Vasudev

by नरेंद्र कोहली, Narendra Kohli

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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

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vasudev by Narendra Kohli – Narendra Kohli is a popular Hindi writer whose books on the epic Ramayana and Mahabharata are bestsellers. This Book on Vasudev brings out turning points and dilemma in his life, where he has decided on basis of natural law and religion. Vasudev interacts with a large number of history changing characters of his time- He is son of Shursen, the Yadav king. His sister is Kunti married to Pandu, the King of Hastinapur and mother of Pandava brothers Yudhistar, Bhim, Arjun, Nakul and Sahdev. His wife is Devaki daughter of Ugrasen and her brother Kamsa, King of Mathura. His he has 8 siblings, the last being Krishna. His second wife is Rohini mother of Balram. After the marriage ceremony was complete, Kamsa was going to leave his sister Devaki and his brother in law Vasudev on his chariot when celestial voice declared that the eighth son of Devaki will kill him. Kamsa arrested Vasudeva and Devaki and lodged them in prison. He ordered them to provide their child soon after birth so that he can kill them. Vasudev and Devaki accept their fate and pass their time remembering God. Ugrasen, father of Kamsa interferes that his daughter is in unnecessary trouble; Kamsa arrests his father also and put him behind the bars. Kamsa is able to kill six children. The seventh child is transferred from the embrayo of Devaki to embrayo of Rohini. At the time of birth of the eighth child, the doors of the jail open and Vasudev is able to hide his child in a basket covered with grass, crosses the river Yamuna, walks to the house of Nand, a Yadav Lord of Vrindaban, places the child behind the back of Yashoda wife of Nand, exchange his son with the just born daughter of Nand, crosses the river Yamuna during raini and returns back to the prison. Kamsa and the prison guard wakes to the sound of the weeping child, take the child before Kansa. Kamsa tries to hurls the child over a large stone to kill it but the child takes the form of a Godess and says that “your destroyer has already taken birth elsewhere.” Vasudeva, Devaki and Ugrasen are retained in prison. The fact that their last child is alive keeps them satisfied but still as they are unable to see him so they are in grief and always sad and remember the child. Kamsa sends his men to find the child and in this attempt kills new born children. Some of his men attempt to kill Krishna but he is able to destroy them. Thus Krishna is identified and up to his age of 11 years attempts to destroy him fail. Kamsa invites Nand, Balram, Krishna along with their friends are invited to Mathura for a competition of tring to load an arrow on a bow. Krishna and Balram are able to load the arrow on the bow, fight with men of Kamsa and ultimately kill Kamsa. Vasudeva, Devaki and Ugrasen are relased from prison and meet their children and kinsmen. Kingship of Ugrasen is restored. Balram and Krishna are sent to Sandipani Guru’s ashram for education. The Book is worth reading and should be translated in all Indian languages and in English so that the book is made available to Indian and International readers.

[Kapil Arya · Rating 5 out of 5]

"वसुदेव और देवकी की चरम जिजीविषा की महान गाथा" !!

एक बार फिर से नरेंद्र कोहली ने हमारे आर्ष ग्रंथो के किरदारों का अत्यंत ही मौलिक और असाधारण चित्र प्रस्तुत किया है. इस पुस्तक को पढ़ने के बाद लगा की मैं वसुदेव को शायद और निकट से पहचानने लगा हूँ. वसुदेव के इस चरित्र-चित्रण के पश्चात स्वयं को एक नए धरातल पे देख रहा हूँ. धर्म-अधर्म की बड़ी ही रोचक और सूक्ष्म व्याख्या भी है और पति-पत्नी के संबंधों पर जीवन संघर्ष से होने वाले असर का भी चित्रण है.

महासमर, अभिज्ञान और अब वसुदेव -- नरेंद्र कोहली ने वाकई में हमारे आर्ष ग्रंथो को एक नया आयाम दिया है!!

[Himanshu namdev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Narendra kohli beautifully depicted Krishna as a human not God and the story tells about his birth and struggle of his parents against the cruel ruler of mathura.

[Mayank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book.. nicely written.

[Vishal Jha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lord Krishna, to whom we all bow in devotion, admiration and adoration is also known for destroying the evil on earth in the form of "Kansa".

But What is the back story behind our dear lord's birth? " Vasudev" And "Devki" Were made to struggle a lot, had to suffer unexplainable cruelty at the hand of the devil who killed 6 of their kids in infancy itself.

No one even dared to help them or be close to them. In Such adverse situations how they not only survived but with their dedication to eradicate the evil and to protect their child, is a story of admirable grit and strength.

Written beautifully by Shri Narendra Kohli, in Hindi this is a masterpiece in mythological fiction and a must read for all the mytho fiction lovers.