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Script Yagya Shormo

iII lnlrations Dilip Kadam

Cov....- ;'rnlrolior1 by: Prolop Mulick

Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd

Editor Anont Poi

() Am~' Chi"~ K~l h~ PvC lid, 1979, Rep rinled June 2009, ISIIN 81·6482·0S7.7 Pul.> l i.h~..J" f"imt"d by Am .. , Chilr a Kalh~ Pvt. lid., I~ Ma rthand~, 41h floor,

M Or. A""ie IlMant Ro;w:l, Muml»i 400 OIS. IMi~

KALIDASA

KALlPASIIrONE OF7HE POETS THE WORl£> HAS EVER. KNOWN, WAS PENIEP THE ClASSICAL SIINSKRIT EDUCATION VSVALLY GIVEN TO BRAHMAN BOYS. HE LOST HIS P"IRENTS WHEN HE _S BAREL 'I FIVE 'IEARS OLl> ANO W-"S BROUGHT VP 8Y A KINO-HEflR;TEl> Bo/ VNLETTEREO COWHERO. KflLlP-"SA HELPE£> HIS FOSTER-FATHER. BY· LOOKIN(i AFTER HIS CATTLE •

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1 :~;:'7~ON~APIET OFMllK,ClIl!l>S.'INO I, KALlP-"SII GREW INTO fl IWt'LL.-BlIll.7 HAN£>SOME YOUTH. 8l1T HE

~~~~W-"S k WAS TO BE FOUND AT THE ~;:;'M~r.~'EMPLE OEI/ICI9TED TO /(,IU./ .

NOW I T SO HAPPENEO THAT THE KING OF VARIINIIs/ HIIO A 8EIIl/TIFlIL ANO TALENTEO PAl/IPfl"ER .

? TRUE A GREAT

SCHOLAR, BUT VA5ANTI 15 HARD TO Pl.EASE AND 1 WONDER ...

. .

YOU XNOW OF ANYONE wHn, CAN ME DEBATE ON THE FIND ME

MAN I ONL"f HE CAN TO WIN ME.

I AM WORRIED ABOUT VA5ANTI. WH~E CAN WE FIND A MAN WHO 15 HER EQUAL IN ACCOMPLISHMENT

THERE.'e. VARARUCHI, OF COUR5E • HE's

SUITA5LE, 1 THIN~ •

WE CAN AT LEAST SUGGEST IT TO HER. LET '5 5EE HOW 5HE

HE 15 VERY LEARNED AND HE MAY DEFE,n. ME. I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN .

I'LL PLA'I A TRICK ON

HIM.

ON TlfE. IIPPOINTEe> e>IIY-

SHALL 6E.A MUTE. DE;8ATE .1 WILL ASK QUESTIONS ONL'f THROUGH GESTURES AND 'IOU MUST

ANSWER THEM.

WHAT,IN THE; NAME OF GOD. DOE5 THAT 1::::::::=1

MEAN!

,-'YHIIT AN IN &ULT ! SUT HOW CAN I TAKE REVENGE ON THE

KING's DAUGHTER?

.MIND '1OUR OWN BU&IHE55!

&lR,OHJ SIR! PLEA!>E WAIT •••

I AM NOT AN A5TROLOGER.

• . • I WANT TO AE>K '{OU

A QUEE>TION.

BUT I PIP NOT KNOW. '{OU MU5T

SE A GREAT A!>TROLOGER.

YES> , YES> , YOU ARE I '{ou PREDiICT·1 EP M,{ FALL FRCMI

THE TREE!

PlEA5E, 51R, . HAVE PI"T'f ON ME. I WAHT TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLD€> FOR ME.

THE ~1J1ru"E."1 MA'1"E. '1QU'LL

MARR'1 A . ,P~"NCE55 !

DID 'fOU SA'f "A PRINCES5"? BUT THERE ARE NO PRINCEE>5EEo

HERE!

00' A PRINCE:;5 ? OF COUR€>E, 1',.\ THINKING OF PRINCE55 \lA5ANTI I COULD U5E THIEo

DOOR ro PAY HeR MCK WITH A TRICK

OF M'1 OWN!

Jtl5T DO AEo I M'f - AND THE PReDICTION WILL. COME TRUe!

TOOK KALiPAM IiIS ffO(.IS£ I",'!I:> JtlAI:>E IiIJtl CHANGE INTO mE ATTIRE IO,U' SCHOLAR.

AH! NOW vau LOOK LIKE A PIINt>IT.

IlE II GREAT I !;,.cel;SS AT THE PALACE! HERE , HOLt> THis

OF

TIiE PI'IUICE -

-.., " , , \I . , ',' ~ ,

'MUST FLOWER!; ON THE F=~~

\ KING ; THEN , I MUST 5AY •.• , -'- -

VIlRARtlClfI IlNP KAL/PAM MAPE TlfEl1i! WilY TO TlfE

NOW, DON'T FORGET - WHEN '{au SEE T HE KING, SHOWER FLOWERS ON HIM WHILE UTTERING THE BLEe.5ING J

'OM SWASTI '.

I'LL DO EXACTL'I ASVOU

SA'{.

SITUATION . OF MIND~ VARARUCHI SAVED THE

NO, NlAHARAJ, HE HAS COINED A SPECIAL 8LE551NG

FOR 'IOU.

BY COMBINING THESE HE HAS COINED A WORD OF BLES"'ING ! I AM HONOURED TO MEET 5UCH A

MAHAAAJ, MAY I PRE.SENT TO YOU PANI7IT KAlIDA5A ~ HE HAS COME. HERE TO

1====\ ACCEPT PRINcess VA5AHTI'5 CHALLENGE..

HE 15 PREPARED TO DEBATE WITH THE

BUT ON CONDITION i HE., LIKE HER, WILL

NOT SPEAK.

SE: CAREFUL, KALI DASA . I.fOU

i A1,MC)5T RUINED EVERYTHING 6Y

IU"Ll,IINOI THE KING A CAMEI:";:C;:

I AM GLAD TO SOMEONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO

j==!==~"- THAT!

THAT'& FAIR ENOUGH . A DATE SHALL !!oE 55,. FOR

A DEBATE ON THE 5CI.IP'rU~'E5

NOW. DO WHAT "IOU LIKE \ THe MUTE OEBIlTE BEG/IN. VrJSANTI . WITH YOUR HANDS, BUT \ RAISEO ONE FINGER .JUST /Is SHE H/iO .

I DON'T OPEN YOUR MOUTH . I I:~O~O~M:E~"~II~R~LI~E.~R~jM~'~THW;V.~~iRII~Rt/o~t:~H.~'~'~c:~% \ OR YOU'LL LOSE YOUR I WHAT A HANDWME MAN !

CHANCE OF MARRVING /===-1 B~T WILL HE OOE55

THE PRINCE55 •• ___ -1'I .. ~""' ... """'" MV 51GN MEAN5 __ 1& THE OHL 'f

TRUe: AND ETERNA._LIF==">=,,, BEING? r

811T POOR k//1I0//5/i IINOER STOOO scmETHING QUITE OIFFERENT.

WELL, I WILL POKE OUT BPTH OF

'Y lURe!

OH, SO YOU WANT TO POKE OUT

ONE OF MY EYES!

WHAT HE 51\"15 15 THAT J

(SIOSI[>E5 GOD, THE INDI­VIDUAL SELF IS AL50 A TRUE AND ETEI<NAL SEING.

ntAT MAKE.5o IT TWO, AND NOT ONE.

50,NOW,{OU WANT TO SLAP ME! WELL ··· SLAP ME,

I Will ~OX [~~~ YOU! ~

HE. l.4NDE.R5TAND& ME! HI~ AI"I5WER

15 CORRECT.

-.

1"11"",, ............ . ..

I I===~~===,( AH, THE PERFECT At-t&We.R! T THOUGH THE PH'f5ICAL. ~'===I

EL.EMENTS ARE FIVE , THE.V

!==;=:======I.:BECOME OHE IN THE. HUMAN &OI7V.

TRUL'f, M'" HU~BAND LIVES All&TEREL.,..

aUT I DON'T MIND· HIS LEARNING WILL MAKE

HIM A LIVELY COMPANION ...•

THE FOOL SUCCEEDED. WHERE

I, FOR Al.L M"I L':::~~~~~5~l.I~E I FAILED. THE P AN.,. FOOLISH IMIDE.N, HAS FALLE:H FOR HIS,

VIlSllNT/ REM~M8EREO THIlT IrAUOl'l6ll HAO CALLEO HER F'ATHEIi! If CAMEL-

VEcz" VE~ . .. Uo;,H , .. U5H. · ·

TI<A.

WHAT ANIMAL Ie THA,?

WHY AI<E YOU FUM&LING &0 MUCH OVEI< A 51MPlE 5AI-<5-

KRIT WORD?

5AN5KI</T? I HAVE MeVER STUDIED

5AN5KR/T!

VIl5llNT/ 10'1'15 SHOCKEO.

AREN'T YOU A

5CHOlA"'?

~ ____ -'U:::""'~;;..:'· ............ ......... §-:;;iC=--:-7Pl:e;;~~DONo;;;;;'Tre&;r:c,-l

50 YARARUCHI PlA'fED A TRICK ON ME! &UT I SHALL NOT ACCEPT AN

IDIOT A& M'f HU!!>BAND.

AHGRY. I WilL \oYORK . HARD TO PlEA5E 'fOU.

I WILL 6RIHG FRE&H MI~K FOR 'tOU EVER'{

MORNING.

AWA'f ! ONLV A GREAT SCHOLAR CAN BE A FIT HU&BAND FOR ME-AND

'lOU ARE OH~ 'f A CCL/NT'''' eUMPKIN!

WH't WA5 I SO HAR5H~ I DID NOT E)C.peCT HIM TO lAKE ME. AT MY

WORD··· ·

/(FI/./OASA WAS OEEPl't I1t{NI/lIA7EO BY VASANT/'S WOROS .

AH, THERE'S. THE TeMPLE OF MOTliER KALI. I'LL A~K HER TO "'!>ANT ME

KHOWl.EDGE.

I1E 5TAYEO TIfERE FOR MANY WITHOUT POOP GR OIl/N/(.

1511'K:E 'fOU WILL NOT GRANT M'I WI&H.O MOTHER, I &HALL &ACRIFICE

AT

THE. ,{OUNe MAN WAS

DON'T DO IT, SON ! I AM PLEA5ED WITH 'fOU . I GRANT 'fOUR WI5H. 'IOU 5HALL BE ENDOWED WITH

GENIUS.

EO 6Y {)EVOTION ANO eRATITUOE..

HE. RETURNEO HOMEE ~G~W~IM~/~N~e~=h;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!::~~ WITH HAPPINESS. r-

". HA<:> 'fOUR 5PEECH IMPROVED?

'fEe,. B'f THE GRACE OF MOTHER KALI. I HAVE LEARNT

_:...... 5AN5KRIT.

'{OU DON'T HAVE -",,.../ TO BE GRATEFUL TO

ME • I AM "fOUR WIFE.

-.-. -- .::.....::..... " . ~-­-.. . - -- - .

AND SINCE IT WA5 'IOU WHO INSPIRED ME TO

GAIN KNOWLED6E~1 SHALL BEGIN i HREE OF M"f WORkS W ITH EACH ONE OF THE. WORDS. '-IOU JUST UTTER­

A5 A TOKEN OF MY G RATITUDE .

•.. BUT SINCE '100 SE.T ME ON THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE , "IOU HAVE. BECOME M'I GURU.

"fOUR END AT THE _,::;;:,HANDS OF A

WOMAN!

liFTER THIS K~LlO/lS/i LEO THE LIFE OF A WriNPER.ER..Sl/Rll.O<INPEP BY THE BEAl/TY

N/iTtI/lE,I He W)J5 MOVEO TO WRITE IN SriNSKRIT WHICH HE HAP BY

5PIl.LlN~ IT5 RICHNE55 EVERYWHERE

SPRING CARESSES THE WATER.& OF THE POOLS,

AND COAXES THE LILY- SUDS "TO EMERGE UNSC.ATIH"'D. I

CAN ANYONE CCW\P05E A VERSE ENDING WITH .. TAATA.M, TATAM, TAM, TATATAM , TATAM .

rUL THE St:J-fOUIRS PRESENT I'9T WERE PERPL E XEO.

WHO CAN COMPOSE. A POEM WITH MEANIN~­

LESS WORD&?

CLOUDS CLASH AND THUNDER RESOUNDS LIKE

THE BEAT OF DRUNIG. INDRA'6 COLOURFUL SOW

GLITTe.~S ACR056 THE. SKv WHILE THE LIGHTNING

~:VE5 FOR A STRING.

TH" STAIRS TO MEET KING

BHOJA .• -

• .• THE GOLDEN BOWL OF 5ANDAL­PA5TE FELL FROM

"n'~~ HAND", .• •

MAKING iHE &C)UND t TAATAM, TAT AM, TAM,

iATATAM, TATAMI TAH. 'IOU ARE

A GENI~S, KALIDA5A!

KfUtOASA NOW FELT INSPIREO TO WRITE A PLIIY,8ASEO ON HIS EXPERIENCE OF COtIRT LIFE. .

I'LL WRITE. A&OUT A K1NG'5 lOVE. A BEAUTIFUL

MAIDEN.

. , l

BUT I WONDER IF A NEWCOMER'S

WORK W ILL 6E ACCEPTED.

o

KALIDA SA'S FIRST PLAY CIILLEO -MIILIIVlKII-IIGNIMITRII

THE PROLO(j/.JE E~~~~~~!~~I HIS OES/RE TO BE ED AS Ii PLAY WRI(;HT.

I ==J/::;;~~~ WI5E MAN i= FORM", HI5 OWN OPINION AFTER HE

€tTUDIES THE WORK; ONL'I THE FOOL

ACC.EPTS THE OPINION OF

OTHER.S!'

THE. PLAY WAS VERY WELL-RECEIIIEO. HIS NEXT POlY, "SHAICUN7AlA; WAS EVEN MORE Sf.lCCES$FI..IL . TIfE STORY OF THE LOII/~ WIFE DESERTEO BY THE RIGHTEOUS KIN6 MOVEO THE

TO TEARS.

HUSBAND HAS POWER FOR GOOD OR ILL OVER A WOMAN'S LIFE.

I'VE &EN OE&ERTED BY THE KING. DO YOU ALSO

FORSAKE M.' . ,-

k/iL/OASII ALSO WROTE THE

I ~:~~A~';/(~"~"'~~AR/jS/jM8t1AVA; I , ~RAGHU-VAMSH,A FINO "RIT(./ ­SlfMHARA':. WHICH CtREATL Y 1I00EO TO ItIS FAME.

~

7HOU6H XING 8HO.JA VALUEI.' HAUOASA'S FRIENOSIiIP, THEY IiAO A MISliNOER­O/)'ER A SA1A/.l ISSUE. ..,.,,,,r-rrTTTT"Tlr---r

KALIDA5A. WHY DO YOU REFU5E

TO WRITE A POEM '::::;* IN PRAiSE OF ,.. 'fOUR KING?

..

'10L1 5TA'1 IN M'1 COURT AND '1ET YOU WON'T PRAI6E. ME. AS OTHER POET& DO .

15H'T THAT SURPRI61NG ?

A LONG TIME PASSE£). kING BI'fOdl'1 BECAME WlM'RIE£).

I Ml55 MV FRIEND. I MUST

FIND HIM.

0°

YOU ARE: A GREAT AND NOBLE KING, 6UT THE PRAI5E OF MORTAL5 1& NOT THE AIM OF

THE KING'S MEN 5EARCHEO FOR ML/INiSll IN VAIN. BUT kIN(; 8HOdA WOlIlO NOT GIVE UP.

I "THINK I KNOW TO FIND KALlDA5A.

. .

THE NEXT PAY IN THE COURT-

AN'fONE WHO COMPOSES A NEW POEM WILL 6E AWARDED A lAKH OF GOLD COIN€). THE. POEM

Mt..I&T BE. ENTJREL't' NE.W.

MANY POETS RECITEO THEIR VERSES-

THAT'S NOTA NEW

POEM!

THE KING CALlEO ~ A1EETIN6 HIS PANP/TS.

ALL POEMS

_T~/l,,,.lEK&l\lIDA5A (,.~ WITH HI€) .

I HAVE 50 HEARD THIS HAVE I !! ~;;;;;4

~~O:H~E;&~E~F;O~RE~'::;;~: ~

THE NEWS OF THE AWI1RP REACHEP I(AL/0I15A. HE l./NOERSTOOO THE PlAN /IT ONCE ANP FELT SORRY FOR THE POOR POETS.

HE CAllEO.q IIILLIf6E~ WHO WflS P19S5/N6 BY HIS IfllT.

6UT I AM NEITHER A POET NOR A SC.HOLAR!

'tOU WANT THE MONEY, DON'T YOU? THEN DO AS I SAY •• NO HARM WILL COME 10 YOU.

7H~ YlLLI96E~ WENT n:> THE MLACE AND REflO OllT THE POEM - . .,~==

WEffE SHOCKE/?

GOL.D COINS DID YOUR FATt1ER ONCE

BORROW FROM ME . 15N~T IT TIME NOW,

o KING &HaJA I TO RETURN THE

MONEVf

SUREL't "IOU

t:::::;;~::;l HAVE HEARD MV r POEM BEFORE

IF WE SA"'I ''iE5' AHD IF WE

KING WILL r=:=;~~==~~~~=i 5A'I · NO·?~ • .c.==-~;;;==;:-:~-:--=--:_:::; I I H~IVE TO PAY HIM _ _ NINETV- ONE THEN

THIS WILL OF 8E GO'"5IDE~

COINS. ED A NEW

"'fOUR 5CHOlARS ~:::::::::::1 HEARD "THIS BEFORE, THEN ~ TREAT IT A5 A NEW POEM

At-ID qRANT ME YOUR AWARD OF ONE. lAKH

GOLD COIN€..

POEM 15

r'~~~A~N~EW ONE.THE I AWARD 15 :~~~~

POEM.

ER. ·· YES,

MAHARAJ.

'tOU MA'-/ KEEP 1l1E MONEV. BUT .,.ELL ME "THE TRUTH. IF YOU LlE I 'fOU WilL Sf PUNISHED.

I PID NOT WRITE IT •

A 5(HOlAR IN ~*,c::::::::1 M'! VILLAGE

IT.

COULD ONL,{ BE KAllDA&A 1 WHERE 1& VOOR VILLAGE,? I WANT

TO MEET THI& SCHOLAR.

BUT THEY CONTINUED 70 HAVE DIFFERENCES. WHENEVER THEY QUAIi/i!.ElLEO# 1",qLl.O,qSJI WOULD 60 AWI9Y AND WOULD RE7lIRIV O/IIlYAF7ER MUCH CO.t:lXIN(it. I O,'VE DAY, HOWEVER., HE JlEFUSEO TO RETURN.

MAHARAJ. KALIPASA 15 IN A VILLAGE. FIFTY MILE5 AWAV· I HAVE PLEADED

WITH HIM, R~H~E.~~lll~~~~~:;;;: TO ~

KING 8HO,JA DeC/ClEO TO FINO our WHAT kAlIP;:JSA RE/iLLY FELT ABOGIT HIM .

I'LL GO AND MEET KALIDASA IN

DISGUISE. •

KING &HOJA~ HE DIED A FEW

DA"ItO AGO.

, .

I WilL BRING HIM

eACK

. ,

. ':

W)JS so OVER WHELMED. HIS TOOK THE FORM OF VERSE .

THE CITY OF PHARA HA5 LOST ITS FOUNDATIONS.

5ARASWATI. THE GODDE55 OF LEARNING, HAS lOST HER. Sl.lPPORT.

THE 5CHOLAR~ HAVE LOST THEIR PATRON,

FOR KING 6HOJA HAS DEPARTED TO HEAVEN.

TME CITY OF DHARA HI\5

STROHG FOUNDATIONS. SARlISWATI 15 WEl.l.

&UPPORTED . THE SCHOl.ARS HAVE

THE.IR PATRON WHILE KING 6HOJA

DWELLS ON THI5 EARTH.

- · ··~~ I --

AT LAsT-A POEM WHICH

PRAI5ES ME! KAL1DA5A,I 'H'OU'''"1j I'D HEVER GET YOU TO WRITE

ONE!

SOME TIME LATE/!; AFTER aUARREL WITH KING BHOJA I IfFlUPASA SET SAIL FOR

,

THOUGH KALIOASFI WAS ALWAYS WELCQtfE THE COURT OF KUNlARAOllSA, THE kING

OF LANKA ,HE OEC/OEO NOT TO GO THERE.

IF KING

I AM HERE , HE. WILL INFO~M kiNG BHOJA.

I DON'T WANT TO RETURN TO DHARA

.JUST YET.

1

KING /(uMAR.AOASA WAS,UKE KING 8liOJA,A GREAT PATRON OF LJTEIt!.ATURE ANO IIRT .

HERE 15 A REWARD OF A THOUf,AND GOLD

COINS FOR YOUR EX,CELLE.Ni COI'P<)SI,

TION.

iHE KING WIl.L AWARD A LAKH OF GOLD COINS TO AN'1-ONE WHO CAN

COMPLETE THI5 VERSE..

NOSOOY COULD Ct::1f(tPLETE THE AFTER SEVERAL ,PAY~ -

.. ·THE TASK SET 81( THE KINer 15 VER4 Ollf 'FICUL1.)

I HAVE

'IOU, HAVE! WHERE?

WHAT Ie THE VERSI!.~

"WE HAVE HEARD OF A LOTUS 1.s~ING FROM ANOTHER­

auT HO ONE. HAS 5E.EH SUCH A THING-.

RIGHT HERE. AT THIS VERY MOMENT I BEHOLD THE LOTUS EVES IN YOUR LOTUS

FACE.

PERFECT! PL"RS,. WRITE IT

DOWN!

THE KING WilL SURELY GIVE AN AWARD FOR TH IS VERSE. WH"f SHOULD I LET

. KAlIPASA HAVE THE MONEYf I COULD USOE. IT TO BUy

MV&E.LF SOME. ORNAMENTS.

THE NEXT MOIt1ENT SHE STA88EO kAlIOASA.

AH •. • VA5ANTi! 'fOUR CUR&E . .. HAS

COME TRUE ... .

. .

THE PANCEte. TOOl( THE POEM 70 /("MAR/I{)~SIi

PID YOU REAll 'f WRITE THO::;E

LINES?

f!UT THE &T'fLE SEEM5 FAMILIAR . IT 15 RATHER LIKE KAlIDA5A'5

WORK.

I

'(OU ARE L'1'IHG. TELL ME THE TRUTH, OR I WILL' HAVE; yOU

THROWH INTO A DUNGEOH!

KUMIIRIIOIIS/i WENT lIT ONCE TO THE ~CERS H~OU~SE~' __ r-------,-----

, .

OH,GOD! IT 15 KALID!lSA 1 FOR lliE SAKE OF PET7Y ~AIN, TNt& WOMAN HA&

KILLED A GREAT MAN!

IIRIYfNGEO ~OR. 111£ OF THE POET fWD "IS HiE

THE FLAMES ENVEt.OPING BOOY . . ..

. . . HE WAS 50 OVERCGM1c BY 6RIEF, THAT HE TOO JUMPEO INTO THE FUNE/e"IL PYRE ANf) Wfl5 CON5Uh'EL'1 IN THE BLAZE.

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8eJI known lJorie< from /he Epa VlSI-fW'AMlTRA KESARI THE flYING THIEf SHAHJAHAN

and 1M Purooo. YAYATI KING KUSHA SHAl/VAHANA YUDHISHrHlRA,. TAlES OF lEARNED PANDfT, THE ~IVAJI

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