Thursday, May 17, 2012

MAHA KAVI KALIDAS


                                          MAHA KAVI KALIDAS

One day Kalidas was sitting on a branch of a tree and cutting the other side of the branch
And has fallen on the ground along with the branch .The passers by pandits saw the act of
Stupidity and wants to use him as a weapon for taking the revenge upon the arrogant princess . The princess was determined to marry a man who will be intelligent and defeat
Her in the debate .

The pandits have decided to present the foolish kalidas to the princess as a suitable match
For her .The Pandits asked Kalidas to pretend as a great scholor  who was observing silence and will answer any question by gesture only .This was conveyed to the princess
When the Princess asks some intelligent questions kalidas has shown some erratic gestures that were translated intelligently by the pandits and informed to the princess.
The Princess was very much impressed by the answers of kalidas and married him  

During the first night the princes has found that kalidas was a foolishman and drive him
Out of the kingdom . Dejected by ths incident kalidas has decided to end his life .and Maha kali appeared before him and granted him the divine Knowledge  and he has become one of the greatest poet of that period .HE has written many poems and plays
In Sanskrit .Raghuvamsha and kumarasambhav are his two epic poems  and
Malavika agnimitra and Vikramor vashiyas are his great plays
.
SOURCES :- from different web sites  

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