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{{short description|poem by Manishankar Ratnji Bhatt 'Kant' }}
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|author = [[Kavi Kant|Manishankar Ratnji Bhatt]] 'Kant'
|original_title = વસંતવિજય
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|first = [[Purvalap]] (1923)
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|language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
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|form = [[w:hi:खण्डकाव्य|Khandakavya]]
|meter = various [[Sanskrit meter]]s
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'''''Vasant Vijay''''' (''The Triumph of the Spring'') is a [[narrative poetry|narrative poem]] that was written by Indian poet [[Kavi Kant|Manishankar Ratnji Bhatt]] 'Kant' (1867–1923), who was popularly known as Kavi Kant.

==Summary==
''Vasant Vijay'' includes a reference to [[Pandu]], the mythical father of the five [[Pandava]]s in the Indian epic poem ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref name="KMGeorge1997">{{cite book|editor-last=George|editor-first=K. M.|editor-link=K. M. George (writer)|title=Masterpieces of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXFOAAAAYAAJ|volume=3|year=1997|publisher=[[National Book Trust]]|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-237-1978-8|page=1694}}</ref> ''Vasant Vijay'' narrates an episode from the ''Adi Parva'' (''The Book of the Beginning'') of ''Mahabharata''.<ref name="Shukla 1986">{{cite book|last=Shukla|first=Jaydev|title=Khaṇḍakāvya|script-title=gu:ખંડકાવ્ય|year=1986|series=Sahitya Swarup Paricaya Shrenni – 7|publisher=Chandramauli Prakashan|location=Ahmedabd|pages=46–52|oclc=15657273|language=gu}}</ref>

Pandu kills a mating deer, for which he is cursed to undergo a similar death. Pandu tries to get rid of the curse by observing celibacy but under the profound influence of spring, he loses his self-control and has sex with his wife [[Madri]], who is hesitant, knowing its fatal consequence.<ref name="KMGeorge1997"/>

In ''Vasant Vijay'', Kant narrates the episode in a dramatic manner in a classical, metrical style. The triumph of spring symbolises the triumph of lust and the destiny of the human predicament.<ref name="KMGeorge1997"/>

==Reception==

According to [[Mansukhlal Jhaveri]], ''Vasant Vijay'', along with Kant's other poems''Chakravak Mithuna'' and ''Devayani'', is a remarkable example of the arts of [[Khandakavya]] that set up a standard of high poetical excellence in Gujarati.<ref name="Jhaveri1978">{{cite book|last=Jhaveri|first=Mansukhlal Maganlal|author-link=Mansukhlal Jhaveri|title=History of Gujarati Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA0RAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|pages=112|oclc=639128528}}</ref><ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|last=Das|first=Sisir Kumar|authorlink=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1800–1920, Western Impact: Indian Response|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&pg=PA316|year=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-006-5|page=316}}</ref> The poem is noted for its metrical pattern and the resulting sound effect, and for its emotional depth.<ref name="Shukla 1986"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://gujlit.com/book-index.php?bIId=8978 ''Vasant Vijay''] at GujLit
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA561 English translation] by Varsha Das

[[Category:Gujarati-language poems]]
[[Category:Indian poems]]
[[Category:Narrative poems]]
[[Category:Poems based on the Mahabharata]]

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