668 RENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [Chap. very sounds which the poet imitates, and the effect of which would be lost in a different language. The piece describes the dance of Civa at the time of the final dissolution of the universe. _ *“Civa assumes the form of the great destroyer; the sound of his horn is terrible—va vam bham-va vam bham. His matted locks shake to and fro—/atapat- latapat, and the murmuring stream of the Ganges flows—chalacchal, kalakkal, talattal through them. The snakes hiss—phaniphan phaniphan and the moon on his forehead burns like the sun: fire issues from it—dhakadhvak-dhakadhvak ; and from his mouth come the deep sounds va vam bham-va vam bham. The naked ghosts and goblins dance— tadhia-tadhia.’’ A word in explanation of these lines :—Civa the god of destruction is represented as having the moon on his forehead; the Ganges flows from his locks. The popular belief of the Hindus is that
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তভভ্তমূ ভতম্তম্ শিম্গা ঘোর বাজে ॥ লটাপট্ জটাছুট সংঘট গঙ্গ!। ছলচ্ছল_-টলট্রল২কলকল তরঙ্গ ॥ ফণাফণ ফণাফণ, ফণীফন্ন NTT | দিনেশ প্রতাপে নিশন।থ সাজে ॥ ধকধ্বক. ধকধবক. জলে বন্ছি ভালে । ভতম্ঞমূ ভতম্তম মহাশন্দ গলে ॥ ধিয়া তাধিয়া তাধিয়৷ ভূত নাচে। উলঙ্গী উলঙ্গে পিশাচী পিশ চে ॥” Bharata Chandra’s Annada Mangala.
