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 ET MI.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 7০02 love which created the heart-rending woe of the maids of the Vrinda groves when Krisna left them for Mathura, and by dint of which the Madhavi creepers on the banks of the Jumna had the good fortune to touch his lotus feet ?”’ Here is another song by Rasu Narasinha which sounds very like a sermon. who yields to earthly love, suffering is the destiny. “Forsaken by friends, slandered by the world, she is subjected to shame. Would you love, O maidens ? Love so that both here in this world and in the next you may have nothing but happiness! Love Krisna the healer of all sore hearts. Why drink ye poison leaving nectar! Why expose yourselves to slander, which is worse than death ? ‘In the temple of your heart place him from whom flows the fountain of all happiness. Close your eyes and call him dearest and offer your soul unto his feet. Then partings cannot come. to cause you woe, nor the slanderous tongue pursue you. শী কোন প্রেমে হরি, ব'ধে ব্রজনারী, গেল মবুপুরী করে অনাথা । কোন প্রেম-ফলে, কালিন্দীর SCA. FRAG CATA মাধবীলতা ॥"? ইহাতে মজিয়ে নাহি সুখের উদয় ॥ AUG SBA, CAF AA, কলঙ্কভাজন হতে হয়৷ এমন পিরিতি করি, যাতে তরি, ছুদ্িকে, এরহিকে আর পারদ্রিকে : শীনন্দ নন্দন, ছুঃখ ভঞ্জন, সদ। রাখি মন তার পায় ॥ অমিয় তাজে, গরলে মজে, Grice fe Ary কলঙ্ক ঘোষণ, জগতে মরণ হ'তে অধিক ॥
 * «This earthly love, O maids, is no love. Of her
 * “ সখি এসকল প্রেম প্রেম নয়।