History of Bengali Language and Literature c9.s2.70

c9.s2.70

But Nimāi felt that there was a strong party in Navadwipa who were not slow to calumnite him everywhere. He thought that as a householder, his teachings might not commend themselves to all classes and therefore determined to renounce the world, turn a Sanyāsīn and preach the Love of God all over India. This news came as a disaster to his followers, amongst whom were the veteran scholar Murāri Gupta, the young and gifted Gadhādar Dās, the poet Narahari Dās of Ҫrikhanda, the singer and poet Vāsu Ghose with Nityānanda and the venerable Adaitacāryya of Ҫāntipur at their head.