[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946) › c19.24 # Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c19.24 Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c19.24 - **Language:** English ### [c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.24) ¹ \*Cf. mana haila naukā pavana keraāla |\* \*sunāra naukā je rūpāra keraāla ||\* \*Śūnya-purāṇa\*, p. 105. "The mind becomes the boat and the vital wind the oar; golden is the boat and of silver is the oar." \*mana kara naukā pavana keraāla |\* \*āpuni to nirañjana hoila kāndāra || Ibid.\*, p. 209. "Make your mind the boat and the vital wind the oar; Nirañjana himself has become the helmsman." \*Cf. also\*—"Make your mind the boat and the vital wind the oar,—and make your mind concentrated, and then only can you expect to go to the - [Previous: c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.23) - [Next: c19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.25) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Śūnyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.bengali.mangalkavya.sunyapurana) — Rāmāi Paṇḍit, Bengali --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1946.c19.24) · Pramāṇa