writer- Kalidasa
Meghadutam is one of the most famous lyrical Poetic work
of Kalidasa having 111 stanzas in Sanskrit language. The book is a brilliant
conceit of the Poet who is considered as one of the greatest Sanskrit poet and
Dramatist.
His works have been translated in many languages, I got to
read a Hindi translation of The book.
Meghaduta is divided into two parts – Purvamegha (Previous cloud) and Uttaramegha
(concomitant cloud). The story is of a Yaksha in the kingdom of Kuber,
the treasurer of Gods. The Yaksha disregarded his duties and as a consequence,
he was shunned out of the kingdom for one year.
Depressed and discouraged Yaksha was feeling the absence of
his wife abysmally. He kept remembering the old days he spent with his wife
and his worries about his better half
induced terrible pain. His wife also kept thinking about him all the time.
When the Yaksha saw the First clouds of the season on a hill
top he asked the friendly cloud to convey his message to his wife at his home
in Alkapuri, the kingdom of Kuber in Himalayas.
He described the path to reach to Alkapuri giving details
about the empires, rivers, jungles, lakes , gardens etc that will fall on the
way.
He further described about Alkapuri; splendor of its houses,
its luxuries, its beautiful basking ladies, its brave men and about his own
house.
“yaha rehne wale
Yaksho ke ankho me jab kabhi anshu aate hai to vo kewal anand ke hi anshu hote
hai…waha ke niwasiyo me agar koi jalan hoti hai to vo kewal priya se bichudne
ki jalan hoti hai..waha prem me ruthne ke atirikt kisi ka kisi se vichoha bhi
nahi hota…aur jawani ki awastha ko chod kar anya koi awastha ko prapt nahi
karta..”
(the tears that come into eyes of Yakshas of Alkapuri are only due to
pleasure….if there is any anguish, its
due to staying away from their lover…and ire in love is only ruefulness
there…and youth is only stage in the life of people there..)
He described about his grieving wife as..
“mere bichoh me
nirantar rote rehne se meri priya ki
ankhe to sooj gai hongi…garam sanso se uske hotho ka rang fikha pad gaya hoga,..chinta ke
karan gaalo par haath rakhe rehne ke karan se aur baalo ko much par aa jane se
uska adhura dikhai dene wala mukh ,megha se dhake hue chandrma ke saman
dhundhla aur udaash sa dikhai de raha hoga..”
(due to continuous crying in sorrow of my absence her eyes
would have been bulged…colour of her lips would have been faded due to the
warmth of her breathing…by putting hand on her cheeks due to worry and due to stray hairs on her face, her
partial exposed face would have been looking faded and sad as if the moon has
been covered partially by clouds.)
The writer has comprehensively described every aspect of the
journey that the cloud was supposed to take. The cloud finally reaches to the
wife of the yaksha and conveys the message…
The book is a nice read and is meridian of titillating story
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