Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s5.37
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c11.s5.37
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c11.s5.37
In spite of an excess of sensuous sentimentality which, however, is an essence of the faith, the devout, yet passionate, personal note in these Stotras of Raghunātha-dāsa is certainly appropriate to this subjective type of devotional literature. It is a touching picture that he himself gives, in one of his smaller Stotras¹ of his own simple, ascetic life of humble devotion at Rādhā-kuṇḍa, near the alleged Govardhana hill, bereft of the companionship of his dear friends in old age, awaiting desirable death in the holy place and filled with nothing but an intense longing to serve and worship his deity: