Mohatirther Shesh Yatri — By Bimal Kar
ebook name- ‘Mohatirther Shesh Yatri’
Collected by –Bimal Kar
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Bimal Kar’s “Mohatirther Shesh Yatri” is not the story of a man walking toward a pilgrimage site; it is the quiet, heartbreaking documentary of the human soul reaching the final border between life and liberation. The author builds up a narrative through the journey of an unnamed old man where physical struggle intermingles with emotional suffering and spiritual awakening, forming a long, continuous stream. The story stands as a symbolic portrayal of how human beings, broken by life, still carry a silent yet unshakeable hope within themselves.
The old man at the centre of the story is a figure shaped by years of hardship. His life has been filled with loneliness — a loneliness that does not scream but breathes heavily inside him. He has no home to return to, no family to call his own, and no warmth waiting for him anywhere. The world has pushed him to the margins where he survives silently like a shadow dying out. And yet, he has held on to one dream over the years: to reach the Mahātirtha, that great sacred place which he believes will offer him peace and relief from worldly pain. It is this urge that has become the only light to lead him through the long darkness of his life.
The author brings a delicacy of sensitivity to the old man’s movements as he begins the last journey of his life. His feet shake, his breathing breaks at frequent intervals, and his back bends under the weight of age. Yet, day after day, he gets up and hauls himself forward on his feet to repeat the same vow: “I must reach the tirtha.” The road he walks on becomes a metaphor for the human life-path: rough and unsure of its course, littered with stones of suffering, but pressed by an inner will that refuses to collapse.
On the way, the old man meets many people. Some travellers give him water, a few give him food, and there are others who look at him indifferently or suspiciously. These fleeting meetings expose a whole gamut of human nature. The kindness he receives is like flashes of sudden light, and the cruelty or coldness brings him face to face with the stark world he has lived through all his life. In these meetings, Bimal Kar shows that the pilgrimage is not a route of physical geography; it is a route through society itself — where compassion and apathy coexist in fragile balance.
With every passing day, the old man’s body weakens further. His vision becomes blurred, his legs swell, and he often collapses under the heat or cold. But strangely, his mind grows stronger even as his body collapses. Slowly, he realises that the Mahātirtha he seeks is not only a place built of stone, temples, or rituals. The real tirtha — the real shrine — lies within the human heart. This beautifully subtle realisation forms the spiritual core of the story. The pilgrimage is not towards a location but toward an understanding. By suffering, by enduring, by remaining hopeful despite everything, he has already begun to reach that inner shrine.
In the last leg of the journey, the old man’s body finally betrays him. He collapses just before reaching the sacred spot. But instead of despair or fear, he experiences deep calm. Lying on the ground, with the sky above him, he feels a peaceful clarity-as if he has travelled far enough, as if the destination is no longer necessary. In that moment, all the noise of the world disappears. His long years of hardship, his unspoken pain, his silent wandering-all dissolve into a quiet acceptance. When death softly touches him, it feels like the final blessing of the pilgrimage. With this ending, Bimal Kar turns the old man into a universal symbol. He is not just one pilgrim, but every human being who walks through life carrying invisible wounds, searching for meaning and peace. His incomplete physical journey reflects the truth that many people die before reaching their dreams — yet the deeper fulfilment often happens inside them long before the finish line. The “last pilgrim” is a figure of spiritual triumph, rather than tragedy. He finds that salvation is not a place; it is a state of inner awakening. Thus, “Mohatirther Shesh Yatri” is a meditation on life’s journey and human endurance, and the subtle grace that arrives at the end. It tells us that even those whom society forgets carry worlds of faith within them. And sometimes, the most broken souls are the ones who reach enlightenment first.
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