Ritusamhara’ ऋतुसंहार (Hemanta) OdiaVersion: Dr.Harekrishna Meher

‘Ritusamhara’ Kavya of Poet Kalidasa

Complete Oriya Version by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher

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Poet Kalidasa is a world-famous distinguished figure in Classical Sanskrit Literature

and he is well-known as ‘Prakriti-Kavi’, Poet of Nature, owing to his extraordinary

calibre in depicting various phenomena of Nature with hearty emotional touch of

human relations.

His Sanskrit works mainly comprise mahakavyas, khanda-kavyas and dramas.

His two mahakavyas are ‘Raghuvamsam’ and ‘Kumara-Sambhavam’, while his three

dramas are ‘Abhijnana-Sakuntalam’, ‘Malavikagnimitram’ and ‘Vikramorvashiyam’.

He has composed two khandakavyas ‘Meghadutam’ and ‘Ritusamharam’.

His ‘Ritusamhara’ kavya consists of six cantos (sarga) bearing descriptions of six

seasons that are ‘Grishma (Summer), Varsha (Rain), Sharat (Autumn), Hemanta

(Winter), Shishira (Dew) and Vasanta (Spring). It is a small kavya especially

endowed with some amorous descriptions of human beings in different seasons.

It also depicts various aspects of beauty and other figures of Nature corresponding

to the feelings of men and women in the worldly activities.

Complete Oriya Metrical Translation of ‘Ritusamhara’ kavya was done by me in June

1973. The special feature of this translation is that the last word of each verse ends with 

the letter ‘Ra’. So this kavya is written in ‘Ra’-Antyanuprasa (‘र’ वर्ण-अन्त्यानुप्रास).

Even after so long years, due to lack of proper opportunity, till now it has not seen

the light of the day in the book-form. However, some extracts have been published

on the internet in some sites. In the present context, some selected passages are

given below for the relish of the readers.

(For convenience of the general readers,

Oriya letters are here shown in Devanagari scripts.)

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Extracts from Oriya Version of ‘Ritusamhara’ Kavya

Original Sanskrit by : Poet Kalidasa

Oriya Translation by : Dr. Harekrishna Meher

Canto- IV : Hemanta (Winter)

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ऋतुसंहार काव्य

मूळ संस्कृत रचना : महाकबि काळिदास

ओड़िआ पद्यानुबाद : डक्टर् हरेकृष्ण मेहेर

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चतुर्थ सर्ग : हेमन्त बर्णना 

(१)

अइला कान्ते !  एथर 
ऋतु हेमन्त  रुचिर ।  
नब पल्लब अङ्कुर 
     सहित शस्य सम्भारे भरा मनोहर । 

   लोध्र पादपे           फुटिले पुष्पे

  धान्ये पूरिछि केदार, 
    नळिन सर्ब         बिलय भजिले 

  पतित होइला तुषार ୥

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(४)

हेमन्त काळे  प्रमदानिकर

    रत्न-खचित   चारु चामीकर-

मेखळा-गुणर भूषणरे,

मण्डन करि          न थान्ति निज

गुरु नितम्ब-परिसरे ୤

कमनीय सुकुमार,

बिकच-कञ्ज-चरणरे आपणार ୤

बिभूषण करि         न थान्ति आउ

मञ्जीर  प्रिय-मनोहारी,

 हंस-बिरुत- अनुकारी ୥

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(९)

बिकशित नीळ       कमळे सकळ

शोभा बहिअछि कासार,

प्रमोदरे कळ-             हंसे मदिर

होइ करन्ति बिहार ୤

निर्मळ जळ         बहि सुशीतळ

बिराजिला एबे पद्माकर,

एपरि सरसी        देखिले सहसा

चित्त हरइ  दर्शकर ୥

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पथे जळ शुखिय़िबारु ता हेरि 
आसिबे सदने   केबे प्रिय फेरि, 

ए भाबि हृदय प्रीतिभर,

प्रबासी दयित-         बिरह सहने

स्थिर न हुअइ अन्तर ୤

मृगनयनाए  प्रियतम आगमनर,

पथ अनान्ति     सते बोधन्ति

  कामनाकु निज मनर ୥

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तुषार-परश        पाइ अतिशय

शीत पबनरे कातर,

कम्पित-देहा            परिपक्व ए

प्रियङ्गु लता निजर ୤

 प्रिय दयितर          बिरहे आतुरा 

कामिनी तुल्य एथर,

देख सुन्दरि !      कि रूपे ताहारि

बर्ण्ण होइछि धूसर ୥

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(१९)

पक्ब  अनेक         धान्यराशिरे

पूरिअछि ग्राम- प्रान्तर,

क्रौञ्च बिहग-     काकळी एकाळे

मोहिनिए जन- अन्तर ୤

कामिनीङ्कर          मन-बिमोहन

नानागुणे प्रिय रुचिर,

हिमबर्षी ए                हेमन्त हेउ

  तुमरि सुखद  सुचिर ୥

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Ref. in other site:

http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_texts.html?ContribId=632

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