466 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap, He begins his work with a reference to the great Vaisnava scholars and worthies who lived at van ie Navadwipa immediately before Chaitanya Deva’s tempora- birth and also to the condition of that city at the ries. ; time. We have already quoted a passage from these accounts on page 410.
- “Some of these great Vaisnavas had been born
in Navadwipa; others in Chittagong, Radha, Orissa and Sylhet. They were born in different places, but they had all met there. As the Lord (Chaitanya) would be born there, they were drawn to the place. Crivasa and Cri Rama, the scholars, Cri Chandra Cekhara Deva highly esteemed every- where, Murari Gupta—the healer of all earthly maladies (belonging to the physician caste)—these eminent Vaisnavas were born in Sylhet. Pundarika Vidyavinoda of pearless learning, Chaitanya Vallabha Datta and Vasu Deva Datta, were born
- “কারে। জন্ম নবদ্ীপে কারো চাটিগ্রামে।
কেহ বাঢ়ে উড, দেশে শ্রীহটে পশ্চিমে ॥ .নান৷ স্থানে অবতীর্ণ হইল তক্তগণ। নবদীপে আসি হইল সবার মিলন ॥ AACA SEA ASA AISI | অতএব নবদবীপে মিলন সবার ॥ ঈীবাস পণ্ডিত আর শ্রীরাম পণ্ডিত । ঈচন্দ্রশেখরদেব ত্রেলকা-পুজিত ॥ ভব রৌগ বৈদা মুরারি নাম যার। ঈহট্রে এসব বৈষ্বের অবতার ॥ পুগুরিক বিদ্যানিধি বৈষ্ঃব প্রধান । চৈতন্য বল্লভ দত্ত বাস্থদেৰ নাম ॥
