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MAKUNDA R^M CHAKRAVARTI. 115
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Iii course of time, Kalketu grows up aud proves^ to
be tbj3 strongest among the strong. He frequents* the
forests every day with his bow and arrows and kills
wild beasts, often fighting numbers of beasts single-
handed. His fame as a brave young hunter increases
day by day, .and in course of time he is married^ to*
Fullora. The married life of Kalketu and Fullora has
been well' depicted 'by the poet, and the strongest im-
pression that one receives from a perusal of the poem is
its intense reality. We have before our eyes the hunter,
strong and robust, but somewhat coarse and vulgar in
his habits, frequenting the forests and living on the pro-
ceeds of his spoil. We distinctly see before us the poor
but faithful Fullora taking to the market, and vending,
the meat brought by her husband, trying, like a careful
housewife, to make the two ends meet with the proceeds
of the sale, cooking food for her husband, administering
to his wants and doing all the work of a wife and a
servant, like any ordinary wife of a Bengal villager. The
image left on the mind is life-like and vivid.
But Chandi will''not allow her favorite Kalketu to
pine-a^gay in poverty. She appears in his hut during his
absence as a woman of superb beauty, and gives Fullora
to understand that she is ambitious of sharing with her
• the affections of her lord Kalketu. Poor simple-minded
'Fullora ! She is in a great fright at seeing a rival of such
superb beauty, and with ill-concealed jealousy, advises her
to return to her husband, and never to leave the paths
of virtue. A long conversation ensues, and the whole is
one of the most beautiful' passages we have anywhere
t
Iii course of time, Kalketu grows up aud proves^ to
be tbj3 strongest among the strong. He frequents* the
forests every day with his bow and arrows and kills
wild beasts, often fighting numbers of beasts single-
handed. His fame as a brave young hunter increases
day by day, .and in course of time he is married^ to*
Fullora. The married life of Kalketu and Fullora has
been well' depicted 'by the poet, and the strongest im-
pression that one receives from a perusal of the poem is
its intense reality. We have before our eyes the hunter,
strong and robust, but somewhat coarse and vulgar in
his habits, frequenting the forests and living on the pro-
ceeds of his spoil. We distinctly see before us the poor
but faithful Fullora taking to the market, and vending,
the meat brought by her husband, trying, like a careful
housewife, to make the two ends meet with the proceeds
of the sale, cooking food for her husband, administering
to his wants and doing all the work of a wife and a
servant, like any ordinary wife of a Bengal villager. The
image left on the mind is life-like and vivid.
But Chandi will''not allow her favorite Kalketu to
pine-a^gay in poverty. She appears in his hut during his
absence as a woman of superb beauty, and gives Fullora
to understand that she is ambitious of sharing with her
• the affections of her lord Kalketu. Poor simple-minded
'Fullora ! She is in a great fright at seeing a rival of such
superb beauty, and with ill-concealed jealousy, advises her
to return to her husband, and never to leave the paths
of virtue. A long conversation ensues, and the whole is
one of the most beautiful' passages we have anywhere