History of Bengali Language and Literature c10.66

c10.66

The preliminary lines in praise of God are full of sincerity and devotion. *“He created life to manifest Himself in love, and death to show that He is also the terrible. Sweet scents of flowers He created to indicate heaven and evil odours to warn men of the filth of hell. As a sign of His high favour, He created sweet things, delicious to the taste, and the bitter and pungent, to indicate His wrath. He secretly hid the honey in the flowers and by creating the bees He brought it to the knowledge of the world. He created all in the twinkling of an eye, and the great firmament created by Him stands without the support of pillars. The sun and the moon He created, and also created the night and the day. The winter and the summer He created, and the heat, the rays of the sun and