‘Ritusamhara’ ऋतुसंहार (Vasanta) 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 (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- VI : Vasanta (Spring)

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ऋतुसंहार काव्य

मूळ संस्कृत रचना : महाकबि काळिदास

ओड़िआ पद्यानुबाद : डक्टर् हरेकृष्ण मेहेर

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षष्ठ सर्ग : बसन्त बर्ण्णना

(१)

देख गो प्रेयसि !  बिराजिला आसि

कि मनोहर,

य़ोद्धा रूपरे              ऋतु बसन्त

कुसुमाकर ୤

करे धरिअछि से निजरि,

निशित शर य़े बिकच आम्र-मञ्जरी ୤

धनुगुण रूपे             भ्रमरपन्ति

य़ोचि रहिअछि तत्पर,

भेदिबार लागि      रति-अनुरागी

कामीजनङ्क अन्तर ୥

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(२)

तरुकुळ दिशे     पुष्पभारे रुचिर,

कमळे शोभित पुष्करिणीर नीर ୤

कामिनीमाने त  कामे अधीर,

सुरभिरे भरा   बहे समीर ୤

दिन कमनीय,       सन्ध्या-समय

लागे आनन्दकर,

प्रिये ! बसन्त         ऋतु आसन्ते

सबु सुन्दरतर ୥

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(६)

बिभूषइ नारी   कर्ण्णे तार,

    अनुरूप चारु  नबीन कुसुम  कर्ण्णिकार ୤

अशोक पुष्प   शोभा प्रसरे,

 तार चञ्चळ   नीळ चिकुरे ୤

बिकशित नब           मल्ली सुमन

मण्डित करे  कबरी,

लभन्ति सबु            कुसुम कान्ति

रामागण पाइँ  एपरि ୥

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(२०)

ए मधु समये         अग्नि परि

समुज्ज्बळ ए  बिभास्वर,

पलाश-कानन       पबने थरि

बिराजइ देख चित्तहर ୤

होइछि बिनत   फुलभारे 
व्यापि रहिअछि  सबुठारे । 
 कुसुमाकरर            सद्य आगमे 

प्रतीत हुए ए  बसुन्धरा,

नब-परिणीता       बधू सुशोभिता

य़ेह्ने लोहित- नबाम्बरा ୥

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(२३)

एकाळे पबन        बहे शोभाबन

पात न हेबारु नीहार,

कुसुमित चूत    शाखा दोळायित

करे ए मन्द  समीर ୤

दिग-बिदिगरे आहुरि,

प्रसारइ से त कोकिळ तानर माधुरी ୤

बिळासी जनर  मन हरि,

समीर एपरि चउदिगे य़ाए  सञ्चरि ୥

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(२४)

उपबनराजि बिळासिनी नारी-बृन्दर,

मधु हास परि      धबळ कुन्द

कुसुमरे भरा  सुन्दर ୤

तरुणगणर           अनुरागी मन

हरण करे से  प्रथमरे,

मुनिमानङ्क      बिरागी मन बि

परे हरिनिए  नरमरे ୥

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(३७)

 शुभ्र बिमळ        रसाळ-बकुळ

उत्तम य़ार शर,

धनु य़ा रम्य        पलाश-पुष्प

धनुगुण मधुकर ୤ 

  कळङ्क-हीन कळाकर      

धबळ छत्र  मनोहर । 
 मळय समीर य़ाहार मत्त कुञ्जर, 

बैताळिक य़ा           मधुगायी पिक

बिश्बजयी से  रतिबर ୤

 घेनि सङ्गते  प्रिय बसन्त स्वसहचर, 

बीर अनङ्ग         तब मङ्गळ

  बितरण करु निरन्तर ୥

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Ref. in other site:

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

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