Goridhana: A Sad Poetic Folk Story about Brother-Sister Love
Folklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Kumaon-Garhwal, Haridwar, Uttarkahnd-56
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(The write up is dedicated to Prayag Joshi for his works on Kumaon-Garhwal Folk Literature)
By: Bhishma Kukreti
To have son is not the desire from parents in Central Himalayan society but the sisters too desire to have her brother. The custom of brothers taking gifts for their sisters in specific months in Garhwal and Kumaon also inspire married women to have brothers. There a brother sister folk love stories in each region of Kumaon and Garhwal. Gordhana folktale of Kumaon is one of the well sung folktales about sister –brother love.
The folk song is quite old related to ancient Nag Vasnhi community of Kumaon.
In this story form folk song, initially there is prayer of various folk deities and goddesses. There are lines for illustrating seasons and nature images of Kumaon in this tale form folk poem. The story starts at later stage.
कुमाऊं, गढ़वाल ,हरिद्वार की लोक गाथाएँ -56
गढ़वाल , कुमाऊं , हरिद्वार, की मानवीय संवेदना आधारित लोक गाथाएँ -3
गोरीधना लोक गाथा
(: सन्दर्भ प्रयाग जोशी , कुमाऊँनी लोक गाथाएँ )
को रे बार मेंना मथि को रितु?
को रे मेंना जेठो होलो रितु ?
मैंना में को जेठो मेंना रितु,
राज में रंगीलो बैशाख रितु।
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भितर पलंग गोरीधना रोलि रितु।
बास बास कफू चाड़ा म्यर मैत बास रितु।
बाबु सुणला भाया भेंट लाला रितु।
द्युराणि जेठानी का भै भेँट ऊँनन रितु।
मै भयुं निराश बैना रितु।
न कोखी बालो न पीठि भायलो रितु।
को ऊंछ भेटुली रितु।
आंसू पड़ी जून बाबुक घर रितु।
लाड़ली चेलिया भालाघर छेदन रितु।
मै बेचीं खायूं ये चौ गंगा पार रितु।
The folk song starts by worshipping various folk village deities.
Then there is a season description in this traditional poem.
At the arrival of spring, lord Shiva asks,” Where does Raimasi flower bloom?” There is blossom in flowers in spring season. There are bees roaming around flower bunches. Nyoli and Kafu (Cuckoo) sing in valleys and hills. Ghughtee sing in our courtyard.
At this time, Goridhana becomes sad. She speaks to Kafu,” O Kafu! Visit my mother’s village. Tell my father to send gifts of Bhentula month for me. “
Goridhana thinks that the bothers of her Jethani and Devrani (wives of husband’s brothers) had come here and brought gifts for their sisters. Nobody is there to bring gifts of Bhentuli month for Goridhana .Her elder brother is in army. Her younger brother is very young.
One day, Basaldev the twelve year old younger brother of Gordhana went to grazing land at Yamuna bank for grazing animals. His mates made fun of him as he did not have sister and did not allow him his cows mixing with their cows.
Weeping, Basaldev reached to his mother and asked about his sister. His mother informed him that his elder sister Goridhana is married to Kalinag very far away from here.
Basaldev told his mother that in coming Chait month he would go to his sister with lot of gifts.
In Chait month, Basaldev took gifts in a basket, hung the basket on his back and started his journey to meet his sister.
After crossing various hills and rivers, Basaldev reached at the border of in law village of his sister. He sat on a platform under large Fig tree (pipal).
The sister in law of Goridhana informed that her brother is there under fig tree. Goridhana ran to see her brother. She hugged her brother.
When Goridhana was hugging her brother the Kalinag snake came there. Kalinag suspected that his wife has relationship with other man. Kalinag cobra bites Basaldev. Poison started effecting Basaldev. Basaldev crushed Kalinag. Both died there.
Goridhana took both dead bodies in her each hand and died there only.
Copyright (Interpretation) @ Bhishma Kukreti, 13/06/2013
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