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 522 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap. disappeared in the waters of the poisonous lake — Kaliya, and they cry out, in song : | ₹ 40, 7০৮9 ৪]] go, let us go to mother Yacoda, and tell her-—O mother, the jewel of your heart is lost by us in the waters of Kaliya. The moon of “the Vrinda groves has set on yonder lake! The Vrinda groves are now void and all the world is void to us and what is now left that we should care to live for!” At this juncture comes Radha like a mad woman stricken with fear,—with her hair dishevelled; she goes to throw herself into the waters of Kaliya,— when lo! the great serpent Kaliya raises its hood aloft,—two mermaids on two sides singing the praises of Krishna and on the hood of the serpent, from which a rich diamond sparkles like the sun, stands Krisna playing on his flute. The picture of this scene which is called sa/zya damana, is to be found in all the artists’ shops in Bengal. The boys are as if restored to life by the sight. All these incidents are the subjects of song in the ‘gostha’ ; and the Vaishnava padas describing these pastoral scenes tenderly appeal to the heart and claim a | tribute of tears from their readers. তোর অঞ্চলের মাঁণ, শুনগো জননী, এলেম ভাসায়ে দিয়ে ॥ ব্রজকুলশশী অস্ত হ'ল এত দিনে, ভূবন শূন্ত হ'ল। মোদের ফুরাইল আশা, নাহিক ভরস। আমরা থাকব কি ধন লয়ে ॥'
 * “চল চল সবে চল, আমর। বলিগে মায়েরে শিয়ে।