Bible ek purani aur pavitra kitab hai jo kai logo ke liye ek adhyatmik margdarshan ka kaam karti hai. Iss kitab me bahut saare rahasya aur prachin jankari chhupi hui hai jo logon ko aaj bhi chakit kar deti hai. Aise hi ek rahasya ka naam hai Kaneh Bosm. Yeh shabd Bible me milta hai aur logon ke beech is par kai tarah ke vichar hain. Bahut se log maante hain ki yeh asal me cannabis, yani bhang ya marijuana ko darshata hai. Lekin sach kya hai? Kya yeh sach me ek herbal plant hai jo Bible ke samay me istemal hota tha? Chaliye, iss rahasya par roshni daalte hain.
Sabse pehle, Kaneh Bosm shabd ka ullekh Hebrew Bible, yani Tanakh me hota hai. Yeh ek prachin Hebrew shabd hai jo adhiktar Shemen HaMishchah (Sacred Anointing Oil) yaani pavitra abhishek tel ki samagri me shamil hai. Exodus 30:22-25 me ek vishesh abhishek tel ka varnan hai jo tab ke yajakon aur mandir ki pavitrata ke liye banaya jata tha. Yeh tel kai herbal aur sugandhit padartho se bana hota tha, jisme ek padarth Kaneh Bosm bhi tha.
Yahaan ek bada prashna yeh uthta hai ki Kaneh Bosm kis prakritik vastu ka sandarbh deta hai? Kai scholars aur researchers ka maanna hai ki iska sambandh cannabis se hai. Yeh vichar sabse pehle ek Hebrew linguistic expert Sula Benet ne diya tha, jo 20vi sadi ke dauraan is vishay par adhyan kar rahi thi. Unka kehna tha ki Kaneh Bosm ka asli matlab cannabis yaani marijuana ho sakta hai, jo prachin samay me aushadhi aur dharmik kriyaon me upyog kiya jata tha.
Is sandarbh me Kaneh ka matlab hota hai ‘reed’ ya ‘stalk’ yani ek tarah ka ghaas ya ped ka tana. Wahin Bosm ka matlab hota hai ‘aromatic’ yani sugandhit. Jab dono shabdon ko ek saath dekha jaye to iska matlab ek sugandhit ghaas ya sugandhit ped ho sakta hai. Yeh tulna cannabis se ki jati hai kyunki cannabis ek aisa podha hai jisme sugandhit tel hota hai aur iska istemal Ayurvedic aur dharmik kriyaon me bhi hota aaya hai.
Lekin sabhi scholars is baat se sahmat nahi hain. Kuchh experts maante hain ki Kaneh Bosm asal me ek alag prakaar ka sugandhit podha ho sakta hai, jaise ki calamus ya lemon grass. Yeh dono bhi sugandhit herbal plants hain jo prachin samay me istemal kiye jate the. Is wajah se Kaneh Bosm ko sidhe cannabis se jodna har koi maang nahi karta.
Iska ek doosra paksh yeh bhi hai ki Bible me jo bhi padarth diye gaye hain, unka arth samajhne ke liye unke sandarbh me jaana zaroori hai. Jab Exodus me diya gaya abhishek tel banane ka vidhan dekha jaye to usme Kaneh Bosm ke alawa myrrh, cinnamon aur cassia bhi shamil hain. Yeh sabhi herbal aur sugandhit padarth hain jo dharmik kriyaon me upyog hote the. Yahaan ek sambhavana yeh bhi ho sakti hai ki Kaneh Bosm kisi anya sugandhit herbal padarth ka hi ek naam ho.
Ek aur mahatvapurn baat yeh hai ki Christianity aur Judaism me intoxication yani nasha karne ko achha nahi mana jata. Halanki, dharmik anushthan me kai prakritik jari-bootiyon ka upyog hota tha, lekin iska arth hamesha nasha se nahi hota. Agar maan bhi lein ki Kaneh Bosm cannabis tha, to bhi iska arth yeh nahi ki log us samay nasha ke liye iska istemal karte the. Yeh bhi ho sakta hai ki iska upyog kewal pavitra abhishek tel me ek sugandhit tattva ke roop me hota tha.
Aaj bhi yeh vishay ek research ka kendra hai. Kai log maante hain ki agar Kaneh Bosm asal me cannabis tha, to iska arth yeh bhi ho sakta hai ki prachin yug me logon ko iski chikitsak gunon ki jankari thi. Ayurveda aur Chinese medicine me bhi cannabis ka upyog ek aushadhi ke roop me hota raha hai. Lekin kuch dharmik paksh is baat se sehmat nahi hote aur kehte hain ki iska asli matlab kuch aur hi hai.
Aakhir me yahi kaha ja sakta hai ki Kaneh Bosm ka asli arth kya hai, yeh ab tak ek rahasya bana hua hai. Kuch log ise cannabis se jodte hain, to kuch ise kisi aur herbal plant se. Kya sach me Bible me cannabis ka ullekh hai? Ya yeh kewal ek galat anuvad ka natija hai? Yeh prashna aaj bhi scholars aur dharmik vicharakon ke beech charcha ka vishay hai. Is vishay par aur adhyan ki zaroorat hai taaki hum sachayi tak pahunch sakein. Tab tak, yeh ek aakasmik aur rahasyamay vishay bana rahega jo logon ko sochne par majboor karta hai.