About the Book
The present edition of the Kumarasambhavam (V Canto) of Kalidasa is prepared for students who find a great difficulty for their study in the absence of a suitable text-book. It embodies all important information about the great poet Kalidasa, his life, date and works as well as his poetic art in the Introduction which is comprehensive and critical. It also contains the Sanskrit text with translation both in English and Hindi Notes. The translation both in English and Hindi is so rendered as to explain the text easily. A Bibliography some appendices and some suktis about the great poet given at the end of the work will be very much useful to the students of Kalidasa.
Preface
In bringing out the present edition of the Kumarasambhava (fifth canto) and thus swelling the number of already annotated editions of this poem the editor owes an apology to the savants of Sanskrit literature. The existing editions have excellences of their own but the problem is that most of the good editions are not available. The objective of preparing the present edition is to fulfil the need of the students who find a great difficulty for their study in the absence of a suitable text-book. The Editor, therefore, has taken, special care to see that the requirements of the university students are adequately met with. But, he, however, claims no originality but only the credit of collecting all important information about the great poet Kalidasa, his Life, Date and Works and putting them together in this work. The translation both in English & Hindi is so rendered as to explain the text intelligibly.
It is hoped that the student-world will find a great deal of new information in this edition. It will help them in understanding Kalidasa and his poetry easily and clearly.
I am very much thankful to Professor R.L. Nanavati, Director, Oriental Institute, M.S. University,' Baroda for correcting the English Translation of 46 Verses of the second half of the Fifth Canto and Notes thereof. In fact he is the person who initiated the idea of preparing such a work and provided inspiration and help.
My thanks are due to Prof. Dr. Uma S. Deshpande, Head, Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit for her advice and guidance.
I am thankful to my wife Dr. Sweta for her help and encouragements.
My thanks are due to Miss Preeti V. Adhiya for preparing the Hindi Translation of this Canto and helping me in the preparation of the Text.
The Proprietor of the Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, C.P. Gautama, Delhi, deserves heartfelt thanks for the publication of this book in an efficient manner.
Contents
vii
Scheme of Transliteration
ix
INTRODUCTION
Kalidasa: His Life, Date and Works
1
1.
Kalidasa, The Prince of Poets
2.
Personal Life of Kalidasa
2
3.
Date of Kalidasa
5
4.
Place of Birth of Kalidasa
7
5.
Works Of Kalidasa
1. Khandakavyas
8
(A) Rtusamgara
(B) Meghaduta:
2. Raghuvamsa
11
6.
Chronology of Kalidasa's Works
15
7.
Kalidasa as a Poet
17
8.
Kalidasa as a Dramatist
29
9.
Scholarship of Kalidasa
30
10.
Kalidasa' s Personality:
31
KUMARASAMBHAVA
Fifth Canto
34
Kumarasambhava: The Great Poem
Title of the Poem
35
The Story of the Kumarasambhava (I-VIII) in Brief
Sources of the Kumarasambhava
36
The Size of the Poem
43
Commentaries on the Kumarasambhava
45
Characters in the Kumarasambhava
Conto-Wise Summary of the Kumarasambhava
47
Special Summary of the Fifth Canto
53
Penance Of Parvati
54
The Dialogue Between Brahmacarin and Parvati
57
Dramatic Element in the Kumarasambhava
60
Humour of Kalidasa with Special Reference to Fifth Canto
Characteristics of a Mahakavya
61
Evaluation of Kumarasambhava As a Mahakavya
64
66
कुमारसंभवम्
पंचमसर्ग (सरल हिंदी अनुवाद)
131
Bibliography
134
Prasastis, Verses in Appreciation of Kalidasa
144
Subhasitas in the Fifth Canto of the Kumarasambhava
147
Alamkaras in the Fifth Canto
150
Index
154
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