Page:History of Bengali Language and Literature.djvu/281

This page needs to be proofread.

ৰা [ড.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 245 give them a home in this mountainous region. He | will be here my adopted son, and this moun- _tain,—capital of ours will be a second Kailasa (the | abode of Civa). I shall see my Uma and Civa for all the twelve months of the year andthe pain of my heart will be assuaged. My son-in-law is ever con- ] | | , i tented. It is so easy to please him! If I offer him the flower Kunda and leaves of Bel, he will make this place his home and will not wish to go away.’* Yet every one knows, while hearing or singing ~ such songs, that Civa cannot be bound to any earthly object. He is addicted to nothing ; it is his compassion, that people mistake for love. He cares not for either raiment or food,—his content- ment springs from within. He is absorbed in contemplation, he is immaculate and above all desire. Uma tries to bind him by a thousand ties of affection. But home and the funeral ground to him are alike—he aims at the superior delight which is derived from Yoga.

  • “ গিরি আমার মনে এই বাসন|।

আমি জামাতা সহিতে, আনিব হুহিতে গিরিপুরে করব শিবস্থাপনা | ঘরজীমাই করি রাখব কৃত্তিবাস, গিরিপুরী করব দ্বিতীয় কৈলাশ । হরগেবীরূপ হেরব বারমাস ॥ ঘুচে যাবে আমার মনের যাতনা, জামাই আশুতোব,__অন্পেতে সন্তোষ, কুন্দ বিলুদ্বলে পরম সন্তোষ । ভূলে রবে ভোলা ধেতে চাবে না ॥' (014 song.