Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Michael Madhudashan

 





Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a celebrated 19th century Bangalee poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagordari on the bank of the Kopotaksho River, a village in Keshabpur Upazila under Jashore district.

āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ:

āĻŽাāχāĻ•েāϞ āĻŽāϧুāϏূāĻĻāύ āĻĻāϤ্āϤ āωāύāĻŦিংāĻļ (⧧⧝āĻļ) āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞি āĻ•āĻŦি āĻ“ āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াāϰ āĻ›িāϞেāύ। āϤিāύি āϝāĻļোāϰ āϜেāϞাāϰ āĻ•েāĻļāĻŦāĻĒুāϰ āωāĻĒāϜেāϞাāϰ āϏাāĻ—āϰāĻĻাঁ⧜ি āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽে āĻ•āĻĒোāϤাāĻ•্āώ āύāĻĻীāϰ āϤীāϰে āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ।

From an early age, Michael aspired to be an Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he converted to Christianity as a young man, much to the ire of his family, and adopted the first name Michael.

āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ:

āĻ›োāϟāĻŦেāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻŽাāχāĻ•েāϞ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ•-āĻĒāϰিāϚ্āĻ›āĻĻ āĻ“ āφāϚাāϰ-āφāϚāϰāĻŖে āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āχংāϰেāϜেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻšāϤে āϚেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ। āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤিāύি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜাāϤ āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰে āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āϝুāĻŦāĻ• āĻŦāϝ়āϏে āϤিāύি āĻ–্āϰিāϏ্āϟāϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āĻāϤে āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āĻ•্āώুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āϤিāύি āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύাāĻŽ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে "āĻŽাāχāĻ•েāϞ" āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ।



From an early age, Michael aspired to be an Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in a sophisticated Hindu family, he converted to Christianity as a young man, much to the ire of his family, and adopted the first name Michael.

āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ:

āĻ›োāϟāĻŦেāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻŽাāχāĻ•েāϞ āĻĒোāĻļাāĻ•-āĻĒāϰিāϚ্āĻ›āĻĻ āĻ“ āφāϚাāϰ-āφāϚāϰāĻŖে āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āχংāϰেāϜেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻšāϤে āϚেāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ। āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤিāύি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜাāϤ āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰে āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āϝুāĻŦāĻ• āĻŦāϝ়āϏে āϤিāύি āĻ–্āϰিāϏ্āϟāϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āĻāϤে āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āĻ•্āώুāĻŦ্āϧ āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āϤিāύি āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύাāĻŽ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে "āĻŽাāχāĻ•েāϞ" āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāύ।

In his childhood, he was recognised by his teachers as a precious child with a gift of literary talent. His early exposure to English education and European literature at home and his college inspired him to imitate the English in taste, manners and intellect.

āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ:

āĻļৈāĻļāĻŦে āϤাঁāϰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϰা āϤাঁāĻ•ে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­াāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻļিāĻļু āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϚিāύāϤে āĻĒেāϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ। āĻ›োāϟāĻŦেāϞা āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āχংāϰেāϜি āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻāĻŦং āχāωāϰোāĻĒীāϝ় āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āĻĒāϰিāϚিāϤি āϤাঁāĻ•ে āϰুāϚি, āφāϚাāϰ-āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ“ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাāϝ় āχংāϰেāϜāĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖিāϤ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ।

Since his adolescence, he started believing that he was born on the wrong side of the planet, and that his society was unable to appreciate his talent. He also believed that the West would be more receptive to his creative genius.

āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ:

āĻ•ৈāĻļোāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āϤিāύি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāύ āϝে āϤিāύি āϝেāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦীāϰ āĻ­ুāϞ āĻ…ংāĻļে āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ āĻāĻŦং āϤাঁāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϜ āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­াāϰ āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি। āϤিāύি āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ āϝে āĻĒাāĻļ্āϚাāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āϤাঁāϰ āϏৃāϜāύāĻļীāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­াāĻ•ে āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞোāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŦে।




Lesson 3: The Return of the Native

Vocabulary with Bangla Meaning

Return — āĻĢিāϰে āφāϏা

Native — āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি; āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ­ূāĻŽিāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ

Celebrated — āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ, āĻ–্āϝাāϤিāĻŽাāύ

Century — āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻী

Bangalee — āĻŦাāĻ™াāϞি

Poet — āĻ•āĻŦি

Dramatist — āύাāϟ্āϝāĻ•াāϰ

Bank (of a river) — āύāĻĻীāϰ āϤীāϰ

Village — āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ

Aspire — āφāĻ•াāĻ™্āĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰা

Englishman — āχংāϰেāϜ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি

Form — āϰূāĻĒ, āφāĻ•ৃāϤি

Manner — āφāϚাāϰ-āφāϚāϰāĻŖ

Though — āϝāĻĻিāĻ“

Sophisticated — āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ, āĻŽাāϰ্āϜিāϤ

Convert — āϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰা

Christianity — āĻ–্āϰিāϏ্āϟāϧāϰ্āĻŽ

Young man — āϝুāĻŦāĻ•

Ire — āĻ•্āϰোāϧ, āĻ•্āώোāĻ­

Adopt — āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা

Childhood — āĻļৈāĻļāĻŦ

Recognise — āϚিāύāϤে āĻĒাāϰা, āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤি āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা

Teacher — āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•

Precious — āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦাāύ, āĻ…āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ

Gift — āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­া

Literary — āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāĻ•

Talent — āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­া

Exposure — āĻĒāϰিāϚিāϤি, āϏংāϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļ

Education — āĻļিāĻ•্āώা

European — āχāωāϰোāĻĒীāϝ়

Literature — āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ

College — āĻ•āϞেāϜ

Inspire — āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖিāϤ āĻ•āϰা

Imitate — āĻ…āύুāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা

Taste — āϰুāϚি

Manners — āφāϚাāϰ-āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ

Intellect — āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা

Adolescence — āĻ•ৈāĻļোāϰ

Believe — āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻ•āϰা

Wrong — āĻ­ুāϞ

Planet — āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦী, āĻ—্āϰāĻš

Society — āϏāĻŽাāϜ

Unable — āĻ…āĻ•্āώāĻŽ

Appreciate — āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ•āϰা

West — āĻĒাāĻļ্āϚাāϤ্āϝ

Receptive — āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖে āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšী

Creative — āϏৃāϜāύāĻļীāϞ

Genius — āĻ…āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ­া, āϜিāύিāϝ়াāϏ




Passage

Madhusudan was an ardent follower of the famous English poet Lord Byron. So after adopting Christianity, he went to Europe and started composing poems and plays in English. They showed his higher level of intellectual ability. However, he failed to gain the right appreciation. To his utter frustration he found that he was not esteemed as a native writer of English literature. Out of his frustration, he composed a sonnet in Bangla "Kopotaksha Nad" which earned him huge reputation in Bangla. Gradually he could realise that his true identity lay in Bengal and he was a sojourner in Europe. Afterwards, he regretted his fascination for England and the West. He came back to Bengal and devoted himself to Bangla literature from this period. He has written the first Bangla epic Meghnad Badh Kabya.

āĻŦাংāϞা āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ

āĻŽāϧুāϏূāĻĻāύ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āχংāϰেāϜ āĻ•āĻŦি āϞāϰ্āĻĄ āĻŦাāϝ়āϰāύেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻāĻ•āύিāώ্āĻ  āĻ…āύুāϏাāϰী āĻ›িāϞেāύ। āϤাāχ āĻ–্āϰিāϏ্āϟāϧāϰ্āĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤিāύি āχāωāϰোāĻĒে āϝাāύ āĻāĻŦং āχংāϰেāϜিāϤে āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা āĻ“ āύাāϟāĻ• āϰāϚāύা āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāύ। āϤাঁāϰ āϰāϚāύাāĻ—ুāϞো āϤাঁāϰ āωāϚ্āϚāĻŽাāύেāϰ āĻŽেāϧাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ় āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤিāύি āϝāĻĨাāϝāĻĨ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤি āĻ…āϰ্āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšāύ। āĻāϤে āϤিāύি āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻšāϤাāĻļ āĻšāύ, āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϤিāύি āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ āϝে āχংāϰেāϜি āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĻেāĻļীāϝ় āϞেāĻ–āĻ• āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤাঁāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āύা। āĻāχ āĻšāϤাāĻļা āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āϤিāύি āĻŦাংāϞাāϝ় "āĻ•āĻĒোāϤাāĻ•্āώ āύāĻĻ" āύাāĻŽেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏāύেāϟ āϰāϚāύা āĻ•āϰেāύ, āϝা āϤাঁāĻ•ে āĻŦাংāϞা āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝে āĻŦিāĻĒুāϞ āĻ–্āϝাāϤি āĻāύে āĻĻেāϝ়। āϧীāϰে āϧীāϰে āϤিāύি āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻ•āϰেāύ āϝে āϤাঁāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ় āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻāĻŦং āχāωāϰোāĻĒে āϤিāύি āĻ•েāĻŦāϞ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦাāϏী। āĻĒāϰে āϤিāύি āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ“ āĻĒাāĻļ্āϚাāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āϤাঁāϰ āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āφāĻ•āϰ্āώāĻŖেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ…āύুāϤāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāύ। āϤিāύি āĻŦাংāϞাāϝ় āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏে āύিāϜেāĻ•ে āĻŦাংāϞা āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āϏেāĻŦাāϝ় āύিāϝ়োāϜিāϤ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āϤিāύি āĻŦাংāϞা āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšাāĻ•াāĻŦ্āϝ "āĻŽেāϘāύাāĻĻ āĻŦāϧ āĻ•াāĻŦ্āϝ" āϰāϚāύা āĻ•āϰেāύ।

B. Write notes about Madhusudan under the following headings

Madhusudan as a man

ardent follower of Lord Byron

adopted Christianity

went to Europe

realised his true identity lay in Bengal

regretted his fascination for the West

devoted himself to Bangla literature

Madhusudan as a poet

celebrated 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist

wrote poems and plays in English

composed the sonnet Kopotaksha Nad

wrote the first Bangla epic Meghnad Badh Kabya

Attitude to his roots

realised Bengal was his true home

returned to Bengal

devoted himself to Bangla language and literature


C. Make questions for the following statements

a. Who introduced amitrakshar chhanda (blank verse) in Bangla literature?

b. Where did Madhusudan pass most of his European days?

c. How were his days in Europe?

d. Why was it unbearable to him?

e. Who helped Madhusudan pay off his debts?



Answers (a–e)

a. Who introduced amitrakshar chhanda (blank verse) in Bangla literature?

Answer: Madhusudan introduced amitrakshar chhanda (blank verse) in Bangla literature.

b. Where did Madhusudan pass most of his European days?

Answer: Madhusudan passed most of his European days in Versailles, France.

c. How were his days in Europe?

Answer: His days in Europe were full of hardship.

d. Why was it unbearable to him?

Answer: It was unbearable to him because he had to suffer extreme poverty.

e. Who helped Madhusudan pay off his debts?

Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar helped Madhusudan pay off his debts.

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