MEGHDOOT
KALIDAS, TRANLATOR :-SHANTA J. SHELAKE
Oct 2013 · MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
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The original 'Meghdoot' is an epic by the famous Sanskrit poet, 'Mahakavi Kalidas'. The figure of speech maintained throughout the epic is 'mandakranta'. Every line of the epic is meaningful, revealing the meaning of nature and mind, explaining the beauty of nature and mind.Actually, each and every part of the epic is strong and beautiful itself, but the strongest is the way he has described the hero's anguish on separation from his wife who is his lover too.
Before Shantabai took the difficult task of translating this epic many had attempted to do so. Her style is simple, nowhere complex, her stanzas have a rhythm and a particular figure of speech is maintained throughout. While doing so, she takes immense care to keep the original form as it is. Her translation is so perfect that at times we forget that we are reading the Marathi version of the epic and not the original Sanskrit one. Those tender and sensitive minds who are fans of the epic 'Meghdoot' will surely welcome this translation and those who could not go through it for some reason or other will also love this new 'Meghdoot'.
Before Shantabai took the difficult task of translating this epic many had attempted to do so. Her style is simple, nowhere complex, her stanzas have a rhythm and a particular figure of speech is maintained throughout. While doing so, she takes immense care to keep the original form as it is. Her translation is so perfect that at times we forget that we are reading the Marathi version of the epic and not the original Sanskrit one. Those tender and sensitive minds who are fans of the epic 'Meghdoot' will surely welcome this translation and those who could not go through it for some reason or other will also love this new 'Meghdoot'.
महाकवि श्रीकालिदास याचे ‘मेघदूत’ ही संस्कृत साहित्यातली एक स्वभावरमणीय अलौकिक कलाकृती आहे. ‘मन्दाक्रान्ता’ सारखे रसोचित वृत्त, प्रत्ययकारी निसर्गवर्णने, वेधक स्थलचित्रणे, विरहाच्या पाश्र्वभूमीवर व्यक्त झालेला उत्कट प्रणयभाव आणि हे सारे समर्थपणे शब्दांकित करणारी कालिदासाची सुश्लिष्ट शैली यांमुळे ‘मेघदूता’ला अम्लान टवटवीत लावण्य लाभले आहे.मराठीत ‘मेघदूता’चे अनेक अनुवाद झाले आहेत. आता प्रसिद्ध कवयित्री शान्ता ज. शेळके या आपला अनुवाद रसिकांना सादर करीत आहेत. साधी सरळ निवेदनपद्धती, छंदोबद्ध प्रवाही रचना, मूळ काव्याच्या रसवत्तेला बाध न आणता किंवा आशयाला धक्का न लावता केलेली त्याची प्रतिकृती हे शान्ताबार्इंच्या अनुवादाचे लक्षणीय विशेष आहेत.‘मेघदूता’च्या रसलुब्ध प्रेमिकांना तर हा अनुवाद आवडेलच,पण स्वतंत्रपणे वाचणारांनाही तो आस्वाद्य वाटेल.
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May 6, 2014
You said 136 sample pages.....what about rest of those???
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