मत्स्यगन्धा

by नरेंद्र कोहली, Narendra Kohli

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160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Padmashree Narendra Kohli is one of the most eminent and well-known Hindi writers of our times. His novel based on the Ram-Katha, Abhyuday, shifted the course of Hindi novel-writing. Another of his novels, Mahasamar, based on the Pandava-katha went on to become just as popular. His novel-series, Todo Kara Todo is considered the greatest and foremost novel in any language on the life of Swami Vivekananda. Abhigyan, Vasudev, Sharnam, Aatmaswikriti, Varunaputri, Sagar-Manthan, Ahalya etc. are his other well-known works. Apart from the Padmashree, he has also been awarded the Hindi Akademi award; Delhi Salaka Samman; Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan award; Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Samman, Lucknow; K.K. Birla Foundation award; Vyasa Samman, New Delhi; Madhya Pradesh government and Bhopal’s Maithili Sharan Gupt Rashtriya Samman, among numerous other honours.

डॉ॰ नरेन्द्र कोहली (जन्म ६ जनवरी १९४०, निधन १७ अप्रैल २०२१, चैत्र शुक्ल पंचमी, नवरात्रि) प्रसिद्ध हिन्दी साहित्यकार हैं। उन्होंने साहित्य के सभी प्रमुख विधाओं (यथा उपन्यास, व्यंग्य, नाटक, कहानी) एवं गौण विधाओं (यथा संस्मरण, निबंध, पत्र आदि) और आलोचनात्मक साहित्य में अपनी लेखनी चलाई है। उन्होंने शताधिक श्रेष्ठ ग्रंथों का सृजन किया है। हिन्दी साहित्य में 'महाकाव्यात्मक उपन्यास' की विधा को प्रारंभ करने का श्रेय नरेंद्र कोहली को ही जाता है। पौराणिक एवं ऐतिहासिक चरित्रों की गुत्थियों को सुलझाते हुए उनके माध्यम से आधुनिक सामाज की समस्याओं एवं उनके समाधान को समाज के समक्ष प्रस्तुत करना कोहली की अन्यतम विशेषता है। कोहलीजी सांस्कृतिक राष्ट्रवादी साहित्यकार हैं, जिन्होंने अपनी रचनाओं के माध्यम से भारतीय जीवन-शैली एवं दर्शन का सम्यक् परिचय करवाया है। जनवरी, २०१७ में उन्हें पद्मश्री से सम्मानित किया गया।

Reviews

[Aman Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Matsyagandha' is a historical novel based on ancient Indian epic Mahabharat. It is about a fisherman's girl Satyavati. King of Hastinapur Maharaja Santanu badly falls for her after seeing her once. Santanu's son Devvrat, later called Bheeshm, asks the fisherman to give his daughter Satyavati, for his father Santanu. But for this, the fisherman asks Devvrat to take a pledge that he will not become Hastinapur's king and also remain unmarried throughout his life. After Bheeshma takes the pledge, the fisherman hands over Satyavati for king Santanu.
The novel revolves around Satyavati, her feelings, her desires, her emotions, her thinking. They are presented honestly. The Novel carries messages in background. The lengthy dialogues between its characters enriches the mind.

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Matsyagandha by Narendra Kohli- Books by Narendra Kohli on the epic Ramayana and Mahabharata bring forth situations where two or more solutions are available to a problem and the thought process by which the characters choose a particular solution depending on their value system in which they have been brought up. Matsyagandha is a tribal girl married in a civilized society and re-named Satyavati. She is the adopted daughter of fisherman Dasraj who also looks after ferries to carry men and material across the river. She has one son Rishi Vyas from Rishi Parashar. Shantanu, Kuru King on a trip sees Matsyaganda and falls in love with her. Her father is ready to marry her to the Shantanu on condition that her children should take the throne of Kurus after Shantanu. Shantanu alredy has a son Dev Vrat from his first marriage to Ganga. Shantanu goes into silence on the issue. Dev Vrat understands the wishes of his father and vows that he will remain a celebate and serve the Kuru King. Matsyagandha’s father sows the seed of distrust in her against Dev Vrat that he is elder son, second he is brave and later on he may claim the Kingdom of Kuru. Later on as both the children of Satyavati- Chitrangada and Vichitravirya die without leaving an heir behind. Who should inherit the throne is now the dilemma. Satyavati asks her son Rishi Vyas to procreate children by NIYOG from the wives of these two sons. They have three sons, Dhritrashtra, Pandu and Vidur. The dilemma narrated in the book is that Satyavati distrusts Dev Vrat but when difficult situations come, she depends on both her sons- Vyas and Dev Vrat. She does not understand them but both sons are aware of her mental dilemma. The Book is written in Hindi, it needs to be translated in English and other regional languages so that the rich heritage of Indian culture spread in readers and connoisseurs. It is a worth reading book.

[Mukul · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the book and can’t stop praising the writer Shri Narendra Kohli for writing such a detailed description of Satyawati. After reading Mahasamar 1 (Bandhan) and Matsyagandha, I got to know how her ambitions caused the Great War of Mahabharat; how she made Bheeshm so vulnerable for his entire life.
I gave only 3 star for Matsyagandha as I had already read the Bandhan and I found this book as the succinct account of Satyawati’s character extracted from Bandhan. Someone who reads it first time will find work a worth of 5 star.

[Amrit Hallan]

I have written the complete review of this book on my Writing Cave blog. You can read the complete review of Matsyagandha on this link: http://writingcave.com/review-of-mats...

[Seemakatiyar]

a good book. people who have interest in history and like reading in hindi, must read it...

[Anuradha Goyal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Detailed Review here https://www.anuradhagoyal.com/matsyag...

[Sumedh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read for those who have curiosity of pre mahabharat era...