Update 140
Ek sunsaan, murda planet par jahan na hawa chalti thi, na roshni bachi thi do shaktiyaan takraayi. Ek bhookh se phula hua paapi dev, doosra ek shaant aur sadhak devta.
**Gluttony** aaya jaise koi shraap. Ek vikaral titan jiska sharir hamesha badal raha tha, maans aur sone ki chaadar mein lapeta hua. Uske seene mein ek kala vortex tha ek aisi bhookh jo kabhi khatam nahi hoti thi. Har kadam par zameen sad jaati thi, peedhiyan chhil jaati thi, aur aasmaan laal sharab ki tarah tapakne lagta tha. Bhookh se pagal prani mitti se nikal aaye, uske peechhe bhag rahe the kuchh aur khaane ke liye. Gluttony garja:
**"Sab kuch nigal loonga!"**
Aur tab aaya **Kaelus** ek halki si saans ke jaise. Ek lambaa, shaant roop, safed chaadar mein lipta hua. Uske kadam zameen ko chhoote nahi the woh ghoomta tha jaise koi sapna. Jahan woh chala, vahaan sab kuchh shaant ho gaya. Sadi hui bhojan, sharab, bhatakti aatmaayein sabh kuchh dhool ban gaya. Ek shwet surya uske upar chamakne laga jalta nahi, lekin pavitra karta tha.
Gluttony haansa, uske daant ke beech se laal laar tapakti thi:
**"Tu mere bhoj mein bhookha aaya hai?"**
Kaelus chup raha. Uski aankhen band thi. Sir ke upar jo chakrakar mukut tha, woh ek baar ghooma aur samay ruk gaya.
Gluttony jhapaata uski chhe badi panje waqt aur space ko cheerne lage. Bhojan ka toofan aaya sharab acid ban gayi, rotiyon mein keede pad gaye.
**"Sab kuch nigal jaaunga!"**
Kaelus ne ek haath uthaya.
**Shaanti chh gayi.**
Sab kuch ruk gaya.
Bhookh ke roop mein aayi aandhi hawa mein ud gayi.
Jo atmaayein Gluttony ne nigli thi, woh chillane lagi unki cheekh bhookh nahi, satya thi. Kaelus ne unhe jagaya tha. Ek pal ke liye, unhone mehsoos kiya ki kya bhool hui. Gluttony unki cheekhon se kaapne laga.
Kaelus aage badha. Dheere, lekin nirnayak. Jahan kadam rakha, bhojan ki pahaadiyaan ret ban gayi. Zameen safed marble mein badli, jismein mandala aur sacred geometry bani thi.
Gluttony ne puri takat laga di. Usne pahaad ko toda, tarein nigli, aur aakash phaad diya.
**"TU MUJHE ROK NHI SAKTA! MAIN BHUKH HOON!"**
Kaelus ne aankhen kholi.
Do shant sitare chamke jismein jagat ka satya tha.
Aur Gluttony khud ko andhere mein paaya. Akela. Na bhojan, na laar, na awaaz. Sirf ek taraju uske samne tha jismein uski har paapi atma ka wajan tha.
Woh har bite mehsoos kar raha tha. Har cheekh. Har bhool.
Kaelus ne kadam badhaya haath mein danda, aankhon mein shaanti.
**"Discipline mana karna nahi hai... woh yaad dilana hai ki tu kya ban sakta tha."**
Gluttony ghutne par gir gaya. Uski bhookh usi ko nigalne lagi. Haath sona ban kar pigalne lage, sharir sad gaya. Feast palat gaya.
Kaelus ne haath uthaya ek shwet roshni uske haath se nikli aur Gluttony ke seene mein ghus gayi.
Na dhamaaka hua. Na cheekh.
Sirf ek shaanti.
Gluttony dhool mein badal gaya.
Aur Kaelus akela khada raha. Tarazu sahi tha. Bhoj samapt hua.
Sookha, mar chuka ek grah tha jiska har ang Greed ki bhookh ne chaat liya tha. Pahaad sona ban gaye the, nadiyaan heereon mein badal chuki thi, aur hawa mein bhi zahrili chamak thi. Yahaan tha woh **Greed**, chhe haathon wala sunehra rakshas, aankhon mein kabhi na bharti bhookh, gale mein laal ruby ka haar, har haath mein ek chheen li gayi vastu. Uska mukh ek muskaan nahi, ek bhayankar gufa thi, jo har vastu ko nigalne ko tayyar thi.
Aur waha utar aaya **Dharma**, safaid aur sone ke vastra mein, haathon mein ek *Tula* (scale) aur ek *Sankalp-Dand* (staff). Uski aankhon mein na gussa tha, na daya. Sirf santulan.
“Tu rukne aaya hai?” Greed ki hansi grah ke andar tak goonj gayi. “Main chahta hoon. Aur chahta hoon. Aur main sab le sakta hoon.”
Dharma ne tula uthai. Us par Greed ki aatma ka wazan rakha gaya aur turaant ek taraf jhuk gayi, tootne ke kareeb. “Tera bhaar asahya hai,” Dharma bola. “Aur main is vishv mein samanta wapas laane aaya hoon.”
Greed ne pehla vaar kiya *Akhand Bhookh*. Har vastu, har prana uski taraf kheenchne laga. Yeh sirf dhan ki lalach nahi thi, yeh aatma ki lalach thi. Sookhe ped, ret, purani yaadein sab Greed mein samaane lage.
Lekin Dharma ne apna dand zameen par maara. *Karma-Rekha* jali. Har vasna, har ichha ek chakravyuh mein bandh gayi. Tula ne dhadakna shuru kiya, har baar ek karm ka hisaab diya jaa raha tha. Grah ki dhadkan vapas aane lagi.
Greed ne aankhen phaad kar dekha. “Main is grah ka malik hoon!”
Dharma ne shant swar mein kaha, “Tu is grah ka chor hai.”
Greed ab aur bhi vikaari roop mein badalne laga. Uske haath bade hone lage. Har haath mein ab ek devta ki chhavi thi usne un devtaon se chura liya tha: ek ki buddhi, doosre ka shastra, teesre ka vak. Woh ab sab kuch chaahta tha sab kuch khud ke liye.
Usne *Vikriti-Maya* chhodi. Ek jaal jisme Dharma ki tula hilne lagi. Satya aur jhooth ki seema dhundhli hone lagi. Sab kuch Greed ke anukul ban raha tha. Hawayein bolne lagi, “Lelo. Rakho. Sab tumhara hai.”
Par Dharma ne aankhen band ki. Usne ek mantra ucharit kiya *Satya-Drishti*. Uske dand se ek roshni nikli, jisme har chhupi maya jal gayi. Tula ne vishesh roop liya ab usme sirf karm dikhai dene lage.
“Greed,” Dharma garja, “Tu badhta hai, lekin kabhi bharta nahi. Tu khaali hai, aur is khaali pan ka bhaar ab grah sambhal nahi sakta.”
Greed ne antim prahar kiya *Samudra-Spandan*. Usne samay, gyaan, prem, sab kuch churaane ki koshish ki. Yeh uska antim lobh tha anant banne ka lobh. Har roshni usmein ghusne lagi, sab kuch khaatam hone laga.
Lekin Dharma ne apna dand aakaash ki taraf uthaya. Ek *Nyay-Purush* ka roop bana anek yugon ki gyaan se bhara hua. Usne Tula se ek teer banaya *Nirnay-Baan*. Us baan mein har tyag, har satya, har antim gyaan tha jo vishv ne kabhi diya.
Baan chhoda gaya. Aur woh seedha Greed ke vakshasthal mein laga. Sunehra roop phat gaya. Heere-tamgein mitti ban gaye. Greed cheekha ek aisi cheekh jisme laalach ne haar maan li.
“Main... aur... chahta... tha…”
Dharma ne aankhen jhukaayi. “Isi ne tujhe shunya banaya.”
Greed vilin ho gaya. Grah ne saans li. Rait phir se zameen bani. Dhan, vasna, ichha sab apni maryada mein laut aaye. Dharma ne apni tula uthayi. Ab woh seedhi thi. Samta wapas aa chuki thi.
Jaha har taraf achhayi ki jit ho rahi thi toh wahi dusri taraf Rakh se bhare is shant grah par koi zindagi nahi thi. Sannata itna gehra ke saans bhi ghoonjti thi. Aur phir... **Lust** aayi. Uske kadam padte hi, zameen par gulab ugne lagelekin inmein khoon tha, sugandh mein zehar tha.
Hawa mein uski *saansein thi*, har ek ang chhalakta huasharir ek sapna, aankhon mein vish. Uski hansi mein andhera tha, aur har kadam ek nasha. **Lust ke shabdon mein jadoo tha.**
"Aayiye, God of love... dekhte hain tumhara pavitra prem kitna tikta hai mere vasna ke samundar mein."
**God of love** ne aankhen band ki, ek prarthana jaisi shanti uske charo taraf thi. **White crystalline wings** uske peechhe chamak rahi thi. Pyaar uske liye mohabbat tha, nafrat mein bhi samarpan. Uski roshni ne Lust ke gulabon ko sukhaya, uski aura ne mirage tod diye.
Lust ne pehla vaar kiya**pheromone mist** chhodi, jisme har yaad, har ichha ghul gayi. Mohabbat ki jhoothi tasveerein, sharir ki bhookh, unsaid desires.
God of love aage badhaek *shabd*, “**Satya**”, aur poora illusion chhink gaya. Lust cheekhi, lekin uski aawaz mein ab chhed-chhad nahi thi, *ghussa tha.*
“Tumne mere sapno ko todo!”
“Woh sapne the hi jhoothe,” God of love bola, **aankhen kholte hi**, Lust ne apna asli roop dekhaek gandi, kalpnik sharir, joh khud mein hi bhookhi thi.
Tab Lust phooti**tendrils nikle**, *heart-shaped whips* bane, har ek pyar ko vash mein karne ki koshish. Usne God of love par vaar kiya, *ek hazaar illusions*, *ek laakh vaasnaayein.*
Lekin God of love ne apne **light shield** faila diye. Har vaar, har touch, **burn** ho gaya.
**Roshni aur andhera takraaye.**
**White aur Scarlet collide hue.**
Rakh ke tufaan uthe, purane devtaon ki cheekh sunayi di, planet ki zameen crack ho gayi. **Lust ne ant mein apna “Desire Core” khola**ek beating, blood-soaked heart. “Isse chhoo lo... aur tum bhi mere ban jaoge.”
God of love ne haath badhaya. Phir... haath kheench liya.
“Prem mein samarpan hota hai... lekin vasna mein sirf khudgarzi.”
Ek **beam of pure devotion** uske seene se nikli. Woh beam seedha us heart se takraayi.
Explosion. Rakt ke phool ud gaye. **Planet ke gumbad pe white light chhaa gayi.**
Lust ne girte hue kaha
“Tum jeet gaye, lekin main har jagah hoon... har dil mein ek chhoti si jagah meri bhi hai…”
God of love ne aankhen band ki. “Ho sakta hai. Lekin main bhi har jagah hoon aur main kabhi jhukta nahi.”
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