ही कादंबरी सन २०१९ मध्ये प्रकाशित झाली असून, ही या पुस्तकाची ५ वी आवृत्ती आहे. आपण कोण, कुठले, आपले पूर्वज कुठून आले, याचे कुतूहल सगळ्यांना असतेच. तसे ते या गर्भित लेखकालाही आहे. तसा शोध घेत काळात तो सातशे वर्षे मागे जातो. अशा अनेक टप्प्यांवर शोध घेताना तो जाती, धर्म, मानवी जाती आणि मानवी समुहांचे एकमेकात मिसळणे अनुभवतो. बौद्धिक पातळीवर तो हजारो वर्षेमागे जातो. तो आपले मराठा असणे,याचा व्यापक अर्थ लावण्याचा प्रयत्न करतो. ते पुन्हा त्याच्या विश्वभानाच्या उजेडात तपासतो आणि मांडतो. आपल्या कुळाचा शोध घेण्याच्या प्रयत्नाने सुरू झालेली ही एक गोष्ट एका माणसाची, त्याच्या कुळाची न उरता एकूण मानवी आत्मभानाच्या प्रकाशाची गोष्ट होऊन जाते. हे सारे एका विस्तीर्ण पटलावर एका बृहद कहाणीच्या रूपात प्रकट होते. ते प्रकटन म्हणजे ही कादंबरी.
‘Satpatil Kulavruttant’ – A Sweeping Marathi Novel on Ancestry, Identity and Human History
‘Satpatil Kulavruttant’ is a Marathi novel originally published in 2019, and the material provided refers to this as the fifth edition of the book.
At its heart, the novel begins with a question that naturally fascinates almost everyone: Who are we, where do we come from, and who were our ancestors? From this personal curiosity, the narrative gradually expands into a much wider exploration of ancestry, caste, religion, community, history and human identity.
A Search That Travels Seven Hundred Years into the Past
The novel follows a search for family roots that travels nearly seven hundred years back in time. As the journey moves through different historical stages, it explores the ways in which castes, religions, communities and human groups have interacted and blended with one another.
On an intellectual level, the inquiry moves even further into the past. The narrative examines the meaning of Maratha identity not only through family or community history, but from a broader human and universal perspective.
What begins as an attempt to trace one individual’s lineage gradually becomes a reflection on collective human consciousness and belonging.
From Family History to a Larger Human Story
One of the distinctive qualities of ‘Satpatil Kulavruttant’ is the scale of its vision. The search for one family’s ancestry does not remain limited to genealogy. It grows into a larger narrative about people, history, identity and the complex ways human communities evolve over time.
The novel therefore moves beyond the conventional idea of a family chronicle. It uses the search for lineage as a way to think about Maratha history, caste and religion, social identity, ancestry and the wider history of human communities.
Presented on a broad narrative canvas, the story ultimately becomes a meditation on how personal identity connects with historical memory and a wider sense of humanity.