History of Bengali Language and Literature c9.s2.4

c9.s2.4

His parents rose in the morning with hearts full of joy at the prospect of celebrating Viçvarupa's marriage. But what a disappointment when they found that the bird had flown! They received information that he had turned Sannyāsīn and renounced the world for ever. In what cave of the mountains, in what holy shrine or in what recess of the forests where the Indian Pine and Fir trees raise their heads to touch the skies, the young Sannyāsīn roamed for the rest of his life has remained a mystery up to now. The parents were struck dumb with sorrow, and there remained to them their Nemāi alone—the last ray of light to dispel the gloom of their house.