Kalidasan Mr Srinivasan Saraswathi dialogue in Sanskrit is with me in my book shelf and when I lay hand shall release it; in the meantime, Kalidasan whom I like more than the Milton (simile) and Shakespeare (dramatic) charm with the Bhojan can be seen . These verses are translated in Tamil too.
It was a common saying that in Raja Bhoja’s kingdom, Dhara everyone was a poet. An ambassador from a far-off country was highly skeptical of this, and decided to verify it for himself. So off he went into the kingdom far away from the king’s palace. After a long search, he found a poor weaver hard at work. At last, the ambassador thought that he had finally found someone who would certainly not be able to do justice to the tag of a poet. So, taking the weaver with him, he arrived at the palace of Bhoja. Here are the lines sung by the weaver at the palace: काव्यं करोमि नहि चारुतरं करोमि यत्नात् करोमि यदि चारुतरं करोमि । भूपालमौलिमणिमन्डितपादपीठ हे भोजरोज कवयामि वयामि यामि ।। Translation: I compose poetry but not very well. If I make an effort, I would be able to do well. Oh One whose footrest is encrusted with jewels from the crowns of kings, Oh Raja Bhoja, I compose poetry, I weave, (and now) I leave. In the palace of Bhoja was that jewel among poets, Kalidasa. One day Bhoja decided to play a nice trick on our unsuspecting friend. Bhoja took a courtier with him to Kalidasa’s home. When Kalidasa opened the door, Bhoja hid himself behind it. The courtier entered Kalidasa’s home and broke the news that their beloved Raja Bhoja had passed away. Kalidasa was overwhelmed with emotion, and composed the following verses impromptu: अद्य धारा निराधारा निरालम्बा सरस्वती। पंडिताः खंडिताः सर्वे भोजराजे दिवंगते।। That is, “Today Dhara is without support. The Goddess of Learning, Saraswati is also without support. All scholars are overwhelmed with grief at the departure of Raja Bhoja to heaven.” On hearing these beautifully composed lines and overcome with emotion at the grief felt by his faithful poet at his passing away, Bhoja revealed himself from behind the door. Color returned to Kalidasa’s face on seeing his beloved master. Bhoja asked Kalidasa to repeat the lines he had composed just a few moments back.Kalidasa, the most versatile among those who can be called versatile, replied thus: अद्य धारा सदाधारा सदालम्बा सरस्वती। पंडिताः मंडिताः सर्वे भोजराजे भुवंगते।। which means, “Today Dhara is ever supported, and so is Goddess Saraswati. All scholars are adorned now that Raja Bhoja has descended on earth.” *स्मयमानमायताक्ष्याः* *किञ्चिदभिव्यक्तदशनशोभि* *मुखम्* *।* *असमग्रलक्ष्यकेसरमुच्छ्वसदिव* *पङ्कजं* *दृष्टम्* *॥**(**माल**. **२**.**१०* *)* smayamānamāyatākṣyāḥ kiñcidabhivyaktadaśanaśobhi mukham । asamagralakṣyakesaramucchvasadiva paṅkajaṃ dṛṣṭam ॥ (māla. 2.10) The face of the girl with big, beautiful eyes, and whose teeth are slightly seen because her smile is looking like a lotus flower, which has just started blossoming, and whose fibers are partially visible. *कस्यात्यन्तं* *सुखमुपनतं* *दुःखमेकान्ततो* *वा* *नीचैर्गच्छत्युपरिच* *दशा* *चक्रनेमिक्रमेण**।* kasyātyantaṃ sukhamupanataṃ duḥkhamekāntato vā nīcairgacchatyuparica daśā cakranemikrameṇa। No one gets always sorrow or always happiness. States (of happiness and sorrow) keep turning around just as the spokes of a wheel keep going up and down. Kalidasa's *Kumarasambhava*, which describes the advent of the vernal season providing an effective excitant for Siva's love for Parvati: … *“The Palasa flowers, not fully opened and hence curved like the crescent moon and exceedingly red, looked like the fresh nail-imprints of the Spring (Vasanta, in masculine gender) as it were on the limbs of the Sylvan Lands (Vanasthali, in feminine gender) during their first intimate union.”* The expressions, *balendu-vakrani, atilohitani* and *sad yo vasantena samagatani*, have, in a delicate manner, been used just to present a simple description of natural state of things; still the delightful figure of speech (i.e. simile) involved in the words, *nakhaksataniva*, gets naturally related to them without the slightest strain on the reader's mind, and creates genuine aesthetic delight. Again, the *sukumara marga* consists in giving prominence to the intrinsic or natural form of an object in preference to the external and artificial touch given to it by learning or technical skill (*vyutpatti*). KR IRS 31121 On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 at 01:32, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > > *Respected Sir,* > > > > * Kalidasa ( कालिदास: 4th–5th century CE) was a > Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest > playwright and dramatist. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the > Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas. His surviving works > consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems. Kālidāsa is > the author of two mahakavyas > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahakavya>, Kumārasambhava > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum%C4%81rasambhava> and Raghuvaṃśa > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuva%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba> .Kālidāsa also > wrote two khandakavyas (minor poems):Ṛitusaṃhāra , Meghadūta.Kālidāsa wrote > three plays. Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mālavikāgnimitram, Vikramōrvaśīyam > Once upon a time, a proud princess rejected many souls of men due to her > beauty and knowledge. Indeed, the local pundits who could not defeat her of > knowledge, planned to marry her with a fool. Revenge was the cause, may be > defeat too. United they were in search of a foolish man. One day they came > across a man who was cutting a branch of a tree sitting on the same branch. > He was innocent, they thought him fool.* > * They decided and choose him as a foolish man to be married with > the proud princess and accordingly presented kalidas as a man of wisdom. > They were married and later on princess realized that she has been duped. > She drove away KALIDAS out of her palace. Innocent, poor KALIDAS could not > realize any thing but felt insulted. * > * Goddess Saraswati appeared before him and wanted to > know the reason behind of his act to kill him. Goddess came to know every > thing, she requested him to take a bath in the river. **KALIDAS **was > amazed to his surprise; he was uttering the difficult verses of literal > value. Goddess Sarasvati's blessing made all these possible.* > * Thus proudness, negative thoughts and revenge > transformed an innocent man to a man of wisdom, a great poet of his time. > Ultimately a blessing in disguise which he never knew of.* > * In RAGHUVAMSA KALIDAS says* > > > *The sky is full of stars and planets, but yet one moon gives more > light than others in the night.* > * Likewise there are one thousand kings, but yet they say that > this king of Magadha (Bimbisara) is the best* > > *(Raghuvamsa 6-22).* > > > > > *उपमा कालिदासस्य भारवेरर्थगौरवम् ।दण्डिनः पदलालित्यं माघे सन्ति त्रयो > गुणाः ॥upamā kālidāsasya bhāraverarthagauravam |daṇḍinaḥ padalālityaṃ māghe > santi trayo guṇāḥ || “Simile is Kalidas’ forte, Bharavi – density of > meaning;Dandi – simplicity and Magha possesses all three qualitites!”* > > *Regards* > *V.Sridharan* > *Trichy* > > > On Saturday, 30 January, 2021, 10:04:44 pm IST, cnu pne < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > [image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: > untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: > untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: > untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: > untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image][image: > untitled image][image: untitled image][image: untitled image] > Sent from ex excdc WHO ARE YOU? > > > During one of his travels, Kalidasa felt very thirsty and looked around > for water. He saw a woman drawing water from a well. He went up to her and > asked her for water. She agreed to give him water, but asked him, “Who are > you? Introduce yourself.” > Now Kalidasa thought that an ordinary village woman was not worthy of > knowing who Kalidasa was. So he said, “I am a traveller.” But his lady > replied, “In this world there are only 2 travellers – the Sun and the Moon. > Both Rise and Set every day and keep travelling perpetually.”OThen > Kalidasa said, “Alright then, I am a guest.” The lady promptly replied, “In > this world there are only 2 guests – Youth and Wealth … both are temporary > and hence can only be called as guests.” > Intrigued Kalidasa said, “I am a Tolerant person (sahansheel vyakti).” Now > the lady replied, “In this world only 2 truly know the meaning of Tolerance > – Bhoomi (Earth) and Tree. How much ever you stamp the earth or throw > stones at the tree (for the fruits), both continue to nurture us.” > Now Kalidasa was completely perplexed. He said, “Fine. I am a stubborn > person (hatavaadi).” The lady smiled and said, “There are only 2 truly > stubborn personalities – our nails and our hair. We keep cutting them > non-stop, but they continue to grow.” > Kalidasa had been patient so far, but now in anger he said, “I am a fool”. > Now the lady gave a wide smile and said, “There are only 2 kinds of fools > in this world – a King who rules without having any capability or knowledge > & a Minister who is a sycophant to such a King and lavishes praises on such > a useless king.” > Kalidasa realised that he had been outsmarted. He fell at the feet of the > lady and when he touched her feet and then got up, whom did he see? Mata > Saraswati – the Goddess of Learning and Wisdom. She said, “Kalidasa, you > are wise. But only if you know yourself do you become a Manushya (human > being). A person without any awareness of self has not reached the pinnacle > of being a Human. > The Guru who recounted this story in His Pravachan said, “Children should > become a Manushya & know themselves. More than teaching them how to earn > more money and become rich, parents should teach them to become aware of > themselves and become better Human beings.” 😊🙏 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/DEE19624-7ADD-434F-84ED-86825F7E964B%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/DEE19624-7ADD-434F-84ED-86825F7E964B%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/677225821.511341.1612036937326%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/677225821.511341.1612036937326%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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