‘Ritusamhara’ ऋतुसंहार - Odia Version (Varsha):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 (Dewy) 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- II : Varsha (Rainy Season)

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ऋतुसंहार काव्य

मूळ संस्कृत रचना : महाकबि काळिदास

ओड़िआ पद्यानुबाद : डक्टर् हरेकृष्ण मेहेर

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द्बितीय सर्ग : बर्षा बर्णना

(१)

बर्षासमय समागत आगो  सुन्दरि !

      प्रिय ए अट‌इ             कामीजनङ्क 

    बिराजइ निजे  राजा परि ୤

सीकर-पूरित     महामेघ य़ार

मत्त करी,

बज्र रूपक           घोर मर्द्दळ

शब्द करि ୤

दीप्त बिजुळि-ध्बजा उत्तोळि  से अम्बरे,

प्रसारे कान्ति  आड़म्बरे ୥

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(२)

व्योममण्डळ  एतेबेळे चारि दिशारु

सुन्दर दिशे  मेघराजि छाइ य़िबारु ୤

काहिँ बा नीरद      नीळ पङ्कज-

पत्र परि गोचर,

काहिँ मर्द्दित            कळा कज्जळ

परि तार कळेबर ୤

काहिँ बा गर्भबती रमणीर  उरज परि,

शोहे जळधर  एकाळे कृष्ण  कान्ति धरि ୥

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(१६) 
आहरि धबल          अरबिन्दर 
कान्तिकि केते बारिधर,

चुम्बि रहिछि प्रस्तर । 

चारि पारुशरे निर्झर 
बहे कुळुकुळु  झरझर ୤

आग्रहे दळ दळ मयूर,

होइअछन्ति  नृत्यपर ୤

घेनि एहिपरि शिरी,

जन-अन्तर              करे उत्सुक 
 एकाळे रम्य गिरि  ୥

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(२०)

कदम्ब नबकेशर सङ्गे  केतकीर

कुसुम-माल्य बिरचि एकाळे  सुरुचिर,

कामिनीबृन्द  हरषरे

सजाइथान्ति  निज शिरे ୤

कुटज तरुर           कळिकापन्ति

घेनि उत्साहे रामाबर,

इच्छानुमते              रम्य भूषण

रचिथाआन्ति  कर्ण्णर ୥

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(२२)

 नीळ पङ्कज-दळ रुचिर 
शोहे उन्नत केते मुदिर । 
बारिभारे नत        कळेबरे से त 

कोमळ समीरे  थरि थरि

    चळे धीरे धीरे  गति करि ୤

इन्द्रधनुर बिबिध बर्ण्णे धाराधर- 
पुञ्ज एकाळे दिश‌इ मञ्जु भास्वर । 

प्रियतमङ्क  बिरहरे,

आकुळा पान्थ-            रमणीगणर

चित्त सते बा  अपहरे  ୥

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(२४)

प्रिय पति सम        ए बरषाकाळ

प्रियकारी अटे  कान्तार,

मण्डइ शिरे        माळतीर माळा

बकुळ फुलर  सम्भार ୤

य़ूथिका-मुकुळ  सङ्गतरे,

बिकच नव्य कुसुम-पुञ्ज भूषित करे ୤

नबीन फुल्ल         कदम्ब फुले

रचना करे से  केते मधुर,

कामिनीगणर  कर्ण्णपूर ୥

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(२८)

रमणीगणर           चित्तहर य़े

बहुगुणे चारु  चमत्कार,

तरु-बल्लरी-         बृन्दर प्रिय

बान्धब  य़ेहु  निर्बिकार ୤

प्राणीसमूहर      जीबन-रूप ए

बर्षाकाळ  तुमर,

कामना सकळ       बितरु सफळ

हेउ कल्याणकर  ୥

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Ref. in other site:

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

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