Swatantryasambhavam

Description

Sanskrit epic of 75 Cantos (verses 6064 ) presenting the history of India starting from 1857 AD, the first movement of Independence, till 2014. The poet is still recording the present history and the epic has been extended to 110 cantos with more that 9000 verses till the General elections of 2019.

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Canto 28 of the epic were published by Kalidas Sansthan Varanasi in 1990 (First Edition);

Canto 33 with Hindi Translation by Dr. Sadashiv Kumar Dwivedi were published by Banaras Hindu University in 2000, pp 627 (Second Edition).

The present edition is the Third Edition with 75 Cantos (6064 verses) published in 2012 by Kalidasa Sansthana, Varanasi. The present edition of the epic has reached 110 cantos.

Svatantryasambhavam is a poetic presentation of the span of Indian history starting from the Queen of Jhansi – Laxami Bai to the the Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The history of the above span of the country has been depicted on the lines of Kalidasa’s epic Raghuvamsa = the race of progressive humanity. Cultural and philosophical base of the poetic depiction of the achievement of an individual and National Liberty in this poem has been maintained throughout. Communal Harmony and Non-violence are the main themes of the poem. They are made available in an artistic way to enjoy freshness even in the oldest language Sanskrit. The agony caused by the political and religious fanaticism recurrently hammering of the human-being by the British rule has been widely depicted by the poet. Cultural activities in various human societies have also been highlighted. The rural areas with its picturesque beauty and growing harvest have been dwelt upon vividly by the poet. The poet plays due importance to the regional and seasonal flora and fauna, open for the flowers and trees as are rare in the ancient poetry.

           Religious centers like famous confluence of Prayaga and the holy city of Varanasi have been depicted as the prominent spiritual centers of worship. The entire cultural heritage of India has been put together by the poet at one place while describing the importance of these two holy cities.

           Poet has maintained chronology while dealing with the political situation of the country during the last three decades. He has depicted the political situation of the country in its true form without any favor or fear. It is a unique attempt to preserve the real picture of the history of past few decades in a poetic form. The poet evaluates importance of political leaders because of their contribution to uphold values established in this country for many centuries. The pious sense of Nationality has been paid the highest respect in this epic. The poet confers his pranamas to some new Gods, imagined by him afresh. One of them is The Bharata Varsa, Vishnu incarnate – “The Indian continent down from the Himalayas unto the ocean of southern coast overlapping the earth in its totality, whose feet are saluted by the Triveni of the trinity of Oceans. It is Lord Vishnu incarnate. We bow our heads unto it.”

           Sanatana takes the atoms as pramatha, the disturbing force of Lord Shiva, and at the same time as the furious Demon Raktabija, one for whom even the highest evil proves to be a boon, i.e. the more it is destroyed it grows up with a highest degree of quantum. To the poet atom stands second to the economic crisis and the communal rivalry in every country.

The Sanatana Kavi greets all the scriptures, the Testament of Christians, the Gurugranthasahib of Sikkha’s , the holy Qurana of Islam and the Vedas of Aryas with an observation – “all the scriptures have one common goal, that of peace. Even though they differ in their phonemes.” The epic ends with the benediction to Universe similar to the one called  Shantipatha in Veda. Poet comes out very bravely declaring every poem Apaurusheya like the Veda (8.2).  

In Svatantryasambhavam the human values are welcomed rather vigorously, yet in a moderate and balanced way. However, the poetic freedom is allowed to play with human heart. Throughout the epic, the SanŒtana Kavi has demonstrated his wonderful mastery of metrical construction of verses and the artistic embellishment of poetic thoughts.

The Epic has been Awarded by –

i)     Sahitya Akademi with Sahitya Akademi Award, New Delhi, 1990

ii)    Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad, Calcutta with Kalpavalli Award, 1993.

iii)    K.K. Birla foundation, Delhi with Vacaspati Award, 1997.

iv)    Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmiya Shrivaninyasa with Srivani Alamkarana, 1999.