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114 LITERATURE OjP BENGAL. ,
second existence as the daughter of the Himalayas; the
worship of Siva j the destruction of Kama, who inter-
rupted *'the worship; the grief and religious penances of
Chandi, with which Siva is so pleased tbat he comes
to her in disguise and subsequently marries her;—ill
< this and much more, with which every t Hindu is fami-
liar, have been well described by the author; and his
descriptions are often marked by an unusual sense of
humour, and now and then by deep pathos and feeling.*
Kalketu, the hero of the first poem, is of low birth and
profession, but, as usual, an incarnation1 of a god.
Nilambar, the son of Indra, always worshipped Siva
with due veneration; but Chandi, with the object of
increasing ,her own glory on earth, contemplates sending
Nilambar down to earth in the shape of a mortal, and
then having a city founded and dedicated to herself
through his instrumentality. With this object she creeps
into some flowers (.with which Siva is worshipped,) in the
shape of ants, and stings Siva, who in his agony curses
the worshipper Nilambar to be a mortal; and lo ! he is
born on earth as Kalketu. Nilarribar's wife, an affection-
ate and faithful wife, dies on the death of her <hu£hand,
and is born on earth as Fullora the heroine of the
poem.
* For 'want of space we are unable to make any extracts
here, but the reader will find many passages ?;n this part of
the work full of the choicest humour. We would refer him to
•^"R^^fa t^t^ff^, as weU as t° the regrets of women at their
own evil fate, when they see the handsome face and form of the
bridgroom, Siva. Most of our readers are acquainted with the
celebrated passages of Bharat Chandra on similar subjects, but
most of them are not aware that these celebrated passages of Bharat
Chandra are only imitations from the original of Makunda Earn.
second existence as the daughter of the Himalayas; the
worship of Siva j the destruction of Kama, who inter-
rupted *'the worship; the grief and religious penances of
Chandi, with which Siva is so pleased tbat he comes
to her in disguise and subsequently marries her;—ill
< this and much more, with which every t Hindu is fami-
liar, have been well described by the author; and his
descriptions are often marked by an unusual sense of
humour, and now and then by deep pathos and feeling.*
Kalketu, the hero of the first poem, is of low birth and
profession, but, as usual, an incarnation1 of a god.
Nilambar, the son of Indra, always worshipped Siva
with due veneration; but Chandi, with the object of
increasing ,her own glory on earth, contemplates sending
Nilambar down to earth in the shape of a mortal, and
then having a city founded and dedicated to herself
through his instrumentality. With this object she creeps
into some flowers (.with which Siva is worshipped,) in the
shape of ants, and stings Siva, who in his agony curses
the worshipper Nilambar to be a mortal; and lo ! he is
born on earth as Kalketu. Nilarribar's wife, an affection-
ate and faithful wife, dies on the death of her <hu£hand,
and is born on earth as Fullora the heroine of the
poem.
* For 'want of space we are unable to make any extracts
here, but the reader will find many passages ?;n this part of
the work full of the choicest humour. We would refer him to
•^"R^^fa t^t^ff^, as weU as t° the regrets of women at their
own evil fate, when they see the handsome face and form of the
bridgroom, Siva. Most of our readers are acquainted with the
celebrated passages of Bharat Chandra on similar subjects, but
most of them are not aware that these celebrated passages of Bharat
Chandra are only imitations from the original of Makunda Earn.