kiya. Akshara ka vishwas itna saaf hota tha ki koi use doubt hi nahi karta tha.
Tabhi Aprajita ka entry hui — laal saari, khule baal, aur chehre par woh shaant si muskaan jo hamesha kuch aur chhupa rahi hoti thi.
Uski nazar seedha Kiansh par jaakar ruki.Aur us ek nazar me jaise usne faisla kar liya ho —ab sach ko ulta dikhaya jaayega.
Ghoonghat Jisne Chehre Chhupa Diye. Pandit ji ne kaha ki kuch “paramparik rasmein” poori karni hongi.
Akshara ne turant haan keh di.Aur phir woh pal aaya -Aprajita ne khud Kiara ke haathon me ek ghoonghat de diya.“Parampara hai,” usne dheere se kaha, “jab tak pooja chale, chehra dhaka rehta hai.”Par ghoonghat Kiara ka nahi,
Aprajita ka bhi tha.
Dono ek jaise kapdon me, ek jaise ghoonghat me, mandap ke aas-paas ghoom rahi thi.Door se dekhne par farq karna namumkin tha.Aur tab pandit ji ne un shabdon ka istemaal kiya jo dil ko cheer dete hain—
“Dulha-dulhan paas aayein.”Sabki nazar ek hi jagah tik gayi.Aur us moment me, duniya ko jo dikha —woh tha Kiansh aur Aprajita ka joda.
Nazron Ka Dhoka
Phool barse.Shehnai baji.Logon ne taaliyan bajayi.
Aur Kiara…woh bas khadi rahi. Andar se toot ti hui. Uske kaan me sirf ek hi awaaz goonj rahi thi —
“Ye meri jagah kaise le rahi hai?”*
Kiansh bhi sach poori tarah samajh nahi pa raha tha. Sab kuch itna tez, itna planned lag raha tha.
Aur Aprajita —woh har kadam soch samajh kar rakh rahi thi, taaki **illusion aur gehra ho jaaye**.
Usne jaan-boojhkar Kiansh ke paas khud ko present kiya.Logon ne phusphusana shuru kar diya.“Shaadi toh inse hi ho rahi hai…”
Aur kahin kone me khadi Akshara bas itna soch rahi thi—*Bhagwan sab theek kare.*Sach Jo Abhi Bol Nahi Sakta**
Raat hote-hote ghar me ek ajeeb si shaanti chha gayi.Jaise sab kuch ho chuka ho… par koi officially accept nahi kar raha ho.
Kiara apne kamre me baithi thi, haath ka kalava, maathe ka nishaan, aur dil ka bojh — sab use yaad dila raha tha ki **kuch toh irrevocable ho chuka hai**.
Aur usi waqt, sheeshe ke saamne khadi Aprajita ne dheere se kaha—“Ab jab duniya ko joda dikha diya hai…
toh sach dikhane ki zarurat kya?”Uski aankhon me aag thi. (Aur us aag me jal kar,)
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