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Phal Jo Shesh Rahatee Hain
April 2024 maha sammelan
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Phal Jo Shesh Rahatee Hain

Elder Matthew L. Carpenter dwara

Sattar ke

Yadi ham anant kaal ke liye vaada kiye gae asheervaad praapt karna chaahate hain to hamaare adhyaadeshon par pavitr aatma kee muhar hona aavashyak hai.

Ek yuva ladke ke roop mein, mujhe taaje, pakke peaches bahut pasand the. Aaj tak, ek raseele, pakke peach ko uske teekhe(tangy) svaad ke saath kaatne ka vichaar mere muh mein paanee la deta hai. Jab pooree tarah se matured peaches tod liye jaate hain, to ve kharaab hone se pahale do se chaar din tak theek rahate hain. Meree maa aur mere bhaee-bahanon ke saath hamaaree rasoee mein shaamil hone kee sukhad yaaden hain kyonki ham aane vaalee sardiyon ke liye kate hue peaches ko botalon mein band karke sanrakshit(preserve) karte the. Yadi hamne peaches ko sahee dhang se sanrakshit kiya, to yah svaadisht phal sirph do-chaar din nahin, balki kaee varshon tak achcha rahega. Peaches ke liye, agar theek se taiyaar aur garm kiya jae, to phal seel tootne tak sanrakshit rahata hai.

Masih ne hamen nirdesh diya ki “jao aur phal lao, taaki tumhaara phal rahe.” Lekin Woh peaches ke baare mein baat nahi kar raha tha. Woh apne bachchon ke liye Prabhu ke aasheervaad ke baare mein baat kar raha tha. Agar ham Prabhu ke saath anubandh banaate hain aur uska paalan karte hain, to hamaare anubandhon se jude aasheervaad is jeevan se aage badh sakte hain aur ham par muhar laga sakte hain, ya hamesha ke liye sanrakshit rah sakte hain.

Pavitr Aatma, vaade kee Pavitr Aatma ke roop mein apnee divy bhoomika mein, un logon par pratyek adhyaadesh ko seel kar dega jo apnee vachanoh ke prati wafaadaar hain taaki ve mrtyu ke baad maanye hon. Yadi ham anant kaal ke liye vaade kiye gaya aasheervaad praapt karna chaahate hain, aur shesh phal ban na chaahate hain, to hamaare adhyaadeshon par Pavitr Aatma kee muhar hona aavashyak hai.

Yadi ham axoltad hona chaahate hain to yah vishesh roop se mahatvapoorn hai. Jaisa ki President Nelson ne sikhaaya hai, hamen ant ko dhyaan mein rakh kar “shuruaat karnee chaahiye. … Nishchit roop se, ham mein se pratyek ke liye, ‘ant’ jise ham sabse adhik haasil karna chaahenge vah hai apne parivaaron ke saath ek utkrsht sthiti mein hamesha ke liye rahana jahaan ham Prabhu, hamaare Swarg ke Pita aur Unke Putr Ishu Masih kee upasthiti mein honge.” President Nelson ne bhi kaha hain: “Divy vivaah anant jeevan kee taiyaaree ka ek mahatvapoorn hissa hai. Iske liye aavashyak hai ki vyakti ka vivaah sahee vyakti se, sahee jagah par, sahee praadhikaaree dvaara kiya jae, aur us pavitr anubandh ka eemaandaaree se paalan kiya jae. Tabhi vyakti ko Prabhu ke divy saamraajy mein unnati ka aashvaasan diya ja sakta hai.”

Utkarsh ke aasheervaad kya hain? Inmen pati-patni ke roop mein anant kaal tak Prabhu kee upasthiti mein rahana, “sinhaasan, raajy, riyaasaten, aur shaktiyaan, aur hamesha-hamesha ke liye beej kee nirantarata shaamil hai,” aur vah sab kuchh praapt karna jo Parampita Parmeshvar ke paas hai.

Prabhu ne Joseph Smith ke dwaara bataya:

“Divy mahima mein teen svarg ya ansh hain;

“Aur uchchatam(highest) praapt karne ke liye, ek vyakti ko paurohity ke is kram mein pravesh karna hoga [jiska arth hai vivaah kee naee aur shaashvat vaade];

“Agar vah ye nahi karta hai, to vah ise praapt nahin kar sakta.

“Woh doosre mein pravesh kar sakta hai, lekin vah uske raajy ka ant hai; uskee vrddhi nahin ho saktee.”

Ham yahaan seekhte hain ki koee vyakti divy saamraajy mein ho sakta hai, ya Prabhu kee upasthiti mein rah sakta hai, aur akela rah sakta hai. Lekin divy saamraajy ke sabse uuchche digree par pahunchne ke liye, vyakti ko uchit praadhikaaree dvaara vivaah mein pravesh karna hoga aur phir us vivaah mein kiye gae anubandhon ke prati sachcha hona hoga. Jaise ham in anubandhon ke prati wafaadaar honge, Vaade kee Pavitr Aatma hamaare vivaah anubandh par muhar laga saktee hai. Aese seeled aasheervaad ban jaata hai phal jo shesh rahatee hain.

Vivaah kee naee aur chirasthaayee vaade ko nishthaapoorvak nibhaane ke liye kya aavashyak hai?

President Russell M. Nelson ne sikhaaya hai ki jab ham is shaashvat vivaah anubandh mein pravesh karte hain to do prakaar ke bandhan hote hain: pati aur patnee ke beech ek paarshv bandhan, aur Prabhu ke saath ek vartikal bandhan. Axoltation ke aasheervaad ko ham par muhar lagaane aur is jeevan ke baad bane rahane ke liye, hamen vaade ke aur oordhvaadhar donon bandhanon ke prati sachcha hona chaahiye.

Apne jeevan saathee ke saath paarshv(lateral) bandhan banae rakhne ke liye, Prabhu ne hamen salaah dee hai ki “[apnee] patni [ya pati] ko poore [apne] dil se pyaar karo, aur apne patni [ya pati] ke saath jude raho aur kisee aur ke nahin.” Jo log shaadeeshuda hain, unke saath jude rahane ka matlab hai ki aap ek saath pyaar se salaah lete hain, aap ek-doosre se pyaar aur dekh bhaal karte hain, aap baaharee hiton ke bajaay apne jeevan saathee ke saath samay bitaane ko praathamikata dete hain, aur aap Prabhu se madad maangte hain taaki aap apne kamajoriyaan par kaaboo pa saken. Iska matlab yah bhee hai ki aapkee shaadee ke baahar kisee bhee prakaar ka koee bhaavanaatmak ya yaun sambandh nahin hai, jismen chhedakhaanee ya deting bhee shaamil hai, aur koee ashleel saahity nahin hai, jo vaasna paida karta hai.

Anubandh mein paarshv bandhan ko banae rakhne ke liye, pratyek saathee ko vivaah mein bane rahane kee ichchha honee chaahiye. President Dallin H. Oaks ne haal hee mein sikhaaya: “Ham yah bhee jaante hain ki vah [Parmeshwar] kisee ko bhee uskee ichchha ke viruddh rishte ko seel karne ke liye majboor nahin karega. Ek seeled rishte ka aasheervaad un sabhee ke liye sunishchit kiya jaata hai jo apne anubandhon ka paalan karte hain lekin kisee anya vyakti jo ayogy ya anichchhuk hai us par seeled rishte ko majboor karke nahin.”

President Nelson dvaara ullikhit vartikal bandhan kya hai? Vartikal bandhan vah hai jo ham Prabhu ke saath banaate hain.

Prabhu ke saath vartikal bandhan banae rakhne ke liye, hamen aagyaakaarita, balidaan, susamaachaar, shuddhata aur abhishek ke niyamon ke sambandh mein banae gae mandir anubandhon ke prati sachcha hona hoga. Ham apne shaashvat saathee ko praapt karne aur ek dharmee jeevan saathee aur maata-pita ban ne ke liye bhee Prabhu ke saath anubandh karte hain. Jaise ham vartikal bandhan banae rakhte hain, ham Abrahamic vaade ke maadhyam se Prabhu ke parivaar ka hissa hone ke aasheervaad ke liye arhata praapt karte hain, jismen bhaavee peedhee, susamaachaar aur paurohity ka aasheervaad bhee shaamil hai. Vaastav mein ye aasheervaad phal ban sakte hain jo shesh rahate hain.

Jabki ham aasha karte hain ki jo log naee aur chirasthaayee vaade mein pravesh karte hain ve sachche bane rahen aur un par anant kaal tak aasheervaad kee muhar lagee rahe, kabhee-kabhee yah aadarsh hamaaree pahunch se pare lagta hai. Apne poore mantraalay mein mainne aise sadasyon ka saamna kiya hai jo anubandh banaate hain aur uska paalan karte hain, lekin unke jeevan saathee aisa nahin karte hain. Aise log bhee hain jo akele hain aur unhen kabhee apne jiwan mein vivaah karne ka avsar nahin milta Aur aise log bhee hain jo apne vivaah anubandhon mein wafaafaar nahin hain. Inmen se pratyek paristhiti mein vyaktiyon ka kya hota hai?

  1. Yadi aap un anubandhon ke prati wafaadaar rahate hain jo aapne tab kiye the jab aap sampann hue the, to aapko bandobastee mein aapse kiye gae vyaktigat aasheervaad praapt honge, bhale hee aapke pati ya patnee ne apne anubandhon ko tod diya ho ya shaadee se peechhe hat gae hon. Yadi aapko seel kar diya gaya tha aur baad mein talaak de diya gaya tha, aur yadi aapkee seeling radd nahin kee gaee hai, to us seeling ke vyaktigat aasheervaad aapke liye prabhaavee rahenge yadi aap wafaadaar bane rahen.

    Kabhee-kabhee, dhoka aur bahut vaastavik chot kee bhaavnaon ke kaaran, ek wafaadaar jeevan saathee apne bewafaa jeevan saathee ke saath apnee seel ko radd karna chaah sakta hai taaki prthvee par aur anant kaal ke liye unse jitna sambhav ho sake door ho jae. Yadi aap chintit hain ki aap kisee tarah apne poorv pashchataata pati se bandh jaenge, to yaad rakhen, aisa nahi hoga! Prabhu kisee ko bhee uskee ichchha ke viruddh anant kaal tak ek seeled rishte mein rahane kee aavashyakata nahin denge. Swarg ke Pita yah sunishchit karenge ki hamen har vah aasheervaad praapt hoga jiskee anumati hamaaree ichchhaen aur vikalp dete hain.

    Haalaanki, yadi seeling radd karna abhee bhee vaanchhit hai, to chun ne kee shakti ka sammaan kiya jaata hai. Kuchh prakriyaon ka paalan kiya ja sakta hai. Lekin yah yoonhi nahin kiya jaana chaahiye! First Presidency ke paas prthvee aur svarg mein bandhanein kee chaabi hai. First Presidency dvaara ek baar seeling radd karne kee anumati diye jaane ke baad, us seeling se sambandhit aasheervaad ab laagoo nahin hote hain; unhen paarshv aur lambavat donon tarah se radd kar diya jaata hai. Yah samajhna mahatvapoorn hai ki utkarsh ka aasheervaad praapt karne ke liye, hamen yah pradarshit karna chaahiye ki ham is nae aur chirasthaayee anubandh mein pravesh karne aur eemaanadaaree se paalan karne ke ichchhuk hain, ya to is jeevan mein ya agle jeevan mein.

  2. Jo log Church ke single sadasy hain, krpya yaad rakhen ki “Prabhu ke apne tareeke aur samay mein, unke wafaadaar santon se koee bhee aasheervaad vaapas nahin liya jaega. Prabhu pratyek vyakti ka nyaay aur pratiphal uskee haardik [ichchhaon] aur karmon ke anusaar denge.”

  3. Yadi aap mandir ke anubandhon ke prati wafaadaar nahin rahe, to kya koi aasha hai? Haan! Ishu Masih ka susamachaar umeed ka susamsachaar hai. Vah aasha sachche pashchaataap aur aagyaakaaree roop se Masih kee shikshaon ka paalan karne se Ishu Masih ke maadhyam se aatee hai. Mainne vyaktiyon ko pavitr anubandhon ko todte hue gambheer galtiyaan karte dekha hai. Niyamit aadhaar par, main un logon ko dekhta hoon jo eemaanadaaree se pashchaataap karte hain, unhen maaf kar diya jaata hai aur ve anubandh path par laut aate hain. Yadi aapne apne mandir ke anubandhon ko tod diya hai, to main aapse Ishu Masih kee or mudne, apne bishop se counsel karne, pashchaataap karne aur Ishu Masih ke praayashchit ke kaaran uplabdh shaktishaali upachaar shakti ke liye apnee aatma ko kholne ka aagrah karta hoon.

Baiyon aur bahanon, hamaare pyaare Swarg ke Pita hamen vivaah kee naee aur shaashvat vaachanein jaise anubandh die hain taaki ham un sabhee cheejon tak pahunch saken jo usne hamaare liye rakhee hain. Parmeshvar ke ye pavitr aasheervaad kisee bhee saansaarik phal se adhik svaadisht hain. Unhen hamaare liye hamesha ke liye, sanrakshit kiya ja sakta hai, kyonki ham apne mandir ke anubandhon ke prati wafadar hain.

Main gawahi deta hoon ki Prabhu ne prthvee par baandhne ka adhikaar ristor kar diya hai isliye yah svarg mein bhi bandh sakta hai. Yeh adhikaar Ishu Maseeh ka Antim-dinon ke Santon ka Girjaghar mein milta hai. Yah First Presidency aur Baara Devduton ke Korum kee parishad dvaara aayojit kiya jaata hai aur iska prayog President Russell M. Nelson ke nirdeshan mein kiya jaata hai. Ishu Masih ke praayashchit ke kaaran, jo log vivaah kee naee aur shaashvat vaade mein pravesh karte hain aur us vaade ka paalan karte hain ve poorn ho sakte hain aur antatah Pita kee mahima kee poornata praapt kar sakte hain, chaahe paristhitiyaan unke niyantran se pare hon.

Hamaare anubandhon se sambandhit ye vaada kiye gae aasheervaad vaade kee Pavitr Aatma dvaara ham par muhar lagae ja sakte hain aur phal jo hamesha-hamesha ke liye bane rahate hain ban sakte hain. Mai yeh gawahi deta hoon Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

  1. John 15:16.

  2. Dekhiye Dale G. Renlund, “Accessing God’s Power through Covenants,” Liahona, May 2023, 35–38; Doctrine and Covenants 132:7.

  3. Kisee adhyaay ko tab seel kar diya jaata hai jab ise svarg aur prthvee donon mein valid bana diya jaata hai kyonki ise adhikaar rakhne vaale vyakti dvaar nishpaadit kiya jaata hai aur pavitr aatma dvaar iskee pushti kee jaatee hai.

    “Hum sealing adhikaar ko sirf kuch mandir dharamvidhiyon par laagu karne ke baare me sochte hai, lekin yeh adhikaar kisi bhi dharamvidhi ko valid aur mrityu se pare baandhne ke liye avashyak hai. Uddharan ke liye, sealing shakti aapke baptisma par maanyeta ki muhar pradaan karti hai, taaki ise yahaan aur swarg me pehchaana jaa sake. Anth me, sabhi purohiti dharamvidhiyaan Girjaghar ke President ke chaabiyon ke tahat nishpaadit ki jaati hai, jaise ki President Joseph Fielding Smith ne samjhaya tha, “Usne [Girjaghar ke Adhyaksh] hamein adhikaar diya hai, usne hamare purohiti me sealing shakti daal di hai, kyunki woh un chaabiyon ko rakhta hai’ [quoted by Harold B. Lee, in Conference Report, Oct. 1944, 75]” (D. Todd Christofferson, “The Sealing Power,” Liahona, Nov. 2023, 20).

    “Ek kaary jise vaade kee pavitr aatma dvaara seel kiya gaya hai woh vah hai jise pavitr aatma dvaara anumodit kiya gaya hai; yah vah hai jo Prabhu dvaara anumodit hai. Koee bhee Pavitr Aatma se jhooth nahin bol sakta aur bina pahachaane bachakar nikal sakta hai. … Ye siddhaant Church mein har doosre adhyaadesh aur pradarshan par bhee laagoo hote hain. Is prakaar yadi donon paksh [vivaah mein] nyaayapoorn aur sachche hain’ [Doctrine and Covenants 76:53], yadi ve yogy hain, to unke mandir vivaah par ek anusamarthan muhar laga dee jaatee hai; yadi ve ayogy hain, to ve aatma dvaara uchit nahin thaharae jaate hain aur pavitr aatma ka anusamarthan rok diya jaata hai. Baad kee yogyta seel ko laagoo kar degee aur adharm kisee bhee seel ko tod dega” (Bruce R. McConkie, “Holy Spirit of Promise,” in Preparing for an Eternal Marriage Student Manual [2003], 136).

    “Vaade kee Pavitr Aatma vah Pavitr Aatma hai jo har adhyaadesh par anumodan kee muhar lagaatee hai: bapatisma, pushtikaran, samanvay, vivaah. Vaada yah hai ki vishvaasayogyata se aasheervaad praapt hoga. Yadi koee vyakti kisee vaade ka ullanghan karta hai, chaahe vah bapatisma, abhishek, vivaah ya kuchh aur ho, to aatma anumodan kee mohar vaapas le letee hai, aur aasheervaad praapt nahin hota. Pratyek adhyaadesh ko vishvaasayogyata ke aadhaar par puraskaar ke vaade ke saath seel kar diya jaata hai. Jahaan anubandh tootate hain vahaan pavitr aatma anumodan kee mohar vaapas le leta hai” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie [1954], 1:45).

  4. Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me (2023), 15. Yadi mrtakon ke resurrection ke baad unmen shakti honee hai to sabhee anubandhon ko vaade kee pavitr aatma dvaara seel kiya jaana chaahiye” (dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 132:7).

  5. Russell M. Nelson, “Celestial Marriage,” Liahona, Nov. 2008, 94.

  6. Doctrine and Covenants 132:19.

  7. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 84:38.

  8. Doctrine and Covenants 131:1–4.

  9. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 132:19–20. “Woh uchche manzil—umang jiwan celestial raajye mein—yeh Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka phokas hai” (Dallin H. Oaks, “Kingdoms of Glory,” Liahona, Nov. 2023, 26).

  10. “Jis tarah viwaah aur parivaar ek vichitr amukhye bandhan aapas me sheya karte hai jisse ek khaas pyaar vertically hai, usi tarah yeh naya rishta se hum khud ko upari disha me Parmeshwar ke saath baandhte hai vachan ke zariye (Russell M. Nelson, Heart of the Matter41–42).

  11. Doctrine and Covenants 42:22aur dekhiye General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 38.6.16. Yahaan vivaah par charcha karte hue, main Bhagvaan ke kaanoon ke anusaar vivaah ka ullekh kar rahe hai, jo vivaah ko ek purush aur ek mahila ke beech kaanoonee aur vaidh milan ke roop mein paribhaashit karta hai (see “The Family: A Proclamation to the WorldGospel Library).

  12. Dekhiye “Duniya Ke Liye Ek Aupchaarik Ghoshna,” Gospel Library.

  13. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 42:22–24.

  14. Dallin H. Oaks, “Kingdoms of Glory,” 29; par zor diya gaya.

  15. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 86:8–11; 113:8; Abraham 2:9–11.

  16. Dekhiye General Handbook, 38.4.1.

    Jab main Switzerland mein ek full-time mishan mein seva kar raha tha, to mainne aur mere saathee ne ek adbhut 60 varsheey Swiss jode ke saath susamaachaar baata. Jab hamne is jode ko Ishu Masih ke punarsthaapit Church ke baare mein sikhaaya, to mahila ne ham jo sikha rahe the usmen bahut dilchaspee dikhaee. Agle kuchh haphton mein, use is vaastavikata kee gawahi milee ki Ishu Masih ke Church ko Bhagvaan ke sahee adhikaar ke saath laaya gaya tha, aur Ishu Masih apne Church ko jeevit prophets aur apostles ke maadhyam se nirdeshit karte hain. Ham is jode ko punarsthaapna ke sabse utkrsht siddhaanton mein se ek, shaashvat vivaah ke avsar ke baare mein sikhaane ke liye utsuk the. Haalanki, aashcharyajanak roop se, jab hamne is jode ko shaashvat vivaah ke siddhaant ke baare mein sikhaaya, to Swiss mahila ne tippanee(interest) kee ki use apne pati ke saath anant kaal tak rahane mein koee dilachaspee nahin hai. Uske liye, svarg mein apne pati ke saath rahana shaamil nahin tha, jis se uskee shaadee ko 36 saal ho gae the. Is bahan ne bapatisma le liya tha, lekin uske pati ne nahi. Inhe kabhee bhee mandir mein seel nahin kiya gaya.

    Haalaanki, kaee logon ke liye, jis vyakti se unka vivaah hua hai, uske saath rahe bina svarg svarg nahin hoga. Jis jeevan saathee se aap pyaar karte hain uske saath hamesha ke liye rahana vaastav mein svarg jaisa lagta hai. Jaisa ki Elder Jeffrey Holland ne apnee priy patnee , Pat ke baare mein share kiya, Uske bina svarg svarg nahin hota (see “Scott Taylor: For Elder Holland, Heaven without His Wife and Children ‘Wouldn’t Be Heaven for Me,’” Church News, July 22, 2023,thechurchnews.com).

  17. Dekhiye Dallin H. Oaks, “Kingdoms of Glory,” 26.

  18. Russell M. Nelson, “Celestial Marriage,” 94.

  19. Dekhiye John 15:16.