நித்யகன்னி - வெங்கட்ராம் (Nithyakanni - M V Venkatram )

Madhavi loves Kalavan from the moment she saw him. This is the Mahabharatha story of Madhavi , was born with the gift. The gift was he will become a virgin again after giving birth.  This boon becomes bane as she was tossed by the male characters for their own purpose.

Kalavan wanted to give his master Viswamithra a gurudaksana ,though the master refuses Kalavan insists his master to ask anything. The master unwillingly asks for 800 white horse with one black ear. Kalavan goes to Yayati , the king of Prathisda. The King did not have those type of horses and he did not  want to disappoints Kalavan so he gave his daughter.

மாதவி நீ என்னைக் கணவன் எனக் கருதுகிறாய் அல்லவா?அவள் சிரக்கம்பம் செய்தாள் .
நான் சொல்வது போல் நீ நடக்க வேண்டும் . நான் சொல்கிறேன் : குருநாதர் கூறியதுபோல் ,நீ மூவரை மணம் புரிந்து கொள் ;அப்பால் நீ கன்னிப்பருவம் திரும்பவும் பெறுவாய் ; உன்னை  நான் - பிறகு மணக்கிறேன் .
மாதவிக்குத் தலை சுற்றியது : "என்  கன்னி கழியாது .உண்மைதான் . ஆனால் தன் மனையாளை வேறு புருஷன் தீண்டினான் என்பதை ஒரு புருஷனால் சகிக்க முடியுமா?"

The three kings mesmerized by the beauty of Madhavi married her  .Each of the three kings keeps Madhavi for specific period of time till she produce a child, in return they will give two hundred horses to Kalavan.

The first king Haryaswa was kind of a playboy but Madhavi was not interested in anything still she satisfied the sexual desires of the king.He bore him a son. After  1 year Kalavan returns and take her. While retuning , Kalavan try to convince Madhavi about leaving this mission and go back to the Master and explain their suffering but Madhavi warns him about the Master's temper and proceeds to the next kingdom.

I read the story many times so many questions arises and I'm keep thinking about it:

Yayati sacrifices her daughter Madhavi to help Kalavan, Madhavi in turn sacrifices her life for her father.Kalavan sacrifices her love for his master, whose sacrifies is higher? Whats Madhavi's stance on her three sons? Will she accept them as theirs? After all these things Yayati organizes suyamvaram for Madhavai, does it makes sense? or that's the only thing a father can do? . On the other hand if we check the period on which this story takes place it seems everyone was right

காதலுக்காக  நீங்கள் பொய் சொல்லக்கூடும் ; அதைவிட சிறந்த  காதலுக்காக நீங்கள் திருடவும் கூடும் ; ஒரு உண்மையான  காதலுக்காக கொலையும்  செய்யக்கூடும் .

 Ultimately Madhavi was made as sex toy for all the male characters and she leaves the palace and go to forest.Was she disgusted by the way males treated her?.

The author on request by his friend decided to write about 10 female characters from Mahabharata and he started with "Thilothamai", followed by "Pulomai" , the third one in the series was this "Nithyakanni". I'm very eager to read the first two and the remaining  if available.

An interesting story, told in a very interesting manner by the great  M V Venkatram.