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 iv.) BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 401 _ **T clasped his feet in deep anguish of heart 3 and washed them with tears, but Chaitanya turned away and left me.”’ _ Govinda could not, however, stay at Burdwan. _ He hastened to overtake Chaitanya Deva dismis- - sing a number of friends, who had in the meantime assembled there to dissuade him from his resolve _ to renounce home as a Sannyasin. The devotion of Chaitanya’s followers was wonderful. In the last page of the Kadcha Govinda writes that he was entrusted by Chaitanya Deva while at Puri to carry a letter from him, to Advaitacharyya at Cantipur. This meant his absence from Puri for a few days. But when entrusted with this task :— T “ Hearing this, tears started to my eyes, for I could not bear separation from the Lord.” Vasu Deva Sarvabhauma—the veteran scholar, had once said 1411 a thunder bolt falls on my head or if my son dies, even that is bearable, but I cannot bear to hear Chaitanya abused.” —-The great love in which Chaitanya Deva was held in Bengal continues even now among her people, not to speak of his more special followers—the Vaisnavas who believe him to be God himself. Even now in the village homes of Bengal parents clasp their little children to অমনি চরণ af for কাতরে ॥ অশ্রুজলে পাখালিন্ু যুগল চরণ । অমনি ফিরিয়া প্রভূ করিলা গমন ॥ 19০15. 1 এই বাক্য শুনি মোর চক্ষে বারি বহে। প্রভূর বিরহ বাণ হৃদয়ে না সহে ॥ 19901)9. 1 শিরে বজ্র পড়ে যদি পত্র মরি যায়। তবুও প্রভুর নিন্দা সহন না৷ যায় ॥ Chaitanya leaves Govinda. The devoted: ness of his followers.
 * এই বাক্যে মোর চক্ষু হ'তে অশ্র ঝরে ।