AKBAR AUR BIRBAL
Ek samay ki baat hai, Akbar Mughal samrat the aur unke vazir Birbal unke bahut acche dost the. Birbal ke teekhe dimaag aur chaturayi ke kisse Akbar ko hamesha hansa dete the.
Ek din, Akbar apne darbar mein baitha tha aur logon ke samasyaon ka samadhan kar rahe the. Ek aadmi ne apni shikayat rakhi ki uski zameen par koi anyaya ho raha hai aur use uski haqdaari nahi mil rahi hai. Usne kaha ki uski zameen ke liye doosre log claim kar rahe hain.
Akbar ne kaha, “Yeh baat samajhne ke liye mujhe saboot chahiye. Agar tum sahi ho, toh main tujhe uski haqdaari dunga. Lekin saboot ke bina main kuch nahi kar sakta.”
Yeh sunte hi logon ke dimaag mein ek sawal utha, ki kaise pata chalega kaun sahi hai aur kaun jhoot bol raha hai. Akbar ne birbal se puchha, “Birbal, tumhe is samasya ka samadhan pata hai?”
Birbal muskuraya aur kaha, “Huzoor, mujhe ek idea hai. Main aapko samasya ka samadhan dikhane ke liye kuch dino ki mohlat mangunga.”
Akbar ne sehmati se kaha, “Theek hai, mujhe vishwas hai ki tu is samasya ka accha samadhan layega.”
Kuch din baad, Birbal apne darbar mein aaya aur do gulab ke phool lekar rah gaya. Ek phool ka rang lal tha aur doosre ka rang peela. Birbal ne gulab ke phoolon ko apne haath mein lekar Akbar ke saamne rakha.
Usne kaha, “Huzoor, yeh do gulab ke phool hain. Inmein se ek phool lal rang ka hai aur doosra phool peela rang ka hai. Main in phoolon ko lekar yahan aaya hoon, kyun ki maine ek tathya pata kiya hai.”
Akbar ne muskuraya aur kaha, “Birbal, mujhe toh yeh sirf do phool lag rahe hain. Mujhe samjhaao ki yeh samasya ka samadhan kaise hain?”
Birbal ne muskuraya aur kaha, “Huzoor, jaisa ki aap jaante hain, zameen ka rang peela hota hai. Lekin agar kisi ne us zameen par laal rang ka phool ugaya ho, toh yeh saabit kar dega ki wohi zameen sahi haqdaar hai. Isi tarah, agar kisi ne zameen par peela rang ka phool ugaya ho, toh woh zameen uska haqdaar hai.”
Akbar ko Birbal ka tathya samajh aaya. Unhone samajh liya ki jis vyakti ne apne zameen par laal phool ugaya hai, wohi uski sahi haqdaar hai. Akbar ne is tathya par vishwas karke us vyakti ko uski zameen ki haqdaari di.
Sab log bahut prasann hue aur Akbar bhi Birbal ki chaturayi se khush hua. Is tarah, Akbar aur Birbal ke beech ke haseen aur sikhane wale rishte ka ek aur jhalak samne aayi.
Akbar aur Birbal ki kahaniyan hamesha logo ko sikhane wali aur manoranjan karne wali hoti thi. Unke beech ki chaturayi aur samajhdaari hamesha logon ko prabhavit karti thi aur unki yeh kahaniyaan aaj bhi logon ke dilon mein zinda hai.