History of Bengali Language and Literature c7.s3.23

c7.s3.23

In explanation of these startling facts, we have to remember that the highest type of Brāhmin was that of the Yogī, who had renounced the world, and developed the mystic powers of the soul by communion with God. These were unapproached and unapproachable. The people of Hindustan believed in the miraculous power of the Yogīs and offered a reverence to them which was not less than that they gave to the gods. The next class amongst the Brāhmins was that of pious saints, who were great scholars, caring only for a pure and stainless life and totally indifferent to worldly considerations. Such men took no thought for the morrow, even as Jesus taught. One of these was tempted by Mahārāja Kṛiṣṇa Chandra of Nava-