History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s3.13

c7.s3.13

A creed of faith has, often, much in it that is peculiar; it has its weak points which every rational man can laugh at. Yet a man of faith, blindly devoted to his faith, is often a better man than the rationalistic sceptic. There were many absurdities in the propaganda of the Hindu reaction. The following lines in Kaçīram Das's Mahābhārata shew the nature of the romances invented and the modifications introduced into older stories, at this time, in order to raise the Brāhmins above the level even of the Gods.