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 IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 353 While your mate is with you and you reside in the lotus, alas, how can you realise Khullana’s woes ! Now the humming bees move away, but the cadence of the Kokila’s cooings fills the whole sky and Khullana, like a deluded soul, can only tell her woes _ to the birds.’ From pastoral and romantic scenes, let us by way A money- of contrast descend into a money-changer’s shop. Shae = The passage quoted below contains a description of the interview between Kalaketu and Murari Cil. used to lend money and keep accounts. As soon as he learnt from the voice, that Kalaketu had come to the house, he withdrew to the inner appartments, as he owed Kalaketu one and half boorist of cowries as the price of flesh supplied by him. “Where are you uncle’’ calls Kalaketu, ‘ please come down, I have an urgent business with you !” But the wife of Murari came out and said ‘The money-changer is not at home. Your uncle went লেখা জোখা করে টাক। কড়ি। পাইয়া বীরের সাড়া, প্রবেশে তিতর পাড়। মাংসের ধারয়ে দেড় বুড়ি। খুড়। খুড়া ডাকে কালকেতু । কোথ! হে বণিক রাজ, বিশেষ আছয়ে কাজ, আমি আইলাম সেই হেতু ॥ বীরের বচন শুনি, আসিয়! বলে বেণ্যাণী. আজি ঘরে নাহিক পোদ্দার । + One boori is less than a pice. 45
 * The money changer Murari was a knave, he
 * বেনে বড় ছুষ্টশীল, নামেতে মুরারী শীল