VI.Jj BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 715 to the ear, and the other to the eye. Rama Prasada saw the fierce rolling clouds that darkened the whole horizon, and thought he saw in them the dark and flowing tresses of the Mother. ‘The fire of the funeral ground, reducing a corpse to ashes, reminded him of the destructive dance of the Mother. The red glow of the evening sky, with its first stars, wore to his eyes the angry look of the divine Mother. The storm, the hurricane, the flood, death and disease—these are her companions. ‘The cry of jackal is the chorus heard behind her. The funeral ground is her favourite place ; her dark skin, stained with blood, he compares to the black waters of the Jumna upon which floats the fuli blown lotus. In the agonies that rend the whole world he sees the chastising rod of the Mother, but says that he is not in the heart affrighted, for he has taken refuge in her grace. The image of Kali works his imagina- tion into lofty poetry, He sang :—
- « See! she does not bind her flowing tresses, nor
does she wear any apparel. A sweet smile breaks out upon her lips!’ Sometimes he says, Tt‘ All the miseries that [ have suffered and am suffering I know, Oh Mother, to be your mercy alone”’ for he knew that chastisement opens the blind man’s eyes;—a cruel process, but sure in the end to lead to truth and bliss.
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cH faganca Aya S07 WV” 1 “বারে বারে ধত ছুঃখ দিয়েছ, দ্রিতেছ, তার।। সে কেবল দয়া তব জেনেছি মা ছুঃখহরা ॥৮ Punish- ment and grace.
