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শ্রীকান্ত: তৃতীয় পর্ব
204 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1927
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also spelt Saratchandra) (Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়) was a legendary Bengali novelist from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.
His childhood and youth were spent in dire poverty as his father, Motilal Chattopadhyay, was an idler and dreamer and gave little security to his five children. Saratchandra received very little formal education but inherited something valuable from his father—his imagination and love of literature.
He started writing in his early teens and two stories written then have survived—‘Korel’ and ‘Kashinath’. Saratchandra came to maturity at a time when the national movement was gaining momentum together with an awakening of social consciousness.
Much of his writing bears the mark of the resultant turbulence of society. A prolific writer, he found the novel an apt medium for depicting this and, in his hands, it became a powerful weapon of social and political reform.
Sensitive and daring, his novels captivated the hearts and minds of thousands of readers not only in Bengal but all over India.
Some of his best known novels are Palli Samaj (1916), Charitraheen (1917), Devdas (1917), Nishkriti (1917), Srikanta in four parts (1917, 1918, 1927 and 1933), Griha Daha (1920), Sesh Prasna (1929) and Sesher Parichay published posthumously (1939).
"My literary debt is not limited to my predecessors only. I'm forever indebted to the deprived, ordinary people who give this world everything they have and yet receive nothing in return, to the weak and oppressed people whose tears nobody bothers to notice and to the endlessly hassled, distressed (weighed down by life) and helpless people who don't even have a moment to think that: despite having everything, they have right to nothing. They made me start to speak. They inspired me to take up their case and plead for them. I have witnessed endless injustice to these people, unfair intolerable indiscriminate justice. It's true that springs do come to this world for some - full of beauty and wealth - with its sweet smelling breeze perfumed with newly bloomed flowers and spiced with cuckoo's song, but such good things remained well outside the sphere where my sight remained imprisoned. This poverty abounds in my writings."
http://sarat-rachanabali.becs.ac.in/i...
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also spelt Saratchandra) (Bengali: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়) was a legendary Bengali novelist from India. He was one of the most popular Bengali novelists of the early 20th century.
His childhood and youth were spent in dire poverty as his father, Motilal Chattopadhyay, was an idler and dreamer and gave little security to his five children. Saratchandra received very little formal education but inherited something valuable from his father—his imagination and love of literature.
He started writing in his early teens and two stories written then have survived—‘Korel’ and ‘Kashinath’. Saratchandra came to maturity at a time when the national movement was gaining momentum together with an awakening of social consciousness.
Much of his writing bears the mark of the resultant turbulence of society. A prolific writer, he found the novel an apt medium for depicting this and, in his hands, it became a powerful weapon of social and political reform.
Sensitive and daring, his novels captivated the hearts and minds of thousands of readers not only in Bengal but all over India.
Some of his best known novels are Palli Samaj (1916), Charitraheen (1917), Devdas (1917), Nishkriti (1917), Srikanta in four parts (1917, 1918, 1927 and 1933), Griha Daha (1920), Sesh Prasna (1929) and Sesher Parichay published posthumously (1939).
"My literary debt is not limited to my predecessors only. I'm forever indebted to the deprived, ordinary people who give this world everything they have and yet receive nothing in return, to the weak and oppressed people whose tears nobody bothers to notice and to the endlessly hassled, distressed (weighed down by life) and helpless people who don't even have a moment to think that: despite having everything, they have right to nothing. They made me start to speak. They inspired me to take up their case and plead for them. I have witnessed endless injustice to these people, unfair intolerable indiscriminate justice. It's true that springs do come to this world for some - full of beauty and wealth - with its sweet smelling breeze perfumed with newly bloomed flowers and spiced with cuckoo's song, but such good things remained well outside the sphere where my sight remained imprisoned. This poverty abounds in my writings."
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May 27, 2018
বহুদিন পর শ্রীকান্ত পড়তে গিয়ে দেখছি, ছোটবেলার সেই মোহটা নেই। এমনকি পড়তে গিয়ে ক্ষেত্রবিশেষে ন্যাকামিও মনে হল। শরৎচন্দ্র বলতেই যে অজ্ঞান হয়ে যেতাম সেই ভাবটা কেটে গেল। তবে এখন কেউ যদি জিজ্ঞেস করে শরৎচন্দ্র কেন প্রিয় তবে তার জবাব দিতে পারব। কারণ হচ্ছে তার লেখনী আমাকে ভীষণ টানে। সেই টানেই সকাল থেকে বিরতিহীনভাবে পড়েছি শ্রীকান্তের দ্বিতীয় এবং তৃতীয় খণ্ড। এই লেখনীর জোরেই চার তারা। নয় এক তারা কম দিতুম।
November 19, 2023
প্রথম ও দ্বিতীয় পর্বের মতো এটাকে ৫/৫ দিতে পারলাম না।৪/৫ ঠিক আছে।
January 6, 2018
লক্ষ্মীর প্রতি আমার ভালবাসার পরিমাণটা হুট করে কিছুটা কমে গেল কেনো? আর এই কমে যাওয়াটা মেনে নিতে আমার বাঁধছে কেনো?
July 15, 2025
Srikanto decided he'd not leave Rajalaxmi and spend the rest of his life with her. Let go of his social inhibitions.
Srikanto sick malaria so rajlaxmi took him to her village property at Gangamati, Birbhum where they met a 22 year old monk Anand who is concerned about the country and left his home to serve the people of villages. Rajlaxmi with her utmost ability took care of him- fed him, gave him clothes etc. However, after couple of days Sadhu mysteriously leaves.
A group of villagers arrive, led by Ratan, seeking help because a wedding ceremony has stalled due to a dispute between two priests over the "correct" mantras.
Srikanta and Rajlakshmi go to the wedding. There, a comical scene unfolds where a strong priest, Shibu, physically assaults a weaker one, Rakhal, for using "wrong" mantras. Srikanta intervenes, and a compromise is reached: Rakhal will chant, but Shibu will correct any mistakes. Shibu then proceeds to invent absurd, nonsensical mantras, which the villagers accept with awe, believing them to be authentic.
Srikanto and Rajlaxmi were invited to lunch at Mr. Kashiram Kushari's house. During the visit, Mrs. Kushari shared a troubling incident involving her brother-in-law, Jadunath, whom she had raised. He had left home along with his wife and child. She blamed his wife, Sunanda, for this sudden departure.
The conflict began when a poor widow, whose husband was a weaver, came to the house with her child, grieving over their destitute condition. The widow claimed that the property now owned by Kashiram actually belonged to her late husband. Sunanda refused to accept Kashiram's ownership of the land, believing it was unjust.
Mr. Kushari explained that the property had been legally purchased from a moneylender, who held it as collateral for the weaver’s debt. However, Sunanda remained adamant: unless the property was returned to the widow, she would not stay in the household.
Jadunath supported Sunanda’s moral stance and, in solidarity, left his brother’s house with his family. Now, Mrs. Kushari is requesting that Rajlaxmi and Srikanto, as respected zamindars, help persuade the couple to return.
Echoes of Separation – A Chapter from Srikanto’s Journey
Sunanda and Rajlaxmi became close friends. Almost every day, Rajlaxmi visited Sunanda’s house to learn the sacred Pooja mantras. Meanwhile, Srikanto began feeling neglected—WISTFULLY LONGING for Rajlaxmi’s attention and care. His mind WANDERED to thoughts of leaving her home altogether.
One day, while on a walk, Srikanto met his old acquaintance, Sathish Bhardwaj, who was involved in laying railway tracks. Sathish offered him a job.
After spending three days at Sunanda’s home for a priest’s feast, Rajlaxmi left for a pilgrimage. During her absence, Srikanto received a note: Bhardwaj was GRAVELY ill and needed someone to take over his responsibilities.
Srikanto traveled to the site, only to find Bhardwaj AFFLICTED with cholera—along with many other workers. Within a day, Bhardwaj passed away, FOLLOWED BY several others. With contaminated water and no provisions, Srikanto survived two days without food or drink.
He then left the site, SEEKING a nearby village. A kind man named Chakraborty led him to his home in Mamudpur, where Srikanto met Anand who had gathered many DEVOTED followers.
After spending a day there, Srikanto SET OUT again. The young bullock cart driver couldn’t find the route to Gangamati, so he left Srikanto near a mango ORCHARD. While walking through it, Srikanto stumbled upon a DILAPIDATED hospital. A FRAIL man named Bheem GUIDED him to another Chakraborty, who despite his poverty, welcomed him WARMLY.
Tensions arose between Chakraborty and his wife, who LAMENTED their inability to feed guests. Yet, they cared for Srikanto with IMMENSE compassion, nursing him through a five-day fever.
Upon arriving in Gangamati, Srikanto was surprised to see Anand again. His arrival REKINDLED WARMTH between Rajlaxmi and Srikanto, HEALING the growing emotional distance.
Rajlaxmi informed Srikanto that his job application for Myanmar had been accepted. But Anand’s DEPARTURE REIGNITED the distance once more. To Srikanto’s surprise, he found himself missing Anand DEARLY.
Later, Ratan brought news that Rajlaxmi was leaving Gangamati.
On her train journey to Kashi, Rajlaxmi asked Srikanto to visit her before DEPARTING for Myanmar. Srikanto took a train to Kolkata after some days he MADE HIS WAY to Kashi.
There, he was shocked to see Rajlaxmi’s transformation—ADORNED in a plain white saree, her long hair cut short, no ornaments or makeup, living like a nun with her spiritual Guru residing in her house.
Heartbroken, Srikanto left her home that very day, his eyes BRIMMING with tears.
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Srikanto sick malaria so rajlaxmi took him to her village property at Gangamati, Birbhum where they met a 22 year old monk Anand who is concerned about the country and left his home to serve the people of villages. Rajlaxmi with her utmost ability took care of him- fed him, gave him clothes etc. However, after couple of days Sadhu mysteriously leaves.
A group of villagers arrive, led by Ratan, seeking help because a wedding ceremony has stalled due to a dispute between two priests over the "correct" mantras.
Srikanta and Rajlakshmi go to the wedding. There, a comical scene unfolds where a strong priest, Shibu, physically assaults a weaker one, Rakhal, for using "wrong" mantras. Srikanta intervenes, and a compromise is reached: Rakhal will chant, but Shibu will correct any mistakes. Shibu then proceeds to invent absurd, nonsensical mantras, which the villagers accept with awe, believing them to be authentic.
Srikanto and Rajlaxmi were invited to lunch at Mr. Kashiram Kushari's house. During the visit, Mrs. Kushari shared a troubling incident involving her brother-in-law, Jadunath, whom she had raised. He had left home along with his wife and child. She blamed his wife, Sunanda, for this sudden departure.
The conflict began when a poor widow, whose husband was a weaver, came to the house with her child, grieving over their destitute condition. The widow claimed that the property now owned by Kashiram actually belonged to her late husband. Sunanda refused to accept Kashiram's ownership of the land, believing it was unjust.
Mr. Kushari explained that the property had been legally purchased from a moneylender, who held it as collateral for the weaver’s debt. However, Sunanda remained adamant: unless the property was returned to the widow, she would not stay in the household.
Jadunath supported Sunanda’s moral stance and, in solidarity, left his brother’s house with his family. Now, Mrs. Kushari is requesting that Rajlaxmi and Srikanto, as respected zamindars, help persuade the couple to return.
Echoes of Separation – A Chapter from Srikanto’s Journey
Sunanda and Rajlaxmi became close friends. Almost every day, Rajlaxmi visited Sunanda’s house to learn the sacred Pooja mantras. Meanwhile, Srikanto began feeling neglected—WISTFULLY LONGING for Rajlaxmi’s attention and care. His mind WANDERED to thoughts of leaving her home altogether.
One day, while on a walk, Srikanto met his old acquaintance, Sathish Bhardwaj, who was involved in laying railway tracks. Sathish offered him a job.
After spending three days at Sunanda’s home for a priest’s feast, Rajlaxmi left for a pilgrimage. During her absence, Srikanto received a note: Bhardwaj was GRAVELY ill and needed someone to take over his responsibilities.
Srikanto traveled to the site, only to find Bhardwaj AFFLICTED with cholera—along with many other workers. Within a day, Bhardwaj passed away, FOLLOWED BY several others. With contaminated water and no provisions, Srikanto survived two days without food or drink.
He then left the site, SEEKING a nearby village. A kind man named Chakraborty led him to his home in Mamudpur, where Srikanto met Anand who had gathered many DEVOTED followers.
After spending a day there, Srikanto SET OUT again. The young bullock cart driver couldn’t find the route to Gangamati, so he left Srikanto near a mango ORCHARD. While walking through it, Srikanto stumbled upon a DILAPIDATED hospital. A FRAIL man named Bheem GUIDED him to another Chakraborty, who despite his poverty, welcomed him WARMLY.
Tensions arose between Chakraborty and his wife, who LAMENTED their inability to feed guests. Yet, they cared for Srikanto with IMMENSE compassion, nursing him through a five-day fever.
Upon arriving in Gangamati, Srikanto was surprised to see Anand again. His arrival REKINDLED WARMTH between Rajlaxmi and Srikanto, HEALING the growing emotional distance.
Rajlaxmi informed Srikanto that his job application for Myanmar had been accepted. But Anand’s DEPARTURE REIGNITED the distance once more. To Srikanto’s surprise, he found himself missing Anand DEARLY.
Later, Ratan brought news that Rajlaxmi was leaving Gangamati.
On her train journey to Kashi, Rajlaxmi asked Srikanto to visit her before DEPARTING for Myanmar. Srikanto took a train to Kolkata after some days he MADE HIS WAY to Kashi.
There, he was shocked to see Rajlaxmi’s transformation—ADORNED in a plain white saree, her long hair cut short, no ornaments or makeup, living like a nun with her spiritual Guru residing in her house.
Heartbroken, Srikanto left her home that very day, his eyes BRIMMING with tears.
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November 20, 2022
"যাহাকে ভালোবাসি সে যদি ভালো না বাসে,
এমনকি ঘৃণাও করে তাও বোধ করি সহ্য হয়!
কিন্তু যাহার ভালবাসা পাইয়াছি
বলিয়া বিশ্বাস করেছি, সেইখানে ভুল
ভাঙ্গিয়া যাওয়াটাই সবচেয়ে নিদারুন।
পূর্বের টা ব্যাথা দেয়।
কিন্তু শেষের টা ব্যাথাও দেয়, অপমান ও করে"
এমনকি ঘৃণাও করে তাও বোধ করি সহ্য হয়!
কিন্তু যাহার ভালবাসা পাইয়াছি
বলিয়া বিশ্বাস করেছি, সেইখানে ভুল
ভাঙ্গিয়া যাওয়াটাই সবচেয়ে নিদারুন।
পূর্বের টা ব্যাথা দেয়।
কিন্তু শেষের টা ব্যাথাও দেয়, অপমান ও করে"
March 30, 2020
Masterpiece
March 25, 2023
বাবার কাছে আমার শোনা প্রথম গল্প।
May 1, 2023
দ্বিতীয় পর্বের মতো কতকটা একইরকম কথা মনে এলো। কিছুটা ভালোও লাগলো, শ্রীকান্ত যেন কর্মফল পেলো। আর রাজলক্ষ্মী, রাজলক্ষ্মীই। ভালোবেসে ফেললাম। শরৎচন্দ্রের প্রতি আমার একটাই অভিযোগ, যে নারী চরিত্রদের এত strong করে গড়ে তোলেন কলমের ছোঁয়ায়, তারা এতো অভাগা কেন, নাকি এটাই ডেস্টিনি! যাকে বলে ললাটলিখন। মাথা উচু করে বাঁচুক রাজলক্ষ্মীরা। আর শ্রীকান্তরা একটু হলেও মাথা নোয়াক তাদের সামনে।
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