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 Nothing in return, The collec- tion of padas, Pada- Samudra, Padamrita Samudra. 562 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [Ch Nothing in return is its motto. The floy that defuses its sweet scent does not want return, nor do the rays of the sun that warm yot nor the air which you breathe—without which | cannot live for a moment, and all this represent the sort of love which a real lover must ha for the world. Those who want return in love a consider it a marketable commodity are not pri leged to have access into the pada literature ¢ cruel words to him. His face beautiful as th moon will turn pale, if you use rude words. M heart breaks at the thought of it.” Yet noon could be more cruel than was Krisna to Rad z This may be denominated mere sentimentalism an be unacceptable to the materialistic mind. But tk Vaisnavas aspire to practising an absolutely resigi ed love in life, which has unnumbered woes t poison it unless we see everything in the spirit + such love. Of the collections of padas by the Vaisnavi masters the most bulky is reported to be Pad samudra, compiled by Manohara Das in the midd | of the 16th century. It is said to contain 1506 padas. This vast collection has not yet seen tl light and the only manuscript-copy of the work) which we have heard, was with the late Haradhar Bhaktinidhi of Vadanganja in the district of Hugh? He used to send me songs copied from the work no’ and then, but since his death Ihave not been able trace the Ms. The next collection Padamrit! Samudra was made by Radha Mohona Thaki grandson of Crinivas Acharyya towards the e! 5