History of Bengali Language and Literature c9.s2.91

c9.s2.91

But whether an incarnation or not,—whether he did or did not cure leprosy and blindness ascribed to him by the later biographers, we verily believe that he was a god-man vouchsafed to Bengal in order to raise her out of the stupor of ignorance into which she had sunk for ages. He embodied in himself the perfection of that spirit of faith and love which this country aspired to reach, rising out of the extremely sceptial opinions of latter-day Buddhism. In him we find the faith that belongs to the age of the Paurānic Renaissance in fully developed from and in this respect he may be said to have been its greatest exponent. But he was far removed from the all pervading spirit of Paurānic Renaissance in disowning the Brahmin, as the unquestionable head of society, electing in his place those endowed with spirituality and high character as naturally fit to rule irrespective of their birth.