‘অভিজ্ঞানশকুন্তলম্’- এর শকুন্তলা ও ‘বীরাঙ্গনা’র শকুন্তলার তুলনাত্মক পর্যালোচনা (A Comparative Analysis of Shakuntala in ‘Abhijnanashakuntalam’ and ‘Birangana’)
Journal Title: Atmadeep - Year 2024, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
The poet Kalidasa's world-famous drama ‘Abhijñānaśakuntalam’ and the poet Sri Michael Madhusudan Dutta's ‘Bīrāṅganā’, a poet who shaped the ‘amitrākṣara’ rhythm of bengali literature, are famous and well-known poems. Earlier poet Ishwar Gupta had mentioned ‘Patra-kāvya’(Epistolery), but it was Madhusudan Dutta who first followed the Roman poet ‘Ovid’ and composed eleven cantos ‘Bīrāṅganā’ ‘Patra-kāvya’ in its own glory. In 'śakuntalā patrikā’, the first canto of ‘Bīrāṅganā’ Kavya, the poet Madhusudan Dutta follows the love story of Dusmanta and Shakuntala as described in the Mahābhārata or Padmapurāṇa or ‘Abhijñānaśakuntalam’. Based on the scene of the hero's hatred of the heroine, he composed the letter “duṣmantēra prati śakuntalā”. Poet Kalidasa has brought out the emotional pulse of the newly married. Shakuntala’s heart towards the returning king and in Madhusūdana's work, the diverse human female character of the complaint of the distressed and anxious village wife has been exposed. In both poems, Shakuntala is the daughter of Rajarishi Vishwamitra and Apsara Menka, Shakuntala is abandoned as a child, raised by Maharishi Kanva. Her introduction, meeting and marriage according to ‘Gandharva’ with King Dusmanta who came to Tapobana. In both poems, Shakuntala's letter writing, story of ‘Bhramara’, Betasa-kunja's description and return to the homeland. King Dusmanta did not show initiative in taking Shakuntala to the capital. Some contrasts in both the poems catch everyone's attention. For example, Kalidasa's Shakuntala, overwhelmed with passion, wrote the ‘padmapatra’ (lotus leaf) only once with his fingernails, but Madhusudan's Shakuntala did it many times. Kalidasa's Shakuntala is not as worried and apprehensive as Madhusudan's Shakuntala. Kalidasa's Shakuntala sought blessings from Goddess Vanadevi, fearing no curse. But Madhusudan's Shakuntala is alarmed by the curse of Vanadevi on Dusmanta. Kalidasa's Shakuntala did not want to repeat the story of ‘Bhramara’ but Madhusudan's Shakuntala did it repeatedly.
Authors and Affiliations
Jaydev Pal, Research Scholar, Department of Sanskrit, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India
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