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 840 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [ Chap. Sanskrit poet of the 12th century writing.* ‘“ The sounding mupura of your feet you must leave behind, for they will jingle; you should come to love’s bower putting ona dark-coloured sadi.’ In the night she would have to go stealthily; so the poet re- commends a dark sadi to conceal her from the view of others and also to leave her nupura lest they should draw the attention of others by their jingling sounds. This is a very natural piece of advice to one who wants to meet her lover secretly ; but খাতির let us read a love song on Abhisara by a subsequent poet who wrote after Chaitanya Deva “ Her nupura called bdankaraja sounds pleasantly and her brace- lets make a merry jingling sound. She is sur- rounded by her maidens ;—the high sounding musical instruments, the Dampha and the Ravadba are heard from a distance and athin music flows on 3) like waves of love. This seems quite unsuited to a song on Abhisara where secrecy must be the watchword. But the poet who wrote it had in his mind the processions of the saxkirtan parties led by Chaitanya Deva where the Dampha, the Ravaba and other musical instruments sounded their high notes and where the party marched, literally carried on by waves of love. These associations and references, however anomalous they may appear at times, as marring the natural beauty of a description, do in fact nothing of the sort but lend a charm to it ;—they চল সখি কুঞ্জম. সতিমির পুগ্রমূ শীলয় aa নিচোলম্‌ " Jayadeva.
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