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| V.] |‘ BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. 509 Prabhu (Crinivasa) married in April last.”.-Manohara | then went on to say many things in praise of -(rinivasa. But Gopala Bhatta remained silent for sometime, andat last said again and again ‘Oh, he is lost, Oh, he is lost!” In the Vaishnava community there were still pious men whose lives were pure gold without any alloy of worldliness—men who shunned filthy lucre and all the other attactions of the world, remaining true to God for evermore. We shall here notice briefly some other Vais- Shine othee nava devotees, whose lives are included in the Vaisnava devotees, biographical literature of the Vaisnavas. 1. Hari Das—a Mahomedan. Bacause of his accepting the Vaisnava faith under Chaitanya Deva’s influence he was carried by the orders of a wari Das. Mahomedan Magistrate to 22 different public places in each of which he was mercilessly whip- ped till they thought he was dead. He did not disown his faith inspite of this persecution. Hari Das survived this fierce punishment and was not again molested but the wily Magistrate had recourse to a stratagem. Seated inasmall hut Hari Das used to pray to God and recite His name for the whole night. A beautiful young woman dressed in the finest apparel was privately employed to tempt him. She called on him in the evening, where the devotee sat all alone absorved in prayer and said to him with smiles, that she desired to be his companion ; having been attracted by his pious life, she felt a great admiration for him, and would be glad to be allowed the opportunity of talking with him for a while freely to her hearts’ content. The